Case Western Reserve University received a $125 million commitment from the Mandel Foundation, the largest single gift in the foundation’s 73-year history and the biggest higher education gift in Ohio. The funding is earmarked for four initiatives, including establishing a new Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities Building. The plan includes expanding student scholarship capacity, funding a presidential discretionary fund, and growing “experimental humanities” programs with fellowships, scholarships, and stipends oriented toward human-centered digital scholarship and interdisciplinary work. The gift also aims to double scholarship capacity within the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, designed to widen access for social work students across socioeconomic backgrounds—an immediate student success lever tied to institutional strategy.