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Private foundation (trust)EIN 341809978Est. 1996-04

B CHARLES AND JAY G AMES FOUNDATION

MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, OH 44124

Total Assets

$17.4M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$721K

FY 2024

Grants Made

40

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$18K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$70–$130K

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Independent Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$702K

Total Expenses

$877K

Qualifying Distributions

$721K

Distributable Amount

$867K

Min. Investment Return

$875K

Undistributed Income

$245K

Payout rate 83%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.83%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

40 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $70 through median $10K to maximum $130K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $938K in 2023. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

123 grants

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
$1.1M
4 grants
ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
$315K
3 grants
BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE
$286K
4 grants
FIELDSTONE FARM THERAPEUTIC RICING CENTER
$266K
4 grants
HILCREST YMCA
$75K
3 grants
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS
$64K
2 grants
MINDS MATTER
$60K
2 grants
WESTERN RESERVE LAND CONSERVANCY
$59K
2 grants

Grant Size Distribution

123 grants

<$10K
78
grants
$10–50K
33
grants
$50–250K
8
grants
$250K–1M
4
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

10 states

Ohio
$2.9M
95% of total
Florida
$96K
3% of total
North Carolina
$21K
1% of total
Tennessee
$11K
0% of total
New York
$8K
0% of total
Texas
$5K
0% of total
Pennsylvania
$4K
0% of total
Illinois
$3K
0% of total
North Dakota
$2K
0% of total
Colorado
$1K
0% of total

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