Mandel Center announces gift to launch scholarship program
Gift made by local and national leaders honors
life’s work of Arthur Naparstek
December 9, 2005
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The Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Case Western Reserve University
has received a gift of nearly $1.6 million to endow scholarships in community
building for bright, talented, nonprofit leaders. Funding will support The
Arthur J. Naparstek Philanthropic Fund, named for the Grace Longwell Coyle
Professor and former Dean, whose work in urban redevelopment, public policy
and private-public partnerships resulted in the multi-billion dollar federal
Hope VI program, which continues to transform American and Israeli communities
today.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) granted The Mandel
Center $992,000 to provide scholarship support to candidates for the master
of non profit organization degree.
This special award was spearheaded by U. S. Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland),
who worked closely with Naparstek in creating several national programs, including
HOPE VI and The Corporation for National Service.
“We intend to actively seek out bright students with exceptional leadership
skills, who will have high potential as nonprofit leaders,” stated Susan
Lajoie Eagan, executive director and Mandel professor.
An additional $600,000 came from the philanthropic entities funded by Jack,
Joseph and Mort Mandel; Robert Goldberg and family; Charles A. Ratner and family;
the David and Inez Myers Foundation; and other donors associated with the Jewish
Community Federation of Cleveland.
“These scholarship funds were sought to reflect Naparstek’s legacy
in building Israeli communities and strengthening relationships with Jewish
organizations from around the world,” said Stephen H. Hoffman, president
of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland. Specifically, these funds
will support graduate work in nonprofit management for a student from Israel
or from the United States working closely with Jewish organizations.
A former dean (1983-1988) of the Case School of Applied Social Sciences (now
the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences), Naparstek worked for over four
decades in neighborhood revitalization through his educational activities and
community work across the country. In particular, his work as director of the
Cleveland Foundation’s Commission on Poverty transformed several under-served
Cleveland neighborhoods and became the model for HOPE VI, as well as critical
projects in Beit She’an and other cities in Israel.
Naparstek was appointed by President Carter to serve on the National Commission
on Neighborhoods and by President Clinton to the Corporation for National Service.
In addition, he was key in drafting the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, the Community
Reinvestment Acts and the Urban Revitalization Demonstration Acts (HOPE I -
VI).
“During his final weeks, my husband took great comfort in knowing that
this scholarship fund would be helping gifted students acquire the skills and
knowledge to improve neglected lives and revitalize under-served communities,
long after he was gone,” his wife, Belleruth Naparstek, said.
Morton Mandel, CEO of the Mandel Supporting Foundations as well as a major
contributor to the scholarship endowment fund, worked closely with Naparstek
for many years. “Art was a true believer in community building and in
generating strong and effective nonprofit leaders in order to transform the
lives of the under-served. He envisioned this new scholarship endowment as
a way to train people committed to changing the world to lead with vision and
creativity.”
The Mandel Center offers the master’s in nonprofit organizations or
certificate in nonprofit management to enhance the capabilities of talented
professional leaders and managers. Approximately 20 percent of incoming students
to this program are career changers from the for-profit sector. A small number
of students attend straight from undergraduate school and the remaining having
several years of work in the nonprofit sector.
The new scholarship funds will support the nonprofit leadership goals of the
Mandel Center’s high caliber students.
Of the 600 students who have graduated from the Mandel Center since its inception
twenty years ago, over 30 percent hold top management positions around the
world in the arts, healthcare, philanthropic organizations, and leading nonprofits
and educational institutions. Students seek the breadth of the Mandel Center’s
interdisciplinary approach which includes partnerships with the Weatherhead
School of Management, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, the School
of Law, and the College of Arts and Sciences.
Home to nearly 8,000 nonprofits and some of the country’s oldest philanthropic
organizations such as the Cleveland Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, is an ideal
location for the Mandel Center.
For additional information about the Mandel Center and how to apply to their
programs visit http://www.case.edu/mandelcenter/.
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