Funding search · EIN 311712320 · Cincinnati, OH
Ridgeway Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 193
- grants reported
- $406,000
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $1,000
- 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.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Valentine Richmond History Center4 grants · $29,000
- Virginia Museum of Fine Art2 grants · $25,000
- Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens4 grants · $22,000
- Maymont Foundation4 grants · $22,000
- Planed Parenhood Southwest Ohio3 grants · $16,000
- Camping & Education Foundation3 grants · $14,000
- Professional Artistic Research3 grants · $12,500
- Feed More4 grants · $12,000
- Communities in Schools of Richmond4 grants · $12,000
- Women Helping Women4 grants · $10,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 193 grants.
- $20,000
Virginia Museum of Fine Art · Richmond, VA · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $14,500
Valentine Richmond History Center · Richmond, VA · 2023
Organization's charitable purpose
- $13,000
Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens · Richmond, VA · 2023
Organization's charitable purpose
- $13,000
Maymont Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2023
Organization's charitable purpose
- $8,500
Camping & Education Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Organization's charitable purpose
- $8,500
Professional Artistic Research · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Organization's charitable purpose
- $7,500
Wilton House Museum · Richmond, VA · 2022
Organization's charitable purpose
- $7,000
Planed Parenhood Southwest Ohio · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $5,000
Valentine Richmond History Center · Richmond, VA · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $5,000
Planed Parenhood Southwest Ohio · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Organization's charitable purpose
- $5,000
Valentine Richmond History Center · Richmond, VA · 2024
Organization's charitable purpose
- $5,000
Virginia Museum of Fine Art · Richmond, VA · 2024
Organization's charitable purpose
- $4,500
Valentine Richmond History Center · Richmond, VA · 2022
Organization's charitable purpose
- $4,000
Planed Parenhood Southwest Ohio · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Organization's charitable purpose
- $4,000
Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Organization's charitable purpose
- $4,000
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts · Richmond, VA · 2022
Organization's charitable purpose
- $3,000
Camping & Education Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $3,000
Capital Trees · Richmond, VA · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $3,000
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $3,000
Communities in Schools of Richmond · Richmond, VA · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $3,000
Feed More · Richmond, VA · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $3,000
Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens · Richmond, VA · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $3,000
Maymont Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $3,000
Queen City Polinators Project · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $3,000
Richmond Spca · Richmond, VA · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $3,000
Arts for Learning Connecticut · Hamden, CT · 2024
Organization's charitable purpose
- $3,000
Capital Trees · Richmond, VA · 2024
Organization's charitable purpose
- $3,000
Communities in Schools of Richmond · Richmond, VA · 2024
Organization's charitable purpose
- $3,000
Feed More · Richmond, VA · 2024
Organization's charitable purpose
- $3,000
Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens · Richmond, VA · 2024
Organization's charitable purpose
- $3,000
Maymont Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2024
Organization's charitable purpose
- $3,000
Queen City Polinators Project · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Organization's charitable purpose
- $3,000
Richmond Spca · Richmond, VA · 2024
Organization's charitable purpose
- $3,000
Communities in Schools of Richmond · Richmond, VA · 2023
Organization's charitable purpose
- $3,000
Feed More · Richmond, VA · 2023
Organization's charitable purpose
- $3,000
Communities in Schools of Richmond · Richmond, VA · 2022
Organization's charitable purpose
- $3,000
Feed More · Richmond, VA · 2022
Organization's charitable purpose
- $3,000
Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens · Richmond, VA · 2022
Organization's charitable purpose
- $3,000
Maymont Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2022
Organization's charitable purpose
- $3,000
Spca of Richmond · Richmond, VA · 2022
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,500
Prospect House · Cincinanti, OH · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,500
Richmond Ballet · Richmond, VA · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,500
Share the Harvest Community Farm · Concord, NC · 2025
Organization's charitable pupose
- $2,500
The Hillside Trust · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,500
Women Helping Women · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,500
Prospect House · Cincinanti, OH · 2024
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,500
Women Helping Women · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,500
Camping & Education Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,500
Queen City Polinators Project · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,500
Women Helping Women · Cioncinnati, OH · 2023
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,500
Camping and Education Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,500
Cincinnati Nature Center · Milford, OH · 2022
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,500
Women Helping Women · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Chamber Music Society of Virginia · Richmond, VA · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Cincinnati Parks Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Cincinnati Preservstionassociation · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Friends of James River Park · Richmond, VA · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Friends of the Public Library · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Leelanau Concervancy · Leland, MI · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Professional Artistic Research · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Richmond Symphony · Richmond, VA · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
The Branch Museum of Archetecture · Richmond, VA · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Chamber Music Society of Virginia · Richmond, VA · 2024
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Cincinnati Parks Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Cincinnati Preservstionassociation · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Friends of James River Park · Richmond, VA · 2024
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Friends of the Public Library · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Leelanau Concervancy · Leland, MI · 2024
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Richmond Ballet · Richmond, VA · 2024
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Richmond Symphony · Richmond, VA · 2024
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
The Branch Museum of Archetecture · Richmond, VA · 2024
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
The Hillside Trust · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Cincinnati Preservstionassociation · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Friends of the Public Library · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Professional Artistic Research · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Prospect House · Cincinanti, OH · 2023
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Capital Trees · Richmond, VA · 2022
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Cincinnati Preservation Association · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Friends of James River Park · Richmond, VA · 2022
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Friends of the Public Library · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Professional Artistic Research Projects · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Prospect House · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
Richmond Ballet · Richmond, VA · 2022
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
The Branch Museum · Richmond, VA · 2022
Organization's charitable purpose
- $2,000
The Richmond Symphony · Richmond, VA · 2022
Organization's charitable purpose
- $1,500
The Victorian at Riverside · Covington, KY · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $1,500
Cincinnati Parks Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Organization's charitable purpose
- $1,500
Cincinnati Parks Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Organization's charitable purpose
- $1,500
Indigo Hippo · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Organization's charitable purpose
- $1,500
Queen City Pollinator Project · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Organization's charitable purpose
- $1,500
The Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia · Richmond, VA · 2022
Organization's charitable purpose
- $1,000
- · Traverse City, MI · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $1,000
4 Paws · Xenia, OH · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $1,000
Caracole · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $1,000
Cincinnati Museum Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $1,000
Cincinnati Nature Center · Milford, OH · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
- $1,000
Cincinnati Zoo and Botonical Garden · Cincinnati, OH · 2025
Organization's charitable purpose
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