Ohio · Nonprofit
JEWISH EDUCATION CENTER OF CLEVELAND
JEWISH EDUCATION CENTER OF CLEVELAND (Ohio) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $847,334 to it, the largest being IRVING B FINE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($492,500). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $847k
- Net assets
- $17M
What Jewish Education Center of Cleveland does
Mission
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.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Personnel Development: Educators services program enriches the skills, Judaic and professional knowledge of community educators through myriad mini courses and on line courses. Intensive on site professional development that fosters professional learning teams. Tuition subsidies and scholarships for college degrees and professional development seminars for professional growth with a new degree, license or certificate. 245 educators received stipends. This program also supports day school educator positions. The agency works with a local professional development committee serving general studies teachers in the Cleveland area affiliated day schools. The committee reviews and approves license applications, individual professional development plans and associate course request to ensure the general studies teachers maintain their Ohio licenses and certificates.
$1,373,686 spentof which $993,754 as grants$22,000 earned by the program17% of program spendingFamily & Adult Education: Formal and informal education outreach programs which include Hebrew literacy and Jewish identity projects. This program provides grants to 12 adult education providers to enhance their ability to engage adults in lifelong learning. These providers reach hundreds of individuals in a variety of formats and settings. This program also offers support to supplementary schools with a total of 11 community funded educators to fill a variety of educational and programmatic positions in local supplementary schools. Intergenerational initiative is a program for Jewish adults age 55 plus to engage in Jewish learning, living and community, including those passionate about grandparenting. This initiative has engaged with 370 individuals.
$1,059,539 spentof which $727,425 as grants$52,588 earned by the program13% of program spendingInformal Education: the Retreat Institute creates & implemented 28 retreats and informal education programs in collaboration with local Jewish educational institutions. 1,895 participants (students, educators and families) participated in these experiences. The Adolescent Initiative works with youth professionals from local organization for both professional development, community planning and adolescent development. This program also supports youth educator positions and programming in the community. Israel program grants and financial aid for students for approved educational trips to Israel to participate in youth group programs plus Gift of Israel matching incentive program for eighth grade school trip to Israel for study and college seminary/yeshivah programs. The Israel program funded 134 participants.
$938,846 spentof which $451,229 as grants$1,352 earned by the program12% of program spendingCamping Program: Camp incentive grants for students to attend Jewish denominational over night camps around the country. The camping program funded 380 students this year.
$860,631 spentof which $818,977 as grants11% of program spending@Akiva - is vibrant place for Cleveland teens to explore and grow in their devotion to Judaism and Israel while fostering everlasting friendships. From Hebrew and Judaic after school classes, to advocating for Israel through special activities and community service. @Akiva offers unique programming throughout the year. Approximately 270 students were involved in the various programs, High School Hebrew, On The Road, Israel Now and Icnext.
$744,103 spentof which $145,083 as grants$110,707 earned by the program9% of program spendingInterfaith Engagement- a program to engage interfaith couples and families to enhance their involvement in the Jewish community to comfortably explore, discover and personalize the meaning of Jewish culture and values in the modern world. This year more than 4,292 families were involved in various experiences.
$699,938 spent$3,773 earned by the program9% of program spendingShared Services - Provides information technology services to six educational institutions and the Mandel Jewish Community Center. It manages the consortium's data center, over 1616 workstations and laptops, iPads, 3,125 Chromebooks, 20 physical servers, 110 VMware virtual servers, 17 backup/vcenter servers, 8 local network attached storage, 250 VPN/Citrix users, 300 Cisco duo users and 10 Cisco voip phone systems, 500 IP phones, 10 camera surveillance systems, 430 Cisco ,Axis and Hanwha cameras throughout the consortium of schools and agencies.
$583,407 spent$541,819 earned by the program7% of program spendingEducation Resources: the Educational Capacity Building (Curriculum) Department serves the educational needs of Cleveland's supplementary schools, day schools, and preschools. The Teacher Center is a hands on materials center where teachers create instructional aids for their classrooms. The Teacher Center serviced over 19 schools, 6 various play groups and approximately 1,292 visits from educators. The Ratner Media & Technology Center is relied upon in the educational community as a place to find outstanding resources and expert advice. Congregational enrichment provided 37 grants to 11 congregations schools for enrichment programs.
$500,799 spentof which $96,504 as grants$45,995 earned by the program6% of program spendingEarly Childhood Education - Focuses on development of senior personnel, professional development/credentialing of teachers. Enhancing Judaic content and creating linkages between early childhood Jewish education and other stages of Jewish education. This program worked with 9 preschools and approximately 180 teachers in the community.
$443,344 spentof which $267,496 as grants5% of program spendingPlanning & Evaluation: Ensuring accountability and measuring success are central activities of the agency. Initiatives in this area build upon the internal programmatic reflective practice and data gathering that is a regular part of the agency's programs. The JEC's strategic plan calls for increase involvement in Jewish education in three principal ways: by lowering barriers to participation, maximizing gateways and fostering linkages between educational opportunities. Strengthen the quality of Jewish education. Cultivate the capacity of the educational institutions about engagement in Israel. Ensure a high level of accountability of the agency programs.
$440,484 spent5% of program spendingSpecial Education(Segula) - Provides services to students in day schools and supplementary schools and in-service training opportunities to special education teachers in the field. The Segula program served 19 students with special needs.
$167,389 spentof which $30,675 as grants2% of program spendingShin Shin Program - The Cleveland Jewish schools and youth groups benefit from the Israeli emissaries through various educational programs. The emissaries were involved with 17 organizations.
$157,718 spent$764 earned by the program2% of program spendingOnward Hebrew -An online Hebrew learning program developed for those desiring to teach Hebrew through Movement, but whose Hebrew is weak. The program specifically teachers Hebrew through Movement's vocabulary and grammatical patterns following the Hebrew Through Movement's acquisitional language approach. There were approximately 70 synagogues involved in the educational programs and approximately 272 educators touched by this program.
$115,568 spent$10,796 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 13 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,085,452.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $14M to $19M (+42%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 0% · 2022 1% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of JEWISH EDUCATION CENTER OF CLEVELAND’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Marlyn Bloch Jaffe
Chief Executive Officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $56k → $154k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $63M from 9 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Jewish Federation of Cleveland). These are real filings, and they are not money JEWISH EDUCATION CENTER OF CLEVELAND raised.
From the IRS filings of JEWISH EDUCATION CENTER OF CLEVELAND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
JEWISH EDUCATION CENTER OF CLEVELAND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
79% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund JEWISH EDUCATION CENTER OF CLEVELAND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 89% · 2019 100% · 2020 66% · 2021 50% · 2022 54% · 2023 80% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
25% of JEWISH EDUCATION CENTER OF CLEVELAND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
90% of JEWISH EDUCATION CENTER OF CLEVELAND's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
JEWISH EDUCATION CENTER OF CLEVELAND runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 119 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 119 religion nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like JEWISH EDUCATION CENTER OF CLEVELAND
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JEWISH EDUCATION CENTER OF CLEVELAND?
- JEWISH EDUCATION CENTER OF CLEVELAND (Ohio) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $847,334 to it, the largest being IRVING B FINE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($492,500). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JEWISH EDUCATION CENTER OF CLEVELAND have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $847,334 in grants to JEWISH EDUCATION CENTER OF CLEVELAND, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JEWISH EDUCATION CENTER OF CLEVELAND?
- IRVING B FINE FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $492,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JEWISH EDUCATION CENTER OF CLEVELAND find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 11 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing