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 20222025. 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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Top recipients

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  • 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

$94,000
2022
$91,000
2023
$106,000
2024
$115,000
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 193 grants.

  • $20,000

    Virginia Museum of Fine Art · Richmond, VA · 2025

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  • $14,500

    Valentine Richmond History Center · Richmond, VA · 2023

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  • $13,000

    Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens · Richmond, VA · 2023

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  • $13,000

    Maymont Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2023

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  • $8,500

    Camping & Education Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

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  • $8,500

    Professional Artistic Research · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

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  • $7,500

    Wilton House Museum · Richmond, VA · 2022

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  • $7,000

    Planed Parenhood Southwest Ohio · Cincinnati, OH · 2025

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  • $5,000

    Valentine Richmond History Center · Richmond, VA · 2025

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  • $5,000

    Planed Parenhood Southwest Ohio · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

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  • $5,000

    Valentine Richmond History Center · Richmond, VA · 2024

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  • $5,000

    Virginia Museum of Fine Art · Richmond, VA · 2024

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  • $4,500

    Valentine Richmond History Center · Richmond, VA · 2022

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  • $4,000

    Planed Parenhood Southwest Ohio · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

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  • $4,000

    Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

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  • $4,000

    Virginia Museum of Fine Arts · Richmond, VA · 2022

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  • $3,000

    Camping & Education Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2025

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  • $3,000

    Capital Trees · Richmond, VA · 2025

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  • $3,000

    Cincinnati Shakespeare Company · Cincinnati, OH · 2025

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  • $3,000

    Communities in Schools of Richmond · Richmond, VA · 2025

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  • $3,000

    Feed More · Richmond, VA · 2025

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  • $3,000

    Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens · Richmond, VA · 2025

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  • $3,000

    Maymont Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2025

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  • $3,000

    Queen City Polinators Project · Cincinnati, OH · 2025

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  • $3,000

    Richmond Spca · Richmond, VA · 2025

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  • $3,000

    Arts for Learning Connecticut · Hamden, CT · 2024

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  • $3,000

    Capital Trees · Richmond, VA · 2024

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  • $3,000

    Communities in Schools of Richmond · Richmond, VA · 2024

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  • $3,000

    Feed More · Richmond, VA · 2024

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  • $3,000

    Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens · Richmond, VA · 2024

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  • $3,000

    Maymont Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2024

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  • $3,000

    Queen City Polinators Project · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

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  • $3,000

    Richmond Spca · Richmond, VA · 2024

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  • $3,000

    Communities in Schools of Richmond · Richmond, VA · 2023

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  • $3,000

    Feed More · Richmond, VA · 2023

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  • $3,000

    Communities in Schools of Richmond · Richmond, VA · 2022

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  • $3,000

    Feed More · Richmond, VA · 2022

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  • $3,000

    Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens · Richmond, VA · 2022

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  • $3,000

    Maymont Foundation · Richmond, VA · 2022

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  • $3,000

    Spca of Richmond · Richmond, VA · 2022

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  • $2,500

    Prospect House · Cincinanti, OH · 2025

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  • $2,500

    Richmond Ballet · Richmond, VA · 2025

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  • $2,500

    Share the Harvest Community Farm · Concord, NC · 2025

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  • $2,500

    The Hillside Trust · Cincinnati, OH · 2025

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  • $2,500

    Women Helping Women · Cincinnati, OH · 2025

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  • $2,500

    Prospect House · Cincinanti, OH · 2024

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  • $2,500

    Women Helping Women · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

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  • $2,500

    Camping & Education Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

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  • $2,500

    Queen City Polinators Project · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

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  • $2,500

    Women Helping Women · Cioncinnati, OH · 2023

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  • $2,500

    Camping and Education Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

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  • $2,500

    Cincinnati Nature Center · Milford, OH · 2022

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  • $2,500

    Women Helping Women · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

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  • $2,000

    Chamber Music Society of Virginia · Richmond, VA · 2025

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  • $2,000

    Cincinnati Parks Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2025

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  • $2,000

    Cincinnati Preservstionassociation · Cincinnati, OH · 2025

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  • $2,000

    Friends of James River Park · Richmond, VA · 2025

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  • $2,000

    Friends of the Public Library · Cincinnati, OH · 2025

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  • $2,000

    Leelanau Concervancy · Leland, MI · 2025

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  • $2,000

    Professional Artistic Research · Cincinnati, OH · 2025

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  • $2,000

    Richmond Symphony · Richmond, VA · 2025

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  • $2,000

    The Branch Museum of Archetecture · Richmond, VA · 2025

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  • $2,000

    Chamber Music Society of Virginia · Richmond, VA · 2024

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  • $2,000

    Cincinnati Parks Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

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  • $2,000

    Cincinnati Preservstionassociation · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

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  • $2,000

    Cincinnati Shakespeare Company · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

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  • $2,000

    Friends of James River Park · Richmond, VA · 2024

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  • $2,000

    Friends of the Public Library · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

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  • $2,000

    Leelanau Concervancy · Leland, MI · 2024

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  • $2,000

    Richmond Ballet · Richmond, VA · 2024

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  • $2,000

    Richmond Symphony · Richmond, VA · 2024

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  • $2,000

    The Branch Museum of Archetecture · Richmond, VA · 2024

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  • $2,000

    The Hillside Trust · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

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  • $2,000

    Cincinnati Preservstionassociation · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

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  • $2,000

    Cincinnati Shakespeare Company · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

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  • $2,000

    Friends of the Public Library · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

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  • $2,000

    Professional Artistic Research · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

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  • $2,000

    Prospect House · Cincinanti, OH · 2023

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  • $2,000

    Capital Trees · Richmond, VA · 2022

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  • $2,000

    Cincinnati Preservation Association · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

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  • $2,000

    Cincinnati Shakespeare Company · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

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  • $2,000

    Friends of James River Park · Richmond, VA · 2022

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  • $2,000

    Friends of the Public Library · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

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  • $2,000

    Professional Artistic Research Projects · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

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  • $2,000

    Prospect House · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

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  • $2,000

    Richmond Ballet · Richmond, VA · 2022

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  • $2,000

    The Branch Museum · Richmond, VA · 2022

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  • $2,000

    The Richmond Symphony · Richmond, VA · 2022

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  • $1,500

    The Victorian at Riverside · Covington, KY · 2025

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  • $1,500

    Cincinnati Parks Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

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  • $1,500

    Cincinnati Parks Foundation · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

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  • $1,500

    Indigo Hippo · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

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  • $1,500

    Queen City Pollinator Project · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

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  • $1,500

    The Chamber Music Society of Central Virginia · Richmond, VA · 2022

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  • $1,000

    - · Traverse City, MI · 2025

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  • $1,000

    4 Paws · Xenia, OH · 2025

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  • $1,000

    Caracole · Cincinnati, OH · 2025

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  • $1,000

    Cincinnati Museum Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2025

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  • $1,000

    Cincinnati Nature Center · Milford, OH · 2025

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  • $1,000

    Cincinnati Zoo and Botonical Garden · Cincinnati, OH · 2025

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.