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Jack Joseph & Morton Mandel Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$77M
Granted FY2024still arriving
284
Grants FY2024still arriving
18
States reached
$35M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$131MEducation$84MArts & Culture$53MHealth$33MInternational$7.6MPublic Safety & Disaster$7.4MHuman Services$6.6MRecreation & Sports$6.3MOther$0
02FY2024 · 284 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k103 grants · $317k
  • $10k–50k89 grants · $1.5M
  • $50k–250k50 grants · $5.4M
  • $250k+42 grants · $70M
$11,000
Median grant
18
States reached
$3.6B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Mandel Foundation - Israel$35,080,374
Cleveland Clinic Foundation$6,250,000
Jewish Federations of North America$3,083,500
Musical Arts Association$3,000,000
Western Reserve Land Conservancy$2,100,000
Musical Arts Association$1,750,000
American Friends of the Hebrew University$1,250,000
Musical Arts Association$1,247,376
Case Western Reserve University$1,000,000
Western Reserve Land Conservancy$1,000,000
Jewish Federations of North America$1,000,000
Jerusalem Foundation Inc$750,000
Cleveland Public Library$600,000
Cleveland Public Library$600,000
Jewish Federations of North America$600,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

US giving: 58% of grant dollars ($204M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 42% that went abroad ($148M) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $3.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $10k → 9%Wounded Warrior Project: $1k → 14%Battered Womens Shelter: $5k → 13%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF GREATER BOSTON: $50k → 8%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS ASSOCIATION: $450k → 17%Hands on Tzedakah Inc: $10k → 11%Jewish Community Centers Association: $150k → 17%Jewish Community Centers Association: $125k → 17%Jewish Community Centers Association: $125k → 17%Apopo US Inc: $25k → 14%Jewish Community Centers Association: $25k → 17%Diaper Bank of Greater Cleveland: $8k → 17%Jewish Community Centers Association: $25k → 17%Lakewood Community Service Center: $8k → 17%Bikur Cholim of Cleveland: $50k → 17%BIKUR CHOLIM OF CLEVELAND: $25k → 17%May Dugan Center: $50k → 17%Shoes and Clothes for Kids Inc: $5k → 17%May Dugan Center: $5k → 17%Shoes and Clothes for Kids: $3k → 17%MAY DUGAN CENTER: $3k → 17%Shoes and Clothes for Kids: $3k → 17%SHOES AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS: $2k → 17%Senior Transportation Connection of Cuyahoga Count: $175k → 17%Hospice of the Western Reserve: $10k → 17%Shoes and Clothes for Kids Inc: $5k → 17%University Settlement: $785k → 17%UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT: $10k → 17%Global Cleveland: $100k → 17%Seeds of Literacy: $15k → 17%The Edna House for Women: $5k → 17%The Edna House for Women: $2k → 17%The Edna House for Women: $1k → 17%StandUP for Change: $7k → 17%The Edna House for Women: $1k → 17%StandUP for Change: $5k → 17%The Harvard Community Services Center: $9k → 17%The Harvard Community Services Center: $3k → 17%Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland: $366k → 17%Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland: $357k → 17%Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland: $150k → 17%Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland: $50k → 17%THE GATHERING PLACE: $15k → 17%Cleveland Sight Center: $10k → 17%Cleveland Sight Center: $10k → 17%Cleveland Sight Center: $5k → 17%Cleveland Sight Center: $5k → 17%CLEVELAND SIGHT CENTER: $3k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
MN
IL
NY
MA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
CO
VA
MD
DE
NC
DC
LA
GA
FL

Beyond the US: 42% of all-years giving ($148M)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Israel$148M · 13 grants
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 13% of Jack Joseph & Morton Mandel Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Jack Joseph & Morton Mandel Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 44% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$295M · 172 repeat orgs$13M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

172 repeat relationships: 137 still active in FY2024, 35 since wound down; 41 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

172
88

Total granted

$295M
$10M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+5%

Still filing today

75%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesReligionPhilanthropyInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TM
    The Musical Arts Association
    5× · 2020–2024 · $39M · revenue +45%
  • SC
    SECURE COMMUNITY NETWORK INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $7.2M · revenue +198%
  • WR
    WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $5.4M · revenue +67%

Funded once

  • CM
    Cleveland Metroparks
    one grant, 2023 · $6.0M
  • TF
    THE FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $1.0M · revenue -83%
  • AC
    American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of S
    one grant, 2022 · $406k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati
Philanthropy
2
JewishColumbus

Make Jewish life vibrant, accessible and secure in Columbus, Israel and around the world.

Religion
3
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
4
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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5
Minneapolis Jewish Federation

Minneapolis jewish federation is a nonprofit organization that promotes a culture of philanthropy, leverages resources to meet local and global jewish needs, and facilitates community planning to ensure a thriving and secure future.

Philanthropy
6
The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Inc

Together with our community, jcc manhattan creates opportunities for people to connect, grow, and learn within an ever-changing jewish landscape.

Human Services
7
Hebrew College

Promotes excellence in jewish learning & leadership within a pluralistic environment. see sch ohebrew college promotes excellence in jewish learning and leadership within a pluralistic environment of open inquiry, intellectual rigor,…

Education
8
Jewish Federation of Cincinnati

The Jewish Federation of Cincinnati develops and connects leaders, contributors, organizations, and ideas to build an inclusive Jewish community that helps people in need, supports Israel, and assures a vibrant Jewish future.

Philanthropy
9
Clal-the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership Inc

A leading advocate for pluralism and diversity, clal offers jewish wisdom that enhances public life, deepens civic engagement and cultivates personal growth.

Religion
10
Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies Inc

See schedule othe organization is a not-for-profit, public charity established in 1911 to provide for the quality and continuity of jewish life in western new york and around the world through private philanthropy. the foundation seeks,…

Philanthropy
11
Hillel Jewish University Center

To enrich the lives of jewish undergraduate students so that they may enrich the jewish people and the world.

—
12
Chelsea Jewish Lifecare Inc

The organization's mission is to manage a continuum of senior care business lines that consistently provide high-quality compassionate care while focusing on the development of innovative programs and services that enable individuals to…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Standup for Change. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

220 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 220 of the 316 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
40
Early backer (in before they grew)
218/220
Grantees still filing
147/220
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Mandel Foundation - Israel: $89,536,831 · OtherMandel Foundation - IsraelMANDEL SCHOOL FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP: $58,156,484 · OtherMANDEL SCHOOL FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIPCleveland Clinic Foundation: $28,825,000 · OtherCleveland Clinic Foundation+117 more: $46,087,772 · Other+117 moreThe Musical Arts Association: $39,257,522 · Arts & CultureThe Musical Arts…CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $3,022,500 · Arts & CultureCLEVELAND MUSEUM…WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3,010,000 · Arts & CultureWESTERN RESERVE …+22 more: $4,352,002 · Arts & Culture+22 moreTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $32,505,000 · PhilanthropyTHE JEWISH FE…UNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $2,416,750 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF…JEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND: $2,390,050 · PhilanthropyJEWISH FEDERA…THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION: $1,555,000 · Philanthropy+14 more: $3,162,113 · Philanthropy+14 moreCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $4,079,900 · EducationCUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2,511,122 · EducationCLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,048,809 · EducationFRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS: $912,641 · EducationLORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $616,159 · Education+21 more: $2,501,300 · EducationJERUSALEM FOUNDATION INC: $3,365,000 · InternationalThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $3,070,000 · InternationalAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $2,975,000 · InternationalCentral Fund of Israel: $575,000 · International+3 more: $369,000 · InternationalSECURE COMMUNITY NETWORK INC: $7,245,000 · Public Safety & Disaster+1 more: $150,000 · Public Safety & DisasterWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $5,442,256 · Environment+1 more: $30,000 · Environment
Other$222,606,087Arts & Culture$49,642,024Philanthropy$42,028,913Education$12,669,931International$10,354,000Public Safety & Disaster$7,395,000Environment$5,472,256

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Musical Arts Association: $39,257,522 over 5y, 18% of budgetTHE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA INC: $32,505,000 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetSECURE COMMUNITY NETWORK INC: $7,245,000 over 4y, 22% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY: $5,442,256 over 2y, 11% of budgetHEBREW ACADEMY OF CLEVELAND: $4,810,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $4,079,900 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMt Sinai Health Care Foundation: $4,020,000 over 4y, 38% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $3,938,214 over 4y, 8.2% of budgetJERUSALEM FOUNDATION INC: $3,365,000 over 4y, 8.7% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $3,070,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: $3,022,500 over 5y, 9.0% of budgetWESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3,010,000 over 3y, 30% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF HEBREW UNIVERSITY INC: $2,975,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetCUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2,511,122 over 5y, 8.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $2,416,750 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND: $2,390,050 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,048,809 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetYOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED: $1,632,500 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH INC: $1,600,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetTHE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION: $1,555,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetJEWISH REVIEW OF BOOKS FOUNDATION: $1,505,500 over 3y, 30% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF CLEVELAND OHIO: $1,335,500 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD PROGRESS INC: $1,335,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetPROVIDENCE HOUSE INC: $1,250,000 over 3y, 28% of budgetGREATER CLEVELAND FOOD BANK INC: $1,153,750 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetJEWISH FUNDERS NETWORK: $1,050,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetOHIO CITY INCORPORATED: $1,025,000 over 2y, 61% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetThe Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland: $923,699 over 3y, 4.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF BREAKTHROUGH SCHOOLS: $912,641 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS ASSOCIATION OF NORTH AMERICA: $900,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT INC: $795,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetCLEVELAND JEWISH PUBLICATION COMPANY FOUNDATION: $756,000 over 4y, 78% of budgetMIDTOWN CLEVELAND INC: $640,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetLORAIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $616,159 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetJewish Community Legacy Project Inc: $600,000 over 2y, 62% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $575,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHILLEL THE FOUNDATION FOR JEWISH CAMPUS LIFE: $550,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBunker Hill Community College Foundation Inc: $497,113 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetJEWISH EDUCATION CENTER OF CLEVELAND: $475,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetLAND STUDIO INC: $455,000 over 3y, 8.4% of budgetCLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART: $438,902 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetYESHIVA DERECH HATORAH: $390,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetFUCHS MIZRACHI SCHOOLS: $385,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF DELAWARE INC: $383,318 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $374,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTRUGGLE TO SAVE ETHIOPIAN JEWRYINC: $350,000 over 2y, 9.9% of budgetJOSEPH & FLORENCE MANDEL JEWISH DAY SCHOOL: $342,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Cleveland Foundat…Jewish Federation of …The Char and Chuck Fo…The George Gund Found…Higley Fund of the Cl…The Cleveland Clinic …The Albert B & Audrey…Saint Lukes Foundatio…Mt Sinai Health Care …The Swagelok Foundati…The Reinberger Founda…United Way of Greater…
The Cleveland FoundationOH105.9× affinity70 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Cleveland Foundation · Jewish Federation of Cleveland · The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation · The George Gund Foundation · Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation · The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return · The Albert B & Audrey G Ratner Family Foundation · Saint Lukes Foundation of Cleveland Ohio · Mt Sinai Health Care Foundation · The Swagelok Foundation · The Reinberger Foundation · United Way of Greater Cleveland

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Jack Joseph & Morton Mandel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Jack Joseph & Morton Mandel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Adamah Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
  • Jewish Federation of Delaware Inc: 6% of income from government
  • American Academy of Arts & Sciences: 3% of income from government
  • Camp Harbor View Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
71report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Jack Joseph & Morton Mandel Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Jack Joseph & Morton Mandel Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 316 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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