Jack Joseph and Morton Mandel
Cleveland, OH · EIN 34-1350566. Reported 91 grants totalling $173.4M to 49 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Jack Joseph and Morton Mandel, the IRS classifies it as a support organization for one specific institution (NTEE T110).
- How spread out its giving is. 49 distinct organizations, with 35% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 50% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 57% median for grantmaking charities -- noticeably lower than the 67% private foundations manage. Organizations like this one rotate more of their list each year, which is where an opening for a newcomer tends to be.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $500,000. Half of what it reported fell between $200,000 and $1,200,000; the smallest was $25,000 and the largest $22.5M. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Federation of Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $60.3M | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Jewish Federations of North America Inc | New York, NY | $30.8M | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Digitalc | Cleveland, OH | $18.0M | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Joseph & Florence Mandel Jewish Day School | Beachwood, OH | $11.8M | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Way of Greater Cleveland Fund | Cleveland, OH | $10.4M | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Inc | West Palm Bch, FL | $4,725,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Bnai Brith Youth Organization Inc | Washington, DC | $4,600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cleveland Zoological Society | Cleveland, OH | $3,000,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Hebrew Academy of Cleveland | Cleveland Hts, OH | $3,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jerusalem Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $2,650,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Legal Aid Society of Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $2,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| John Carroll University | University Ht, OH | $1,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Repair the World Inc | New York, NY | $1,450,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| M2 the Institute for Experiential Jewish Education | New York, NY | $1,355,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Case Western Reserve University | Cleveland, OH | $1,250,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Yeshiva Derech Hatorah | Cleveland Hts, OH | $1,250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Brandeis University | Waltham, MA | $1,200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| President & Fellows of Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT | $1,172,844 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Mandel Jewish Community Center of the Palm Beaches Inc | Boynton Beach, FL | $1,050,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Greater Cleveland Food Bank Inc | Cleveland, OH | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hebrew College | Newton, MA | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston Inc | Newton, MA | $950,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Moishe House | Encinitas, CA | $835,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Midtown Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $775,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development | Cleveland, OH | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Custom and Craft Jewish Rituals Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $700,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Education Center of Cleveland | Cleveland Hts, OH | $663,029 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bellefaire Jewish Childrens Bureau | Shaker Hts, OH | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Foundation for Jewish Camp Inc | New York, NY | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Cleveland Institute of Art | Cleveland, OH | $487,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Near West Side Multi Service Corporation | Cleveland, OH | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hillel the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life | Washington, DC | $325,880 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Forward Assoc Inc | New York, NY | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nli USA Inc | New York, NY | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University Settlement Inc | Cleveland, OH | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion | Cincinnati, OH | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| P E F Israel Endowment Funds Inc | New York, NY | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Musical Arts Association | Cleveland, OH | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friendship Circle of Cleveland Inc | Cleveland, OH | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Central Europe Center for Research & Documentation Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Great Lakes Museum of Science Environment and Technology | Cleveland, OH | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jpro Network Inc | New York, NY | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Security Service | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Israel Experience Tide Inc | Suffern, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jewish Community Centers Association of North America | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Maccabi World Union Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Menorah Park Foundation | Beachwood, OH | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cuyahoga Community College Foundati | Cleveland, OH | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Piano International Association of Northern Ohio | Shaker Hts, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
20 of 49 (41%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Jewish Federation of Cleveland
COMMISSION ON JEWISH CONTINUITY, MANDEL LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE CENTER, 2023 CAMPAIGN FOR JEWISH NEEDS, COMMUNITY SECURITY INITIATIVE, UKRAINE/ETHIOPIA EMERGENCY RELIEF, TURNAROUND PLAN FOR MENORAH PARK, ISRAEL AT 75 - Jewish Federations of North America Inc
JAFI TO SUPPORT SHINSHINIM, JAFI PLANNING AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL, JAFI ETHIOPIAN INTEGRATION, ISRAEL EMERGENCY, JAFI SCHOLARSHIPS, JEWISH PEOPLE POLICY INSTITUTE, REGROW ISRAEL - Digitalc
CONNECTIVITY & EMPOWERMENT BUSINESS UNITS - United Way of Greater Cleveland
PERMANENTLY ENDOWED JACK, JOSEPH AND MORTON MANDEL FUND - Hebrew Academy of Cleveland
TAYLOR ROAD CAMPUS REHABILITATION PROJECT - Cleveland Zoological Society
RENOVATIONS TO THE ZOO ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 46 of 49 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 24 | $24.3M | $450,000 |
| 2021 | 24 | $30.8M | $550,000 |
| 2022 | 21 | $48.8M | $663,029 |
| 2023 | 22 | $69.6M | $375,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
68% of its giving went to organizations in Ohio. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $500,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Ohio.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Jack Joseph and Morton Mandel's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 22 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 25701 Science Park Drive, Cleveland, OH, 44122.
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