Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage

What Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage does

The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit cultural institution founded in 2005 and located in Beachwood, Ohio, approximately 30 minutes from downtown Cleveland. It is the only Jewish heritage museum in Northeast Ohio and was established through a collaboration of the Maltz Family Foundation, the Jewish Federation of Cleveland's Centennial Initiative, and Congregation Mishkan Or (also referred to as The Temple-Tifereth Israel), with research support from the Western Reserve Historical Society. The museum's mission centers on preserving Jewish heritage through the lens of the American experience, fighting antisemitism and bias, and building bridges of tolerance through education.

The museum operates a permanent collection of 566 works of art and ceremonial objects, anchored by the Temple-Tifereth Israel Gallery containing 166 artifacts described as one of the oldest and largest synagogal Judaica collections in the U.S. Its core educational offering is the Stop the Hate program, launched in 2008, which has reached more than 50,000 students across 15 Northeast Ohio counties, engaged 160+ schools, and awarded $1.8 million in scholarships and anti-bias grants as of 2026. The museum also operates AI-powered Interactive Biographies, built on StoryFile's conversational AI and the USC Shoah Foundation's Dimensions in Testimony technology, enabling visitors to conduct natural-language conversations with preserved testimonies of Holocaust survivors and civil rights leaders. Rotating special exhibitions (e.g., DEGENERATE! Hitler's War on Modern Art, Icons in Ink: The Jewish Comics Experience, The Bias Inside Us) and family/community programming round out the offerings.

Revenue is generated through a mix of paid admissions ($5–$15), an eight-tier annual membership program ($70–$2,500+), individual and planned giving, corporate partnerships starting at $2,500, the museum store, private event rentals, and the annual Maltz Heritage Award gala. Institutional support comes from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, the Ohio Arts Council, and the founding Maltz Family Foundation. Operations run on Blackbaud platforms (hosting and Altru CRM), with Volgistics for volunteer management and Google Forms for tour booking. In 2024–2026 the museum added senior leadership capacity (Deputy Director, first-ever Associate Director of Stop the Hate) and expanded strategic partnerships, including with Smithsonian SITES and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Name

Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage

Legal name

Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage

Website

https://maltzmuseum.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage is a Beachwood, Ohio 501(c)(3) museum preserving Jewish heritage, fighting antisemitism, and educating Northeast Ohio K-12 students via its Stop the Hate anti-bias program and AI-powered Holocaust survivor Interactive Biographies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural Heritage Museum

NAICS

Museums (712110), Historical Sites (712120)

akta.pro primary industry

History Museums (THAJADAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Museums & Heritage Sites (History, Science, Specialty) (BPAGAHAA)

Keywords

• Jewish heritage museum
• Holocaust education programs
• Anti-bias education
• Cultural exhibitions
• Interactive biographies

Headquarters

HQ city

Beachwood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Admission Fees: The museum generates revenue through ticket sales for general admission and special exhibitions. Adults pay $15, seniors and students pay $12, children ages 5-11 pay $5, with children under 4 admitted free.
2. Membership Program: Annual membership subscriptions ranging from $70 (Individual) to $2,500+ (Leadership Circle), providing free admission, exclusive events, discounts, and reciprocal museum benefits.
3. Donations and Annual Fund: Tax-deductible donations supporting exhibitions, educational programs, Holocaust memory preservation, youth empowerment, and general operations.
4. Planned Giving/Legacy Gifts: Estate planning donations through the Maltz Legacy Society, allowing supporters to include the museum in their will, retirement plans, or trust designations.
5. Corporate Partnerships: Corporate membership and sponsorship opportunities beginning at $2,500, offering employee benefits, event invitations, and recognition in museum publications.
6. Museum Store: Retail sales of books, Judaica, jewelry, artwork, games, and gifts. The store is open during museum hours without admission fee requirement.
7. Private Events: Venue rental for private events including the Maltz Heritage Award gala and other special occasions.
8. Maltz Heritage Award Gala: Annual fundraising gala honoring community leaders, serving as the museum's largest annual fundraiser supporting educational programming.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage operates a physical museum in Beachwood, Ohio, presenting permanent and rotating exhibitions on Jewish American heritage, Holocaust remembrance, and cultural history. It delivers educational programming—most notably the Stop the Hate® anti-bias initiative for 6th-12th grade students—and offers AI-powered Interactive Biographies that allow visitors to hold real-time conversations with preserved testimonies of Holocaust survivors and civil rights leaders. The museum also runs a tiered membership program, an annual fundraising gala, a retail store, and traveling exhibitions that tour nationally.

Product overview

The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage operates as a cultural institution offering a portfolio of exhibitions, educational programs, and visitor services. Its core products include the permanent exhibition An American Story exploring the Jewish American experience, the Temple-Tifereth Israel Gallery with Jewish religious art and artifacts, and Interactive Biographies using AI-powered technology for preserved testimonies. The museum presents rotating special exhibitions including Icons in Ink: The Jewish Comics Experience and DEGENERATE! Hitler's War on Modern Art. Educational offerings center on the Stop the Hate anti-bias program for students, guided tours, and volunteer opportunities. Visitor services include membership programs, the museum store, and the annual Maltz Heritage Award gala. The museum utilizes Blackbaud platforms for ticketing and CRM operations, and partners with StoryFile and USC Shoah Foundation for AI-enabled Interactive Biographies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 10,000 students visit annually for educational tours
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability3 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Hosting 'The Bias Inside Us' exhibition from March 8 through April 5, 2026, a community engagement project exploring implicit bias.
• Jewish Federation of ClevelandcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2005Founding partner through the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland's Centennial Initiative. Provides ongoing institutional support and community connections.
• Temple Tifereth IsraelcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2005Founding partner providing the Temple-Tifereth Israel Gallery collection, one of the oldest synagogal Judaica collections in the U.S. with 166 artifacts.
• Western Reserve Historical SocietyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2005Provided research support during the museum's founding in 2005.
• StoryFilecoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partnership for AI-powered Interactive Biographies, enabling real-time conversations with Holocaust survivors and civil rights leaders using artificial intelligence.
• USC Shoah FoundationcoreTechnology or IntegrationDimensions in Testimony initiative partner preserving Holocaust survivor testimonies through AI technology for educational dialogue with future generations.
• Center for Jewish HistorycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIcons in Ink: The Jewish Comics Experience originated at the Center for Jewish History in New York as a nationally touring exhibition.
• Cuyahoga County Public LibraryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to print and distribute 2026 Stop the Hate finalists' essays, poems, and songs at all library locations throughout the county.
• Cleveland CavaliersminorGTM or Marketing PartnerNew partnership announced in 2025 with Cleveland Cavaliers for Stop the Hate program promotion and community engagement.
• Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual Stop the Hate award ceremony held at Tri-C Cuyahoga Community College Eastern Campus.
• Cleveland Public LibraryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-sponsor of Icons Fest events including Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Andreyko conversation at the Main Library campus.
• Siegel & Shuster SocietyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-sponsor of Icons Fest programming celebrating Cleveland's comic book legacy and Superman's Cleveland origins.
• ROOTS of American MusicminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeaching artist partnership for Youth Sing Out songwriting component of Stop the Hate program.
• ideaststreamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal public media partner that produced video content for Interactive Biography theater.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: National Holocaust memorial museum in Washington, DC; the dominant incumbent in Holocaust education with significantly greater resources, federal backing, and visitor scale — sets the standard for content and programming.
• Skirball Cultural Center: LA-based Jewish cultural center with broader arts/cultural programming beyond Holocaust focus; comparable in mission framing (Jewish heritage, American values, education) but with a wider programming portfolio and larger scale.
• The National WWII Museum: New Orleans-based museum covering WWII, including the Holocaust narrative; broader scope but overlapping educational programming, traveling exhibitions, and K-12 anti-bias curriculum at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Holocaust Museum LA: Los Angeles-based Holocaust museum focused on survivor testimony and education; comparable scope, similar reliance on donations and survivor-led programming, with Pacific-region geographic non-overlap.
• Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center: Mid-sized regional Holocaust museum and education center with a similar anti-bias education mandate, school outreach program, and technology-forward survivor testimony offerings — closest scale and programmatic peer.
• Contemporary Jewish Museum: San Francisco museum focused on Jewish art, culture, and contemporary experience; similar mid-sized institution footprint, comparable membership and donor-driven revenue model, with West Coast geographic non-overlap.
• Center for Jewish History: NYC-based partnership of Jewish heritage institutions and originator of the touring 'Icons in Ink' exhibition at Maltz — directly comparable as a Jewish-heritage content producer and traveling exhibition partner.
• National Museum of American Jewish History: Philadelphia museum (now Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History) focused on the Jewish American experience — directly overlaps with Maltz's 'An American Story' permanent exhibition and immigrant-heritage focus.
• Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust: NYC-based Jewish heritage and Holocaust museum with comparable mission of preserving memory and educating the public; the closest operating peer in size and scope, though larger and in a major metro.

Regional players

• Cincinnati Museum Center: Regional multi-disciplinary museum complex in Cincinnati (closer Ohio peer); Jennifer Jensen's previous employer — comparable scale and operational structure though broader historical/scientific focus rather than Jewish-heritage specialization.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/maltzmuseum
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@themaltzmuseum
• Facebookfacebook.com/maltzmuseum
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/maltz-museum

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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