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Mandel Foundation’s giving spree continues with Music Settlement expansion donation
Author: Elizabeth Schanz, Crain's Business Cleveland
The Music Settlement, a nonprofit community music school, will start a multimillion-dollar capital renovation of its University Circle campus this month with a boost from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Supporting Foundation.
The project will result in The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Music House, an expansion that will double instruction-room capacity, create a community technology lab and build an outdoor music patio, The Music Settlement said in an announcement.
“We’ve run out of space on our University Circle campus to serve our students, and we have a long waiting list,” Geri Presti, The Music Settlement’s president and CEO, told Crain’s. “We need to meet, and it’s our mission to meet the community demand for affordable and accessible music and education. So this is a critical need at this point.”
The total cost of the renovation is between $12 million and $14 million, Presti told Crain’s. The Music Settlement will break ground on the project on May 8, with completion slated for fall 2027.
Click below to read the full article, published in Crain's Business Cleveland on May 4, 2026.
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