MANDEL CENTER FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Downtown Cleveland as viewed from the west bank of the Cuyahoga River
THE MANDEL CENTER IN CLEVELAND, OHIO
Cleveland provides an ideal laboratory for students who study nonprofit organizations and management. There are over 3,000 nonprofit organizations in Cleveland that have a rich history of excellence. There is an especially strong nonprofit sector in the arts (theatre and museums), community development, social services (focusing on children and the aging population), health care (from small clinics to major hospitals), and philanthropic private and community foundations. These organizations continue to build on a long tradition of innovative nonprofit activity.
Case Western Reserve University is one of the nation's leading independent research universities. Although its origins date back to 1826, the University in its present form is the result of the 1967 federation of Case Institute of Technology and Western Reserve University. The attractive campus of Case Western Reserve University is located in University Circle, a 550-acre park-like concentration of over forty cultural, medical, educational, religious, and social service institutions at the eastern end of the city of Cleveland, Ohio. University Circle includes Severance Hall (the home of the Cleveland Orchestra), the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Cleveland Museum of National History, the Cleveland Botanical Garden, and much more.