Case Western Reserve University secured a major fundraising milestone with a $125 million commitment from the Mandel Foundation, described as the largest single gift in the foundation’s history and the biggest higher-ed gift in Ohio. The investment will support four initiatives, including a new humanities building, expanded student scholarships, a presidential discretionary fund, and growth for its Experimental Humanities program. The $125 million will fund the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities Building, a planned 50,000-square-foot space for human-centered digital scholarship, interdisciplinary creativity, and community partnerships. The gift also aims to double scholarship capacity at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences to increase access for students across socioeconomic backgrounds. Case Western’s presidential fund will support the institution’s leader—starting with current president Eric Kaler—to invest in new opportunities, while the Experimental Humanities Program will provide fellowships with scholarships and stipends focused on “integrative, ethical and technologically informed” approaches to societal challenges. For the university, the gift offers both capacity-building (infrastructure and scholarships) and strategic flexibility (discretionary presidential support), strengthening recruitment and research activity in humanities-adjacent areas.