Ways to Give

Give online to The Ruffing Fund

Give online to the Ruffing Design House Capital Campaign

Please make your check payable to Ruffing Montessori School and mail it to:

Ruffing Montessori School
Attn: Development Office
3380 Fairmount Boulevard
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118

Please call Kelly Serra in the Development Office at 216.321.7571 to make your gift or pledge by phone.

Click here for the pledge form.

Gifts of stock may be made by electronic transfer if the securities are held in a brokerage account. Simply instruct your broker to transfer your securities in the name of Ruffing Montessori School to:

Fidelity Investments
216-591-9500, ext. 54387
Ruffing Montessori School account # Z-72378089
DTC # 0226

Please contact Kelly Serra when you have initiated a transaction.

Make a planned gift to Ruffing Montessori by adding language to your will. We would love to honor your intentions and recognize your gift. Please reach out to Head of School Kathie Freer to share your interest in supporting Ruffing in the long term.

When an individual or organization donates goods or services, those donations are considered in-kind gifts. Ruffing accepts in-kind gifts like Montessori materials, furniture, board games, school supplies, and more. Please contact Kelly Serra if you have an interest in donating in-kind. Due to the size of our school, these gifts are considered on a case by case basis.

There are many special occasions during our lives when we choose to memorialize or honor those we hold dear. Please contact Kelly Serra with questions regarding honor/memorial gifts.

Endowments are restricted funds intended to generate a predictable source of funding for the School in perpetuity for operating needs, financial aid, or other stipulated purposes. Ruffing's restricted funds exist as follows:

Established in 1998 with a generous start-up gift from Charlotte & Jack Newman, the Financial Aid Endowment generates funds for mission-appropriate families who, without assistance, would not be able to attend Ruffing. The Fund has grown with support from parents and friends over many years, and from gifts donated in 2014 in memory of Stuart Dowling.

The Gordon L. Maas Enlightened Generalist Fund supports professional development opportunities for Ruffing faculty. The fund was created with generous donations from Ruffing parents, grandparents, alumni, and friends in honor of Gordon's 2016 retirement after serving as Ruffing's Head of School for 16 years.

The Little Ones Fund was established in 2014 in honor of Natalie Bluestone, a beloved Ruffing Children's House teacher, upon her retirement after more than 30 years. The Fund provides resources to support the needs of 'little ones' in our preschool classrooms.

Ruffing's General Endowment Fund was established in 2016 to generate unrestricted operating funds on an annual basis. Gifts to the General Endowment Fund provide the most flexibility to Ruffing to apply where most needed.

Please reach out to Kelly Serra in the Development Office to learn more about giving to our endowment funds.