Ridgecliff Foundation Grant Program
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
From the program guidelines: “Grants are limited to one per organization annually, and multi-year projects require yearly re-application.”
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Eligible organizations
- Tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations
- The Foundation's grant-making will be limited to the following Northeast Ohio counties: Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Summit and Trumbull.
Required status
- Tax-exempt status
Other requirements
- The Foundation will consider only requests for specific projects rather than for general operating support.
- Only one grant will be provided to an organization in a 12 month period.
- Applicants seeking funding for multi-year project must re-apply each year.
Not eligible / not funded
- Not eligible: General operating support
- Not eligible: Construction projects
- Not eligible: Research
- Not eligible: Purchase of capital equipment
- Not eligible: Feasibility studies
- Not eligible: No grants are awarded directly to individuals.
- Not eligible: Research projects
Overview
The Ridgecliff Foundation Grant Program supports nonprofit organizations focusing on mental health and chemical dependency in Northeast Ohio. This funding is aimed at education, prevention, and treatment initiatives. Eligible organizations must be tax-exempt and operate within specific counties. The foundation does not fund general operating support, construction projects, or research. Grants are limited to one per organization annually, and multi-year projects require yearly re-application.
Ridgecliff Foundation provides grants to non-profit organizations that have a mental health or chemical dependency component.
Grants
Grant requests must be in the fields of mental health or chemical dependency, focused on one or more of the following:
- EducationPreventionTreatment
Eligibility
Grants are awarded only to tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations.The Foundation's grant-making will be limited to the following Northeast Ohio counties: Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Summit and Trumbull.The Foundation will consider only requests for specific projects rather than for general operating support.Only one grant will be provided to an organization in a 12 month period.Applicants seeking funding for multi-year project must re-apply each year.
Ineligibility
The Foundation will not fund construction projects, purchase of capital equipment, or feasibility studies.No grants are awarded directly to individuals.Ridgecliff Foundation does not fund research projects.
What Ridgecliff Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 41
- Total given
- $402K
- Median grant
- $10K
- Range
- $2,250–$25K
- By dollars: Ohio 100%. Top recipient cities: Cleveland, OH; Cleve, OH; Independence, OH.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 23% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
The Salvation Army · Cleveland, OH
Light substance abuse recovery prog
$25K
University Hospitals · Cleveland, OH
Telepsychiatry pilot program
$20K
Cornerstone of Hope · Independence, OH
Greiving children and teens
$18K
Womensafe Inc · Chardon, OH
Clinical services program
$18K
Edwins Leadership & Restaurant · Cleveland, OH
Leadership and re-entry program
$13K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Mental health
- Addiction recovery
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