Middleground Capital Charitable Foundation

About Middleground Capital Charitable Foundation

Middleground Capital Charitable Foundation’s recent giving is dominated by operating support for equine-related organizations, with several of the largest grants going to groups that support racehorse aftercare and Thoroughbred welfare. The biggest awards on file are two $100,000 grants in 2025, one to Backside Learning Center Inc and one to the Jack Harlow Foundation, both in Louisville. That pattern sits alongside a broader slate of gifts to Kentucky nonprofits working in youth development, education, and community services. The foundation also backed Mareworthy Charities with $45,000 and made a series of five-figure grants to organizations tied to learning, family support, and local philanthropy. Its giving includes both large operating grants and a long tail of smaller awards, most of them to U.S.-based charities. Kentucky recipients account for more than half of the grants, but the list also reaches into Maryland, New York, Florida, Oklahoma, and other states. Across the recent record, the foundation appears to favor unrestricted or core support rather than project-only funding, with many recipients receiving operating support repeated across multiple entities in the same field.

What Middleground Capital Charitable Foundation Funds

A major theme is racehorse rescue, retirement, and adoption. In 2025, Middleground Capital Charitable Foundation gave $32,500 to Retired Racehorse Project in Edgewater, Maryland, and another $32,500 to After the Races in Elkton, Maryland, both for operating support. It also supported Thoroughbred Charities of America in Lexington with $5,000 and New Vocation Racehorse Adoption Program in Lexington with $5,000. Youth and education form another clear thread. The foundation gave $20,000 to YMCA of Central Kentucky in Lexington for operating support and $12,185 to Junior Achievement of the Bluegrass in Lexington for operating support. Big Brothers-big Sisters of the Bluegrass Inc received $10,000 in 2025 and $7,100 in 2024, both as operating support. Community and family services also appear in the record. The Bridge Sanctuary in Robinson, Texas received $10,000, while Lexington Habitat for Humanity received $6,500. These grants indicate a mix of local Kentucky support and selected out-of-state gifts.

How Middleground Capital Charitable Foundation Gives