Chapter 2 - Mandel Foundation
The Mandel Foundation strives to create leaders within the Jewish community. They provide educational leadership classes at their own locations as well as select universities. The Mandel Foundation is a faith- based all-star because of its inclusive and effective charity work. They are open to helping anybody, regardless of faith or ethnicity. Their total donation since inception sits at over one billion dollars, making the Mandel Foundation a key leader in faith based giving. With this billion dollars, the Mandel Foundation has worked to further education by donating to local schools such as Cleveland State University and Case Western Reserve University. Located at 1000 Lakeside Avenue, the Mandel Foundation has stretched its outreach from supporting initiatives in Cleveland, to the creation Mandel School for Educational Leadership in Israel.
“MidTown Cleveland is a nonprofit economic development organization, run by the Mandel Foundation, focused on the two-mile stretch between downtown Cleveland and University Circle. Supported by the Foundation since its establishment in 1982, MidTown has helped make the area a thriving urban business district with over 500 growing companies and over $500 million in new investment. MidTown has been recognized as a national model for urban redevelopment and a leader in the country for urban reinvestment” (Mandel Foundation).
