Middle Road Foundation C/O Elizabeth R Varet
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About Middle Road Foundation C/O Elizabeth R Varet
The Middle Road Foundation makes a small number of large, unrestricted grants to prominent institutions, favoring repeat relationships. Recent giving is centered on elite legal education and international Jewish relief/communal work. The foundation appears to prioritize general-purpose support rather than project-restricted funding.
Focus Areas
Unrestricted support for elite legal education (Yale Law School)International Jewish relief and community services (American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee)General-purpose operating support to major institutions
Who They Fund
unspecified / general public
Giving Approach
Concentrated, high-dollar giving: very few grants overall, repeated multi-grant support to the same major grantees, primarily large general-purpose awards rather than many small or program-specific grants.
Funding Style
general operating / unrestricted supportbroad discretionary funding
About Middle Road Foundation C/O Elizabeth R Varet
Middle Road Foundation C/o Elizabeth R Varet stands out for repeated large, unrestricted support to Yale Law School, including $305,000 in 2023 and $302,000 in 2025. That pattern is matched by another long-running relationship with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Commit, which received $100,000 in 2023 and $120,000 in 2025. The foundation’s recent giving shows a preference for general-purpose grants to established organizations rather than project-specific awards. Its grant list points to a broad but selective institutional portfolio: legal education, Jewish communal relief, hospitals, food assistance, education, and community organizations. The foundation has also backed the Fsu Foundation Inc in multiple years and supported several New York and California institutions through general support. Across the recent grants provided, the same recipients often appear again, suggesting continuity in how the foundation builds relationships. Middle Road Foundation C/o Elizabeth R Varet uses this approach across a relatively wide set of nonprofit types, but the grants themselves are usually directed to organizations with established profiles and recurring needs. The emphasis is on unrestricted or general-purpose funding, which gives recipients flexibility in how support is used.
What Middle Road Foundation C/O Elizabeth R Varet Funds
In legal education, the foundation gave Yale Law School $302,000 in 2025 and $305,000 in 2023 for general purpose support. In Jewish communal work, it gave the American Jewish Joint Distribution Commit $120,000 in 2025 and $100,000 in 2023, also on a general-purpose basis. The portfolio also includes education and youth-serving organizations. The UCLA Foundation received $25,000 in 2025 and $25,000 in 2023, while 826la received $40,000 in 2025 and $18,000 in 2023. In health and human services, the foundation supported Foundation for Foster Children with $35,000 in 2025 and $21,000 in 2023, and it gave The Innocence Project of Florida $30,000 in 2025. Community and civic support appears as well, including $25,000 to Central Park Conservancy Inc in 2025 and $20,000 to Queens Baptist Church in 2023.
How Middle Road Foundation C/O Elizabeth R Varet Gives
Typical grant size is modest relative to the largest awards: p25 is $1,000, median is $3,000, and p75 is $10,000. The recent record also shows a small set of much larger general-purpose grants, which indicates a layered pattern of small support punctuated by major institutional gifts. Recipients recur across years. Yale Law School, American Jewish Joint Distribution Commit, Fsu Foundation Inc, Rising Earth Human Impact Ed Inc, Foundation for Foster Children, 826la, Oakwood School, and The UCLA Foundation all appear more than once in the recent grants list. The foundation is a private foundation, does not fund individuals, and does not make program-related investments. Grants are by invitation rather than unsolicited application.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$992K
Total Assets
$13.2M
Total Revenue
$2.6M
Total Expenses
$1.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $1K and $10K, with a median of $3K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$3K
75th Percentile
$10K
Geographic Reach
National16 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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