Philanthropy
Mizel has been actively involved in many charitable, religious and community causes.
He is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, an independent, nonpartisan membership organization dedicated to helping people better understand the world and foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries.
As one of the founders of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Mizel has served as the International Chairman of the Board of Trustees since 2003. Based in Los Angeles, the Simon Wiesenthal Center is an international human rights organization that promotes tolerance and combats racism and anti-Semitism around the world. Its educational arm, the Museum of Tolerance, a recipient of the 2004 Tolerance Award given at the United Nations, is a world-class human rights laboratory and learning center dedicated to challenging visitors to confront important contemporary issues. The Simon Wiesenthal Center is accredited as a non-governmental organization at international agencies including the United Nations, UNESCO, the OAS, the Council of Europe and the Latin American Parliament.
Mizel is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which works to help make Israel more secure by ensuring that American support remains strong.
In 1986, Mizel founded and served as the inaugural chairman of Colorado Concern, an organization committed to promoting sustainable business growth and advancing the economic well-being of Colorado.
In 1982, Mizel and his wife, Carol, founded the Mizel Museum. Mizel also founded, as a part of the Mizel Museum and its larger umbrella organization, the Mizel Institute, the Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab (the CELL) in 2004. The CELL is a non-profit institution dedicated to addressing terrorism. Located in Denver, the CELL opened its facility in 2008 with the purpose of educating citizens on global terrorism threats.
The Mizel Center for Arts and Culture is also named for Mizel, but is a separate organization located in Denver at the Jewish Community Center. The MACC illuminates the human experience through creative and cultural programs in the performing, visual, and literary arts for the Jewish Community and the community at large.
As a founding member of the Denver Rustlers, Mizel works with other Colorado business leaders to support youth in the community. From raising scholarship money, to supporting participants at the Junior Livestock Sale at the annual Colorado State Fair, to opening the Denver Rustlers Kids Cafe in 1994 to combat childhood hunger.
In December 2011, he was named the "7th Most Powerful Person" in Denver by the magazine 5280.
Politically donated $50000 to WTP per Frontline documentary "Big Sky, Big Money".
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