Ohio · Public charity
Jewish Education Center of Cleveland
The mission is to inspire transformative Jewish educational experiences that add meaning to the lives of Jewish children and their families in Cleveland. The vision of the agency is to instill a lifelong love of Jewish learning to further Jewish continuity in Cleveland.
- $3.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 34
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $2.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $24,909
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $222,928
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 27
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $19M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Jewish Education Center of Cleveland funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 32 | $1.8M | 19% |
| FY2024 | 27 | $1.6M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 27 | $1.7M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $1.7M | 4% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $1.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph & Florence Mandel Jewish Day School | $1,096,811 | 5 | 2% |
| Gross Schechter Day School | $987,321 | 5 | 4% |
| Case Western Reserve University | $874,685 | 5 | 0% |
| Fuchs Mizrachi Schools | $838,973 | 5 | 1% |
| Yeshiva Derech Hatorah | $606,773 | 5 | 1% |
| Partners In Torah of Cleveland Inc | $500,000 | 5 | 36% |
| The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | $421,953 | 4 | 3% |
| Park Synagogue | $287,069 | 5 | n/a |
| B'Nai Jeshurun Congregation | $283,628 | 5 | n/a |
| Jewish Family Experience | $251,700 | 5 | n/a |
Show all 33 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph & Florence Mandel Jewish Day School | $1,096,811 | 5 | 2% |
| Gross Schechter Day School | $987,321 | 5 | 4% |
| Case Western Reserve University | $874,685 | 5 | 0% |
| Fuchs Mizrachi Schools | $838,973 | 5 | 1% |
| Yeshiva Derech Hatorah | $606,773 | 5 | 1% |
| Partners In Torah of Cleveland Inc | $500,000 | 5 | 36% |
| The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland | $421,953 | 4 | 3% |
| Park Synagogue | $287,069 | 5 | n/a |
| B'Nai Jeshurun Congregation | $283,628 | 5 | n/a |
| Jewish Family Experience | $251,700 | 5 | n/a |
| Congregation Mishkan Or | $227,511 | 5 | n/a |
| Suburban Temple - Kol Ami | $215,582 | 5 | n/a |
| Segula | $214,374 | 5 | 24% |
| Aish Hatorah of Cleveland | $200,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Western Reserve Synagogue Beth Shalom | $131,803 | 5 | n/a |
| Jewish Community Centers Association of North America | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congregation Shaarey Tikvah | $113,770 | 5 | n/a |
| B'Nai B'Rith Youth Organization | $100,924 | 5 | 0% |
| Jewish Learning Connection | $96,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Fairmount Temple | $92,782 | 4 | n/a |
| Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America | $90,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Temple Emanu El | $89,757 | 5 | n/a |
| Kol Halev | $87,044 | 5 | n/a |
| Chabad Jewish Center of Solon | $80,427 | 5 | n/a |
| Cleveland Chabad Chai Center Inc | $74,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Templeisrael of Greater Cleveland | $67,283 | 5 | n/a |
| Beth Israel - the West Temple | $54,719 | 5 | n/a |
| Chaviva High School | $54,351 | 5 | 2% |
| Chabad Family Center | $6,327 | 1 | n/a |
| Twinsburg Chabad | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chabad of the West Side | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chabad of Downtown Cleveland | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chagrin Falls Jewish Center - Chabad | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Jewish Education Center of Cleveland supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Jewish Federation of Cleveland · Madav IX Foundation · The Joseph and Florence Mandel Family- Penni M and Stephen J Weinberg Family Fund · Irving I Stone Foundation · Jack Joseph & Morton Mandel Foundation · The Cleveland Foundation · J David & Rebecca Heller Family Foundation · Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral Association · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About Jewish Education Center of Cleveland
- How much does Jewish Education Center of Cleveland give?
- Jewish Education Center of Cleveland reported 34 itemized grants totaling $2,034,659, out of $3,531,143 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 27 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Jewish Education Center of Cleveland fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (66%), Religion (27%), Human Services (5%).
- Who are Jewish Education Center of Cleveland's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Joseph & Florence Mandel Jewish Day School ($1.1M), Gross Schechter Day School ($987k), Case Western Reserve University ($875k).
- Does Jewish Education Center of Cleveland fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Jewish Education Center of Cleveland?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jewish Federation of Cleveland, Madav IX Foundation, The Joseph and Florence Mandel Family- Penni M and Stephen J Weinberg Family Fund.
- Where is Jewish Education Center of Cleveland based?
- Jewish Education Center of Cleveland is based in OH.
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