The Louise H & David S Ingalls Fdn
Shaker Heights, OH · EIN 34-6516550. Reported 232 grants totalling $11.7M to 190 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Louise H & David S Ingalls Fdn did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $55,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $345,450. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Museum of Natural History | Cleveland, OH | $800,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cleveland Zoological Society | Cleveland, OH | $800,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Holden Forests & Gardens | Cleveland, OH | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Laurel School | Shaker Heights, OH | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University Hospitals | Cleveland, OH | $338,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Cleveland Museum of Art | Cleveland, OH | $330,086 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Lindner Center of Hope | Mason, OH | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Musical Arts Association | Cleveland, OH | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Archbold Foundation Inc | Thomasville, GA | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Global Ambassadors Language Academy | Cleveland, OH | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Hawken School | Gates Mills, OH | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Studio Arts Boulder Inc | Boulder, CO | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The University of Texas Foundation | Austin, TX | $170,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Winous Point Marsh Conservancy | Port Clinton, OH | $170,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sarah Lawrence College | Bronxville, NY | $165,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Best Point Education & Behavioral H | Cincinnati, OH | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Scienc | East Boothbay, ME | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Friends of Breakthrough Schools | Cleveland, OH | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Keewaydin Foundation | Salisbury, VT | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Land Studio | Cleveland, OH | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Linder Center of Hope | Mason, OH | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Western Reserve Land Conservancy | Moreland Hills, OH | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chastain Horse Park | Atlanta, GA | $145,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American University in Cairo | New York, NY | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lawrence School | Sagamore Hills, OH | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Urban Community School | Cleveland, OH | $115,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem | Darien, CT | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art | Boulder, CO | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ruffing Montessori School | Cleveland Heights, OH | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Springer School & Center | Cincinnati, OH | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yale School of the Environment | New Haven, CT | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fieldstone Farm | Chagrin Falls, OH | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry | Cleveland, OH | $87,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Michael Cronheim Taft Conlin Fdn | Shaker Heights, OH | $86,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park | Cincinnati, OH | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Trust for Public Land | Log Angeles, CA | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eversight Center for Vision and Eye Banking Research | Cleveland, OH | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Martin De Porres High School | Cleveland, OH | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Case Western Reserve University College of Arts and Sciences | Clveland, OH | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cleveland Restoration Society | Cleveland, OH | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Eversight Ohio | Cleveland, OH | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Karamu House | Cleveland, OH | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Atlanta History Center | Atlanta, GA | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $64,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Francisco Public Golf Alliance | San Francisco, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Trust for Public Land in Ohio | Cleveland, OH | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trustees of Columbia University | New York, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Flying Horse Farms | Mt Gilead, OH | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Medwish | Cleveland, OH | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross Ne Oh Chapter | Cleveland, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cleveland Institue of Music | Cleveland, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cleveland State University | Cleveland, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Connecticut College | New London, CT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Connections | Cleveland, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jackson Laboratory | Bar Harbor, ME | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lake View Cemetery Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Maltz Museum | Beachwood, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Metrohealth Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ridgeview Conservancy | Princeton, NJ | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tall Timbers Foundation Inc | Tallahassee, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Lighthouse for the Blind Inc | Seattle, WA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Metrohealth System | Cleveland, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Music Settlement | Cleveland, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cleveland Rape Crisis Center | Cleveland, OH | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Credo- Slowik Music Institute | Oberlin, OH | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater Cleveland Food Bank | Cleveland, OH | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Island Housing Trust | Mount Desert, ME | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kgnu Community Radio | Boulder, CO | $45,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Achievement Centers for Children | Strongsville, OH | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Academy of Bookbinding | Telluride, CO | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for the Arts | Crested Butte, CO | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mckinley Pres Library and Museum Stark County Hist Society | Canfield, OH | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| One Health Organization | Cleveland, OH | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Camp Joy Foundation | Clarksville, OH | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cleveland International Film Festiv | Cleveland, OH | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| International Crane Foundation Inc | Baraboo, WI | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wendell Gilley Museum of Bird Carvi | Southwest Harbor, ME | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Western Reserve Historical Society | Cleveland, OH | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cleveland Institute of Art | Cleveland, OH | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Cancer Society | Cleveland, OH | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cornerstone of Hope | Independence, OH | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Downtown Cleveland Alliance | Cleveland, OH | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kent State University Foundation | Kent, OH | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kids Book Bank | Cleveland, OH | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Coast Community Homes | Cleveland, OH | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio | Cleveland, OH | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hospice of the Western Reserve | Cleveland, OH | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Special Operations Care Fund Dba Atlanta Charity Clays | Roswell, GA | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Front Steps Housing and Services | Cleveland, OH | $25,004 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cincinnati Museum Association | Cincinnati, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Angels | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Cleveland Neighborhood Progress | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ddc Clinic Ctr for Special Needs Children | Middlefield, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hopewell | Chagrin Falls, OH | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Jefferson County Youth Council | Monticello, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nature Conservancy in Ohio | Dublin, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Near West Side Multiservice Corp May Dugan Center | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood of Greater Oh | Columbus, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Special Operations Care Fund | Roswell, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Starting Point | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stepping Stones | Cincinnati, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Epilepsy Association | Cleveland, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The University of Cincinnati Founda | Cincinnati, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pegasus Farm | Hartville, OH | $23,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aucilla Research Institute Inc | Monticello, FL | $20,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross Ne Ohio Region | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Angel Flight Soars Inc | Atlanta, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Blossom Hill Inc | Westlake, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Ohio | Lorain, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Ne Ohio | Lorain, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cincinnati Eye Institute Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Animal Protective League | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cleveland Sight Center | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cuyahoga County Public Library | Parma, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dd Clinic Center for Special Needs | Middlefield, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gulf of Maine Research Institute | Portland, ME | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| High Hopes Therapeutic Riding | Old Lyme, CT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hunger Network | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lake Erie Nature and Science Center | Bay Village, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Make a Wish Oh Ky and in | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Malachi House | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Metro Catholic School Diocese of Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Montessori Development Partnerships | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Providence House | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Francisco Center for the Book | San Francisco, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Akron Children's Hospital | Akron, OH | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Black Fund of Greater Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $15,400 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Autism Speaks | Boone, IA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Cleveland Chamber Choir | Richmond Heihgts, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park | Peninsula, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Diversity Center | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dobama Theatre | Cleveland Heights, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Connections of Northeast Ohi | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Les Delices | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| May Dugan Center | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Methow Conservancy | Winthrop, WA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| New Avenues to Independence Inc | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Notre Dame Schools | Chardon, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Solon Community Living | Solon, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Centers | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The City Mission | Cleveland, OH | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| University of Colorado Foundation | Denver, CO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rescue Village | Novelty, OH | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Adoption Network Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Adoption Network of Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Child and Fmaily Advocates of Cuyahoga County | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cincinnati Eye Institute Fdn | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cleveland Classical Guitar Society | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cleveland School of the Arts | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cuyahoga Community College Fdn | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Esperanza | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hands & Hearts for Horses | Thomasville, GA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Haven Home | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lifeline Inc Dba Lifeline Pilots | Peoria, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lifeline Inc Lifeline Pilots | Peoria, IL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maine Cost Heritage Trust | Topsham, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maine Island Trail Association | Portland, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Make a Wish Oki | Independence, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Methow Trails | Winthrop, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| NAMI Greater Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Natural Resources Council of Me | Augusta, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Notre Dame College | South Euclid, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Prokids | Cincinnati, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Satao Wildlife Foundation | Chagrin Falls, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Signal Ohio Ohio Local Information Initiative | Columbus, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Littlest Heroes | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The National Alliance on Mental Illness Greater Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Urban Squash Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vineyard Food Resource Center | Wickliffe, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Zelie's Home | Garfield Heights, OH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Adaptive Sports Ohio | Warrensville Heights, OH | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City Year Cleveland | Clveland, OH | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Humble Design | Solon, OH | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lake Erie Ink | Cleveland Heights, OH | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Anthony's Villa Inc | Sandusky, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beck Center for the Arts | Lakewood, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Arts-Inspired Learning | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| College Now Greater Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad | Peninsula, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Great Lakes Science Center | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Humanus Documentary Films Corp | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lifeact | Chagrin Falls, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Methodist Preschool of Pac Pal Community United Methodist Church | Pacific Palisades, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Near West Theatre | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Towards Employment | Cleveland, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Youth Challenge | Westlake, OH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ibh Addiction Recovery | Akron, OH | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dancing Classrooms of Ne Ohio | Parma, OH | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jd Breast Cancer Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
37 of 190 (19%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 7%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 138 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 45 | $2,072,900 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 37 | $1,900,090 | $25,004 |
| 2023 | 50 | $2,302,000 | $24,250 |
| 2024 | 55 | $2,750,000 | $25,000 |
| 2025 | 45 | $2,657,100 | $30,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
76% of its giving went to organizations in Ohio. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Ohio.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Louise H & David S Ingalls Fdn's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 20600 Chagrin Blvd Suite 430, Shaker Heights, OH, 44122. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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