Milton and Tamar Maltz Family Foundation

About Milton and Tamar Maltz Family Foundation

A $1 million exhibition endowment to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is one of the clearest markers of The Milton and Tamar Maltz Family Foundation’s priorities: large, purpose-specific gifts tied to Jewish memory, culture, and institutional support. The foundation’s recent giving also includes major support for arts organizations and heritage institutions, alongside select grants in health, education, and environmental conservation. Across the recent grant list, recurring relationships stand out. The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage received capital, restricted, and marketing support in multiple years, while Cleveland Clinic Foundation appeared with restricted support in both 2023 and 2025. Arts funding reaches beyond Cleveland to organizations such as Maltz Jupiter Theatre and Cleveland Play House, and the foundation has also backed conservation work through Rainforest Trust. The pattern suggests a donor that favors named projects, restricted support, and institution-building rather than broad small-grant activity. Grants are concentrated among cultural, educational, medical, and Jewish organizations, with several awards directed to entities connected to the Maltz name and family interests.

What Milton and Tamar Maltz Family Foundation Funds

Jewish history and Holocaust remembrance are central to the foundation’s recent grantmaking. It awarded $1 million to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for an exhibition endowment in 2025, and gave $175,000 to the University of Southern California for Shoah Foundation/Willesden Reads support in both 2023 and 2025. In Jewish community and Israel-focused work, the foundation provided $105,000 to American Friends of the Hebrew University for general operating support and $100,000 to American Israel Education Foundation for general operating support in 2025. Arts and performance also receive sustained backing. The foundation gave $530,000 to Maltz Jupiter Theatre for general operating support, $200,000 to Cleveland Play House for the Lights Up campaign in both 2023 and 2025, and $40,000 to Chamberfest Cleveland for general operating support in 2025. Health and environment appear in fewer grants but at substantial levels. Cleveland Clinic Foundation received $500,000 in restricted support in 2025, and Rainforest Trust received $517,371 for conservation projects in 2025.

How Milton and Tamar Maltz Family Foundation Gives