Mandel Foundation gifts $125M to Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University has received a $125 million gift from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation. The donation is the largest in the foundation's history and will support four areas across the university. Funds will be used to establish the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities Building, a 50,000-square-foot center for humanities studies. The gift will also support a scholarship endowment at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and create the Morton L. Mandel Presidential Chair, with President Eric W. Kaler as the inaugural holder. The university will use the support to elevate the humanities and bolster scholarships to address a need for social workers, as 75 of Ohio's 88 counties were designated as mental health professional shortage areas in July 2025. The Mandel Foundation has previously gifted about $70 million to the school.