Ohio · Nonprofit
The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland
The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland (Ohio) receives grants from 67 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,362,479 to it, the largest being JEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND ($25,592,018). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 67
- Grants received
- $30M
- Net assets
- $20M
What The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland does
Mission
The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland builds, connects and strengthens our Jewish and Greater Cleveland communities through exceptional lifelong programs and services that reflect the richness of Jewish life and enhance physical, intellectual and spiritual well-being.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Fitness, Wellness, and Recreation programs are available to members and support the Jewish Values of Maintaining a Physically, Mentally, and Socially Active lifestyle by offering a full continuum of fitness equipment, classes, clinics, leagues, indoor and outdoor activities for all ages, races, religions, and abilities at a comprehensive campus centrally located within the Jewish Community. Served 7,677 members at our facilities for 318,115 Fitness Days.
$4,358,219 spentof which $236,297 as grants$4,397,263 earned by the program29% of program spendingOvernight Camping Program promotes a positive sense of Jewish identity and encourages Jewish values for all children, such as helping others, team work, respecting nature, the importance of tzedakah, and celebrating Shabbat. Children come away with a renewed sense of Jewish identity and increased confidence, independence, and self-awareness. Camp Wise served 516 Campers for 1,872 Camper weeks.
$4,344,267 spentof which $101,625 as grants$3,500,329 earned by the program29% of program spendingDay Camping and Youth Programs promote Jewish values through camping, after school, youth theater, and Maccabi games programs. Day Camps had 541 enrolled campers attending ,2,992 Camper Weeks. Kids Club served 29 children and Vacation programs had 389 program days. Maccabi Games, an international Jewish athletic competition, had 34 athletes participate. Playmakers youth theater had 221 participants in 6 shows.
$1,630,704 spentof which $59,738 as grants$1,631,543 earned by the program11% of program spendingEarly Childhood Programs
$4,087,602 spent$1,641,297 earned by the program27% of program spendingJewish Social and Cultural Programs
$761,616 spent$115,111 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $15,182,408.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2021 to 2022, from $33M to $27M (−18%).
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: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 1% · 2021 15% · 2023 10% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
31% of The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 27 funders, grant income rose $2.1M → $5.4M.
16 of 67 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 87% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 67 funders by total. 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
The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% 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 The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 94% · 2019 82% · 2020 87% · 2021 91% · 2022 78% · 2023 77% — 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
29% of The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
87% of The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $4.0M that is directly attributable, 64% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland is better cushioned than half of the 3,288 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,288 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like The Mandel Jewish Community 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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland?
- The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland (Ohio) receives grants from 67 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,362,479 to it, the largest being JEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND ($25,592,018). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland have?
- IRS filings report 67 organizations giving $30,362,479 in grants to The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland, 32 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Mandel Jewish Community Center of Cleveland?
- JEWISH FEDERATION OF CLEVELAND is the largest funder on record, with $25,592,018 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Mandel Jewish Community 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 67 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