Funding search · EIN 396037928 · Milwaukee, WI

The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation

$157.1M
in grants paid: 1,027
grants: 495
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$6.6M
The Caroline D Bradley Association of Scholars · Pasadena, CA · 2024
To support the Caroline D. Bradley Scholarship program
$3.2M
Bradley Impact Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
To support general operations
$2.0M
Historic Haymarket Milwaukee I · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
To support a capital campaign
$1.0M
Encounter for Culture and Education · New York, NY · 2024
To support Encounter Books
$800,000
Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education · Princeton, NJ · 2024
To support educational institutes, centers, and programs at universities
$750,000
Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
To support general operations
$685,000
Foundation for the Constitution · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the Center for the Constitution
$500,000
Center for Urban Teaching · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
To support expansion
$500,000
Foundation for Government Accountability · Naples, FL · 2024
To support general operations
$500,000
American Legislative Exchange Council · Arlington, VA · 2024
To support general operations
$500,000
Concordia University Wisconsin Foundation · Mequon, WI · 2024
To support the Free Enterprise Center
$500,000
State Financial Officers Foundation · Shawnee, KS · 2024
To support general operations
$500,000
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research · New York, NY · 2024
To support economic policy and urban policy
$500,000
Evergreen Freedom Foundation · Olympia, WA · 2024
To support general operations
$475,000
Barry Goldwater Institute for Public Policy Research · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
To support general operations
$450,000
Mackinac Center for Public Policy · Midland, MI · 2024
To support general operations
$450,000
New Civil Liberties Alliance · Arlington, VA · 2024
To support general operations
$400,000
Kingdom Prep Lutheran High School · Wauwatosa, WI · 2024
To support building organizational capacity
$400,000
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies · Washington, DC · 2024
To support general operations
$400,000
Philanthropy Roundtable · Washington, DC · 2024
To support general operations
$395,000
Lincoln Network · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support development of a website
$350,000
Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation · Plymouth, VT · 2024
To support a publication and a conference
$350,000
Badger Institute · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
To support general operations
$350,000
Public Interest Legal Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2024
To support general operations
$350,000
The Buckeye Institute · Columbus, OH · 2024
To support general operations
$350,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the Project to Defend the Free Economy
$347,500
Bradley Impact Fund · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
To support a donor advised fund
$338,500
National Review Institute · New York, NY · 2024
To support the Capital Matters initiative and the Thomas L. Rhodes Journalism Fellowship
$325,000
Sagamore Institute · Indianapolis, IN · 2024
To support the Secretaries' Innovation Group
$300,000
Franklin News Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support general operations
$300,000
City On a Hill · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
To support capital project
$300,000
Georgia Center for Opportunity · Norcross, GA · 2024
To support general operations
$300,000
Capital Research Center · Washington, DC · 2024
To support general operations
$300,000
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024
To support the Economic Policy Working Group
$300,000
American Institute for Economic Research · Great Barrington, MA · 2024
To support general operations
$300,000
Beacon Center of Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024
To support general operations
$300,000
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024
To support the Monetary Policy in Practice Project
$300,000
National Taxpayers Union Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
To support general operations
$300,000
Competitive Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
To support general operations
$300,000
Montana Community Choice Schools Commission · Helena, MT · 2024
To support general operations
$300,000
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
To support general operations
$300,000
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024
To support the Role of Military History in Contemporary Conflict Working Group
$300,000
Leadership Program of the Rockies · Denver, CO · 2024
To support general operations
$275,000
Pabst Mansion · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
To support a capital campaign
$275,000
The Fund for American Studies · Washington, DC · 2024
To support education programs in journalism and free enterprise
$275,000
Institute for Educational Advancement · Pasadena, CA · 2024
To support general operations
$275,000
The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System · Madison, WI · 2024
To support the Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy
$250,000
Seton Catholic Schools · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
To support a capital campaign
$250,000
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To support general operations
$250,000
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · Washington, DC · 2024
To support the program in Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies
$250,000
Center for Urban Teaching · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
To support general operations
$250,000
Real Clear Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
To support general operations
$250,000
Vmts Education · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
To support general operations
$250,000
Ethics and Public Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2024
To support general operations
$250,000
Parent Choice · West Allis, WI · 2024
To support general operations
$250,000
Economic Policy Innovation Center · Arlington, VA · 2024
To support general operations
$250,000
George Mason University Foundation · Fairfax, VA · 2024
To support the C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State
$250,000
Collateral Global · 2024
To support general operations
$250,000
STEM Academy · Brookfield, WI · 2024
To support general operations
$250,000
Clemson University Foundation · Clemson, SC · 2024
To support the Clemson Institute for the Study of Capitalism
$240,000
The James Madison Institute for Public Policy Studies · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
To support general operations
$225,000
Foundation for Cultural Review · New York, NY · 2024
To support The New Criterion
$200,000
Millennial Debt Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
To support general operations
$200,000
Running Rebels Community Organization · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
To support general operations
$200,000
State Policy Network · Arlington, VA · 2024
To support general operations
$200,000
Purdue Research Foundation · West Lafayette, IN · 2024
To support the Mitchell E. Daniels School of Business Cornerstone for Business Program
$200,000
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University · Tempe, AZ · 2024
To support the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership, a post-doctoral fellowship, and a lecture series
$200,000
Wisconsin Lutheran Child & Family Service · Germantown, WI · 2024
To support the Milwaukee Youth Counseling Initiative
$200,000
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
To support general operations
$200,000
Uwm Research Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
To support the Bradley Catalyst Program
$200,000
Young America'S Foundation · Reston, VA · 2024
To support general operations
$200,000
Lucy Burns Institute · Middleton, WI · 2024
To support general operations
$200,000
Steele Family Foundation · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
To support a documentary
$200,000
Mount Vernon Ladies Association · Mount Vernon, VA · 2024
To support the George Washington Teacher Institute
$200,000
America'S Future · Washington, DC · 2024
To support general operations and Talent Market
$200,000
Community Warehouse · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
To support general operations
$200,000
Center for American Greatness · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
To support general operations
$200,000
Kingdom Prep Lutheran High School · Wauwatosa, WI · 2024
To support general operations
$200,000
The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
To support general operations
$200,000
Mindful Group · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
To support general operations
$200,000
Independent Women'S Forum · Winchester, VA · 2024
To support general operations
$200,000
Becket Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
To support general operations
$200,000
The Fairness Center · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
To support general operations
$195,000
Neu-Life Community Development · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
To support general operations
$180,000
City On a Hill · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
To support general operations
$175,000
John K Maciver Institute for Public Policy · Madison, WI · 2024
To support general operations
$175,000
Mhs Inc -- Messmer Catholic Schools · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
To support general operations
$175,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support the George J. Stigler Center
$175,000
Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2024
To support a free enterprise conference
$165,000
The Steamboat Institute · Steamboat Springs, CO · 2024
To support general operations
$165,000
1000 Generations · Elkhorn, WI · 2024
To support general operations
$150,000
Seton Catholic Schools · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
To support general operations
$150,000
Government Accountability Institute · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
To support general operations
$150,000
Regina Caeli · Roswell, GA · 2024
To support hybrid homeschool expansion
$150,000
Foundation for Economic Education · Atlanta, GA · 2024
To support general operations
$150,000
Rochester Institute of Technology · Rochester, NY · 2024
To support the Center for Statesmanship, Law, and Liberty
$150,000
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024
To support Uncommon Knowledge
$150,000
Paragon Health Institute · Arlington, VA · 2024
To support general operations
$150,000
Emergent Order Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024
To support general operations
$150,000
Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy · Charleston, WV · 2024
To support general operations

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.