· Private foundation
Middle Road Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k64 grants · $139k
- $10k–50k16 grants · $366k
- $50k–250k2 grants · $185k
- $250k+1 grant · $302k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| YALE LAW SCHOOL | $302,000 |
| AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMIT | $120,000 |
| FSU FOUNDATION INC | $65,000 |
| US FORUM FOR ISRAEL | $42,000 |
| 826LA | $40,000 |
| FOUNDATION FOR FOSTER CHILDREN | $35,000 |
| RISING EARTH HUMAN IMPACT ED INC | $35,000 |
| THE INNOCENCE PROJECT OF FLORIDA | $30,000 |
| ELIAT CHARITIES INC | $27,000 |
| CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC | $25,000 |
| THE UCLA FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| THE ESTHER PROJECT | $25,000 |
| OAKWOOD SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| FOOD ACCESS LOS ANGELES | $12,000 |
| SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $170k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
79 repeat relationships: 62 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $166k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
The Florida State University Foundation Inc4× · 2021–2024 · $220k · revenue +28%- TCTHE CENTER FOR EARLY EDUCATION2× · 2021–2022 · $80k · revenue +18%
- IPINNOCENCE PROJECT OF FLORIDA INC2× · 2021–2024 · $40k · revenue +92%
Funded once
- HFHOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERYone grant, 2022 · $25k
- WMWilliam & Mary Foundationgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +90%
- WCWEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGEone grant, 2021 · $20k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
CITY REPORT, INC. serves the people of New York through independent journalism that answers their information needs and holds the powerful to account.
The mission of the organization is to foster the development of creative individuals as writers and artists and to promote public appreciation of excellence in the literary and graphic arts by publishing a magazine containing fiction,…
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).
The Knight First Amendment Institute defends the freedoms of speech and the press in the digital age through strategic litigation, research, public advocacy and public education. Our aim is to promote a system of free expression that is…
Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…
To bring quality public television programs and resources to communities throughout new jersey and its tri-state neighbors. its content, both on-air and online, aims to reflect the diverse
The museum of jewish heritage - a living memorial to the holocaust is new york's contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. see schedule o for additional information.
Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…
The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.
How this is measured
108 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 108 of the 135 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds The Florida State University Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR FOSTER CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds 826LA ↗
- Who funds THE CENTER FOR EARLY EDUCATION ↗
- Who funds OAKWOOD SCHOOL INC co Topel and Silver CPAs ↗
- Who funds AMERICA GIVES INC ↗
- Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds US Forum For Israel ↗
- Who funds INNOCENCE PROJECT OF FLORIDA INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY ↗
- Who funds EILAT CHARITIES INC ↗
- Who funds William & Mary Foundation ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES ↗
- Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
- Who funds The Ciesla Foundation ↗
- Who funds DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER ↗
- Who funds JCC ROCKLAND INC ↗
- Who funds WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART ↗
- Who funds THE INNOCENCE PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds WILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC ↗
- Who funds BROWN UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S RIGHTS INC ↗
- Who funds LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds PRO PUBLICA INC ↗
- Who funds SALISBURY VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SERV ↗
- Who funds THE COLBURN SCHOOL ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc · Silver Mountain Foundation for the Arts · Jewish Communal Fund · Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation Inc · Anne and Rollin Bates Foundation Inc · Findlay Family Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles · Elliott Family Foundation Inc · Steven Aresty Foundation · The Kurtz Family Foundation Inc · The Fairfield Foundation · Block Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Middle Road Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Middle Road Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Hias Inc: 88% of income from government
- The Salisbury Association Inc: 54% of income from government
- Housatonic Valley Association Inc: 38% of income from government
- Innocence Project of Florida Inc: 30% of income from government
- Hancock Shaker Village Inc: 1% of income from government
- The Faine House Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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