Cleveland Museum of Natural History
CLEVELAND, OH
$140KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
$130,000 transforming the world of discovery campaign$10,000 annual fund
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B Charles and Jay G Ames Foundation C/O Cornerstone Family Office Grants
Private foundation · EIN 34-1809978 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
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Reported organization name: B CHARLES AND JAY G AMES FOUNDATION C/O CORNERSTONE FAMILY OFFICE
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | $715.7K |
| 2024 | 40 | $720.8K |
Where B Charles and Jay G Ames Foundation C/O Cornerstone Family Office gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
CLEVELAND, OH
$130KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
$120,000 transforming the world of discovery campaign$10,000 annual fund
Case Western Reserve University
CLEVELAND, OH
$108KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Entrepreneurship through acquisition/weatherhead school of management ames family principle scholarship
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
CLEVELAND, OH
$102KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Cleveland clinic children's signature event: $1,046.33ames family philanthropic fund: $100,000velosano: $1,000
Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Ricing Center
CHAGRIN FALLS, OH
$65.5KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
$500 chefs unbridled event$50,000 ridership program$15,000 student sponsorship
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Figures are aggregated from B Charles and Jay G Ames Foundation C/O Cornerstone Family Office's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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