Funding search · EIN 346546418 · Cleveland, OH

Jack Joseph & Morton Mandel Foundation

Name: Jack Joseph & Morton Mandel Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

1,009
grants reported: $317.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $12,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Annual operating support for Mandel Foundation - Israel in Jerusalem
Endowment and capital gifts to Cleveland Clinic and Cleveland Orchestra
Jewish federations, day schools, and community security nationally
Workforce program support at community colleges in Ohio and beyond
Land conservation and civic capital campaigns in Northeast Ohio
Higher education projects at Case Western and Cleveland State

Typical grant

The median grant is $12,500 and half of all grants fall between $5,000 and $100,000, so most of the 1,009 grants are small relationship checks. The money is concentrated at the top: $35 million a year to Mandel Foundation - Israel, $6.25 million to Cleveland Clinic for endowment, and multi-million endowment and capital gifts to the Musical Arts Association and Western Reserve Land Conservancy. With 1,009 grants going to only 272 recipients over three years, repeat annual giving is the norm rather than the exception.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“Annual Operating Support”
“Endowment Funding”
“Capital Campaign”
“Program Support”
“General Operating Support”

Positioning adjacent work

Tie work to their community college cluster: Cuyahoga, Lorain County, Bunker Hill, Northern Virginia all got program support.
Ask in the $100,000 to $500,000 band for program or project support at a named institution.
Route through a Cleveland anchor already funded, such as Case Western or Cleveland State Foundation.
Frame Jewish communal work around federation infrastructure, day schools, or security, which they fund repeatedly.

Worth knowing: This is a family foundation giving mostly to its own institutions and a tight Cleveland circle: Mandel Foundation - Israel, Mandel JCC, Joseph and Florence Mandel Jewish Day School, plus Cleveland Clinic, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the Jewish Federation of Cleveland absorb the overwhelming majority of dollars. Nearly 700 of 1,009 grants stayed in Ohio, and the out-of-state money is almost entirely national Jewish organizations in New York and Washington.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Mandel Foundation - Israel4 grants · $102.3M
Musical Arts Association40 grants · $43.3M
Jewish Federations of North America34 grants · $30.3M
Cleveland Clinic Foundation9 grants · $30.1M
Mandel School for Educational Leadership4 grants · $11.3M
Secure Community Network17 grants · $11.2M
Western Reserve Land Conservancy5 grants · $7.4M
Cleveland Metroparks2 grants · $6.0M
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee6 grants · $5.8M
American Friends of the Hebrew University6 grants · $4.4M

Giving over time

$74.5M

2022

$168.6M

2023

$74.9M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,009 grants.

$35.1M
Mandel Foundation - Israel · 2024
Annual Operating Support
$27.9M
Mandel Foundation - Israel · 2022
Annual Operating Support
$19.7M
Mandel Foundation - Israel · 2023
Annual Operating Support
$19.7M
Mandel Foundation - Israel · 2023
Annual Operating Support
$11.3M
Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Endowment Funding
$7.5M
Mandel School for Educational Leadership · 2022
Annual Operating Support
$6.3M
Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Endowment Funding
$6.3M
Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Endowment Funding
$6.3M
Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Endowment Funding
$6.0M
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Endowment Funding
$6.0M
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Endowment Funding
$6.0M
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Endowment Funding
$3.8M
Mandel School for Educational Leadership · 2022
Annual Operating Support
$3.1M
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2024
Program Support
$3.0M
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Endowment Funding
$3.0M
Cleveland Metroparks · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Capital Campaign
$3.0M
Cleveland Metroparks · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Capital Campaign
$3.0M
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Endowment Funding
$3.0M
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Endowment Funding
$2.9M
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2023
Program Support
$2.9M
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2023
Program Support
$2.5M
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2023
Project Support
$2.5M
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee · New York, NY · 2023
Project Support
$2.5M
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2023
Project Support
$2.5M
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2023
Project Support
$2.2M
Secure Community Network · Chicago, IL · 2023
Project Support
$2.2M
Secure Community Network · Chicago, IL · 2023
Project Support
$2.1M
Western Reserve Land Conservancy · Moreland Hills, OH · 2024
Capital Campaign
$2.1M
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2023
Contribution Funding
$2.1M
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2023
Contribution Funding
$2.1M
Western Reserve Land Conservancy · Moreland Hills, OH · 2023
Capital Campaign
$2.1M
Western Reserve Land Conservancy · Moreland Hills, OH · 2023
Capital Campaign
$1.8M
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General Operating Support
$1.8M
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General Operating Support
$1.8M
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General Operating Support
$1.8M
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General Operating Support
$1.4M
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Capital Campaign
$1.3M
American Friends of the Hebrew University · New York, NY · 2024
Program Support
$1.3M
American Friends of the Hebrew University · New York, NY · 2023
Program Support
$1.3M
American Friends of the Hebrew University · New York, NY · 2023
Program Support
$1.3M
Jerusalem Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Capital Campaign
$1.2M
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Endowment Funding
$1.2M
Providence House · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Capital Campaign
$1.2M
Providence House · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Capital Campaign
$1.1M
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Endowment Funding
$1.1M
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Endowment Funding
$1.0M
Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Project Support
$1.0M
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2024
Project Support
$1.0M
Western Reserve Land Conservancy · Moreland Hills, OH · 2024
Capital Campaign
$1.0M
Friends of the Israel Antiquities Authority · New York, NY · 2023
Capital Campaign
$1.0M
Friends of the Israel Antiquities Authority · New York, NY · 2023
Capital Campaign
$1.0M
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2023
Contribution Funding
$1.0M
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2023
Contribution Funding
$1.0M
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2023
Project Support
$1.0M
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2023
Project Support
$1.0M
Mt Sinai Health Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Project Support
$1.0M
Mt Sinai Health Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Project Support
$1.0M
Ohio City Incorporated · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Capital Campaign
$1.0M
Ohio City Incorporated · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Capital Campaign
$1.0M
Secure Community Network · Chicago, IL · 2023
Project Support
$1.0M
Secure Community Network · Chicago, IL · 2023
Project Support
$1.0M
Friends of United Hatzalah · New York, NY · 2022
Project Support
$1.0M
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2022
Contribution Funding
$1.0M
Mt Sinai Health Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Project Support
$1.0M
Secure Community Network · Chicago, IL · 2022
Project Support
$900,000
Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland Ohi · Pepper Pike, OH · 2023
Capital Campaign
$900,000
Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland Ohi · Pepper Pike, OH · 2023
Capital Campaign
$785,000
University Settlement · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Capital Campaign
$785,000
University Settlement · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Capital Campaign
$750,000
Jerusalem Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Capital Campaign
$750,000
Secure Community Network · Chicago, IL · 2023
Project Support
$750,000
Secure Community Network · Chicago, IL · 2023
Project Support
$730,000
American Academy of Arts & Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Project Support
$730,000
American Academy of Arts & Sciences · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Project Support
$620,241
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Endowment Funding
$600,000
Cleveland Public Library · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Capital Campaign
$600,000
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2024
Contribution Funding
$600,000
Cleveland Public Library · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Capital Campaign
$600,000
Cleveland Public Library · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Capital Campaign
$600,000
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2023
Contribution Funding
$600,000
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2023
Contribution Funding
$600,000
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Project Support
$600,000
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Project Support
$550,000
Youth Opportunities Unlimited · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Program Support
$550,000
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Project Support
$550,000
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Project Support
$550,000
Youth Opportunities Unlimited · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Program Support
$550,000
Youth Opportunities Unlimited · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Program Support
$510,000
Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Program Support
$500,000
Jerusalem Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Capital Campaign
$500,000
Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Project Support
$500,000
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2024
Contribution Funding
$500,000
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Endowment Funding
$500,000
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2023
Contribution Funding
$500,000
Jewish Federations of North America · New York, NY · 2023
Contribution Funding
$500,000
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Program Support
$500,000
Musical Arts Association · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Program Support
$500,000
Jewish Review of Books Foundation · Cleveland Heights, OH · 2022
General Operating Support
$450,000
Jewish Community Legacy Project · Marietta, GA · 2024
Project Support
$447,900
Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Program Support

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