California · Private foundation
The Middleton 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.
- $784k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 28
- Grants FY2024
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
64% of The Middleton Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Silicon Valley Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 9 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 26 to 32
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $14M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 23% of the organizations The Middleton Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $92k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 27 | $284k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $294k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 27 | $174k | 15% |
| FY2021 | 26 | $117k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $162k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $141k | 14% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $127k | 15% |
| FY2017 | 26 | $222k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us | $220,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Viewpoint Educational Foundation | $73,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Science History Institute | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Muttville | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lsb Leakey Fdtn for Research Related to Human Origins Behavior and Survival | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Notre Dame High School | $12,803 | 3 | n/a |
| The Heritage Foundation | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Pollinator Partnership | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Philanthropy Roundtable | $6,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Friends of Madera Animal Shelter | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us | $220,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Viewpoint Educational Foundation | $73,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Science History Institute | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Muttville | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lsb Leakey Fdtn for Research Related to Human Origins Behavior and Survival | $16,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Notre Dame High School | $12,803 | 3 | n/a |
| The Heritage Foundation | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Pollinator Partnership | $8,000 | 8 | 0% |
| The Philanthropy Roundtable | $6,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Friends of Madera Animal Shelter | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The James Beard Foundation Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hillsborough Beautification Foundation | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Inc | $1,600 | 8 | 0% |
| United States Fund for Unicef | $1,046 | 1 | 0% |
| Int'L Orthodox Christian Charities Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Comfort Cub Program Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rancho Santa Fe Historical Society | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $400 | 1 | 0% |
| American Cornerstone Institute Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $100 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Middleton Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Middleton Foundation
- How much does The Middleton Foundation give?
- The Middleton Foundation reported 28 grants totaling $783,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 26 and 32 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Middleton Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (73%), Recreation & Sports (10%), International (4%).
- Who are The Middleton Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us ($220k), Viewpoint Educational Foundation ($74k), Science History Institute ($25k).
- Does The Middleton Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Middleton Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Middleton Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, National Philanthropic Trust, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is The Middleton Foundation based?
- The Middleton Foundation is based in CA.
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