Funding search · EIN 341809978 · Mayfield Heights, OH

B Charles and Jay G Ames Foundation

Name: B Charles and Jay G Ames Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

144
grants reported: $3.2M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

scholarship campaign ames family capital gala discovery ohio

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

4 grants matching “fieldstone” · $215,500

$50,000
Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2025
Fieldstone farm programs
$65,500
Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Ricing Center · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2024
$500 chefs unbridled event$50,000 ridership program$15,000 student sponsorship
$50,000
Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Ricing Center · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2023
Ridership program
$50,000
Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Ricing Center · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2022
Ridership program

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Cleveland Museum of Natural History4 grants · $990,000
St Paul'S Episcopal Church2 grants · $295,000
Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Ricing Center3 grants · $165,500
Case Western Reserve University2 grants · $118,000
Boys Hope Girls Hope3 grants · $114,006
Cleveland Clinic Foundation1 grant · $102,046
University Hospitals3 grants · $89,000
Western Reserve Land Conservancy3 grants · $67,838
Hilcrest Ymca2 grants · $65,000
Rescue Village4 grants · $63,400

Giving over time

$790,967

2022

$938,372

2023

$720,779

2024

$715,686

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 144 grants.

$460,000
Cleveland Museum of Natural History · Cleveland, OH · 2022
$450,000 transforming the world of discovery campaign$10,000 annual fund
$270,000
St Paul'S Episcopal Church · Cleveland Heights, OH · 2023
General
$260,000
Cleveland Museum of Natural History · Cleveland, OH · 2023
$250,000 transforming the world of discovery campaign$10,000 annual fund
$140,000
Cleveland Museum of Natural History · Cleveland, OH · 2025
$130,000 transforming the world of discovery campaign$10,000 annual fund
$130,000
Cleveland Museum of Natural History · Cleveland, OH · 2024
$120,000 transforming the world of discovery campaign$10,000 annual fund
$108,000
Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Entrepreneurship through acquisition/weatherhead school of management ames family principle scholarship
$102,046
Cleveland Clinic Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Cleveland clinic children's signature event: $1,046.33ames family philanthropic fund: $100,000velosano: $1,000
$65,500
Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Ricing Center · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2024
$500 chefs unbridled event$50,000 ridership program$15,000 student sponsorship
$61,397
Hope Ignites Northeastern Oh (Boys Hope Girls Hope) · Garfield Hts, OH · 2025
$42,900 drive fore hope$4,000 evening of hope$2,826 velosano$11,671 general
$56,496
Boys Hope Girls Hope · Garfield Hts, OH · 2024
$43,600 drive fore hope$12,896 general
$56,010
Boys Hope Girls Hope · Garfield Hts, OH · 2023
General
$55,000
Western Reserve Land Conservancy · Moreland Hills, OH · 2024
$50,000 white north stables kitchen renovation and construction of grimm's gazebo$5,000 general
$54,156
Open Doors Academy · Cleveland, OH · 2024
$50,000 general$4,156 holiday heart giving program
$50,000
Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2025
Fieldstone farm programs
$50,000
Minds Matter · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General
$50,000
Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Ricing Center · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2023
Ridership program
$50,000
Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Ricing Center · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2022
Ridership program
$40,000
Hilcrest Ymca · Lyndhurst, OH · 2022
$10,000 scholarship$40,000 capital improvements
$39,000
University Hospitals · Cleveland, OH · 2023
$14,000 calcutta auction - rainbow jumper challenge$25,000 palliative care and hospice fund
$25,000
Cleveland State University Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2025
The ames family scholarship
$25,000
Partnership Schools · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General
$25,000
University Hospitals · Cleveland, OH · 2025
$25,000 palliative care and hospice fund
$25,000
Partnership Schools · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General
$25,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Patio upgrades
$25,000
University Hospitals · Cleveland, OH · 2024
$25,000 palliative care and hospice fund
$25,000
Hathaway Brown School · Shaker Hts, OH · 2023
$3,500 unrestricted fund$10,000 tuition assistance$4,000 infant and toddler center$7,500 ames family principle scholarship fund
$25,000
Hilcrest Ymca · Lyndhurst, OH · 2023
$10,000 scholarship$15,000 capital improvements
$25,000
The First Tee of Cleveland · Newburgh Heights, OH · 2023
General
$25,000
Kent State University Foundation · Kent, OH · 2022
Henry brownell scholarship fund
$25,000
St Paul'S Episcopal Church · Cleveland Heights, OH · 2022
General
$25,000
The First Tee of Cleveland · Newburgh Heights, OH · 2022
General
$20,000
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General
$20,000
Benedictine High School · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Jordan hall scholarship endowment
$20,000
White North Stables · Hunting Valley, OH · 2023
In memory of richard (dick) grimm
$18,667
Gilmour Academy Weber Stadium Reno · Gates Mills, OH · 2024
Lancer athletics
$18,400
Rescue Village · Novelty, OH · 2024
General
$17,000
Rescue Village · Novelty, OH · 2025
General
$16,667
Gilmour Academy Weber Stadium Reno · Gates Mills, OH · 2023
Lancer athletics
$16,667
Gilmour Academy Weber Stadium Reno · Gates Mills, OH · 2022
General
$15,650
Hathaway Brown School · Shaker Hts, OH · 2025
$1,000 unrestricted fund$1,250 faculty excellence fund$1,400 infant & toddler center$2,000 playground fund - lighting the way$10,000 ames principle scholarship fund
$15,150
John'S Island Communicty Service League · Vero Beach, FL · 2024
$5,150 "on the boardwalk" gala$10,000 general
$15,000
Hillcrest Ymca · Lyndhurst, OH · 2025
$15,000 capital improvements to the roof
$15,000
Johns'S Island Foundation · Indian River Shores, FL · 2025
General
$15,000
Hillcrest Ymca · Lyndhurst, OH · 2024
$10,000 replacing lobby hvac unit$5,000 upgrading family changing room
$15,000
Johns'S Island Foundation · Indian River Shores, FL · 2023
General
$15,000
Rescue Village · Novelty, OH · 2023
General
$15,000
Hospice of the Western Reserve · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General
$15,000
Ronald McDonald House · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Cleveland kitchen renovation
$13,000
Rescue Village · Novelty, OH · 2022
General
$11,000
Hathaway Brown School · Shaker Hts, OH · 2022
$3,000 unrestricted fund$500 tuition assistance$7,500 ames family principle scholarship fund
$10,500
Kent State University · Kent, OH · 2024
$500 the hank brownell fund$10,000 fashion design and merchandising annual fashion show
$10,000
Children'S Hunger Alliance · Columbus, OH · 2025
General
$10,000
Creative Living for Life · Medina, OH · 2025
Ursuline sisters capital campaign
$10,000
Playhouse Square Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General
$10,000
Riverside Theatre · Vero Beach, FL · 2025
General
$10,000
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, OH · 2025
General
$10,000
Two Foundation · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2025
Annual appeal fund
$10,000
Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Marian k. Shaughnessy nurse leadership
$10,000
Cleveland Zoological Society · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General
$10,000
Hospice of the Western Reserve · Cleveland, OH · 2024
General
$10,000
Johns'S Island Foundation · Indian River Shores, FL · 2024
General
$10,000
Playhouse Square · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Education fund
$10,000
Riverside Theatre · Vero Beach, FL · 2024
General
$10,000
The Hunting Valley Foundation · Hunting Valley, OH · 2024
General
$10,000
Two Foundation · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2024
Annual appeal fund
$10,000
Cleveland Zoological Society · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General
$10,000
Hospice of the Western Reserve · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General
$10,000
Minds Matter · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General
$10,000
The Hunting Valley Foundation · Hunting Valley, OH · 2023
General
$10,000
Two Foundation · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2023
Capital campaign
$10,000
Johns'S Island Foundation · Indian River Shores, FL · 2022
General
$10,000
Lake View Cemetery Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2022
The campaign for lake view cemetary tree preservation project
$10,000
Providence House · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Providence house fund
$10,000
Rocky River Parks and Recreation Foundation · Rocky River, OH · 2022
General
$9,500
Piano Cleveland · Shaker Hts, OH · 2022
$10,000 providence house fund$3,500 dueling pianos
$9,000
Vero Beach Museum of Art · Vero Beach, FL · 2022
General
$8,393
Western Reserve Land Conservancy · Moreland Hills, OH · 2025
$2,215 general$3,000 construction of grimm's gazebo$3,178 white north
$8,000
White Memorial Presbyterian Church · Raleigh, NC · 2025
$1,000 general$2,000 weekday school$5,000 wds fundraiser
$8,000
St Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
General
$6,000
Hathaway Brown School · Shaker Hts, OH · 2024
$3,000 unrestricted fund$3,000 playground fund - lighting the way
$5,890
Piano Cleveland · Shaker Hts, OH · 2024
$3,390 crescendo sponsorship for the bravo piano gala$2,500 general
$5,600
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2023
General
$5,500
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2025
General
$5,500
Wake Forest University · Winstonsalem, NC · 2024
General
$5,000
Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center · Cleveland, OH · 2025
Signs of growth campaign
$5,000
Ohio Wesleyan University · Delaware, OH · 2025
Ohio wesleyan fund - promise scholarship
$5,000
Piano Cleveland · Shaker Hts, OH · 2025
$2,500 a grand brunch gala fund the need$2,500 cleveland international piano competition
$5,000
The Gathering Place · Beachwood, OH · 2025
Operating support - annual fund campaign
$5,000
American Heart Association · Dallas, TX · 2024
American stroke association in honor of edith gress taft
$5,000
Children'S Hunger Alliance · Columbus, OH · 2024
General
$5,000
Ohio Wesleyan University · Delaware, OH · 2024
Ohio wesleyan fund - promise scholarship
$5,000
The Gathering Place · Beachwood, OH · 2024
Operating support
$5,000
Cleveland Ballet · Cleveland, OH · 2023
General
$5,000
Ohio Wesleyan University · Delaware, OH · 2023
Ohio wesleyan fund
$5,000
The Gathering Place · Beachwood, OH · 2023
Operating support
$5,000
Cleveland Zoological Society · Cleveland, OH · 2022
General
$5,000
Hopewell · Chagrin Falls, OH · 2022
Downtown project
$5,000
Ohio Wesleyan University · Delaware, OH · 2022
Ohio wesleyan fund
$5,000
The Hunting Valley Foundation · Hunting Valley, OH · 2022
General
$4,445
Western Reserve Land Conservancy · Moreland Hills, OH · 2023
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