Funding search · EIN 454678325 · Milwaukee, WI

Bradley Impact Fund

Name: Bradley Impact Fund grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

880
grants reported: $157.6M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $22,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Conservative youth organizing, campus activism, and leadership training
Public interest litigation on speech, parental rights, religious liberty
State-level free market policy institutes and government accountability groups
K-12 school choice, civics education, and Milwaukee private/charter schools
Milwaukee civic institutions, arts endowment, housing, and Christian ministries
Catholic and Christian missions, pro-life work, and Israel-related causes

Typical grant

The median grant is $22,000 and half of all grants fall between $10,000 and $66,000, so most of the record is small donor-advised checks. The money is wildly top-heavy: Turning Point USA at $10.4M, the Milwaukee Symphony endowment at $5M, and the Leadership Institute at $3M dwarf everything else, and those large awards go to established national movement organizations or hometown institutions. With 880 grants to 504 recipients across three years, repeat support is the norm rather than the exception.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.”
“SCHOLARSHIPS”
“CAPITAL CAMPAIGN”
“RESEARCH”
“STATE SCHOOL CHOICE AND STRATEGIC LITIGATION”

Positioning adjacent work

Frame requests as general operating support; that phrase covers the overwhelming majority of their grants.
Connect to funded themes: civics and founding principles, school choice, free speech on campus, parental rights.
Ask $25,000 to $75,000 for a first approach unless you are a national movement brand.
University-based work gets funded through the affiliated foundation, as with Georgia State and Rutgers; route it that way.

Worth knowing: This is a donor-advised vehicle tied to the Bradley network, so giving follows donor relationships rather than an open process, and a warm introduction matters more than a strong written case. Wisconsin recipients account for 234 of 880 grants, with DC and Virginia next, and the top ten checks consume most of the $157M.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

America First Legal Foundation1 grant · $27.1M
Turning Point USA3 grants · $26.3M
Christian Community Foundation Inc Dba Waterstone1 grant · $5.1M
Alliance Defending Freedom4 grants · $5.0M
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra2 grants · $5.0M
Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education3 grants · $4.8M
California Community Foundation1 grant · $4.2M
Leadership Institute3 grants · $3.2M
County Citizens Defending Freedom USA Foundation2 grants · $3.1M
Georgia State University Research Foundation3 grants · $2.7M

Giving over time

$64.3M

2022

$45.4M

2023

$47.9M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 880 grants.

$27.1M
America First Legal Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
General charitable purposes
$10.4M
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General operating support.
$8.1M
Turning Point USA · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
General operating support.
$7.8M
Turning Point USA · Lemont, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$5.1M
Christian Community Foundation Inc Dba Waterstone · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
General charitable purposes
$5.0M
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Mso endowment fund
$4.2M
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General operating support.
$3.4M
Alliance Defending Freedom · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023
General operating support.
$3.0M
Leadership Institute · Arlington, VA · 2024
General operating support.
$2.5M
Paypal Giving Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support.
$2.5M
County Citizens Defending Freedom USA Foundation · Mulberry, FL · 2024
General operating support.
$2.5M
American Independent Media · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$1.9M
Evergreen Freedom Foundation · Olympia, WA · 2024
General operating support.
$1.9M
Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General charitable purposes
$1.9M
Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education · Princeton, NJ · 2023
General operating support.
$1.8M
Project Veritas · Mamaroneck, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$1.7M
Moms for America · Branson, MO · 2024
General operating support.
$1.5M
Black Pastors United for Education · Harrisburg, PA · 2024
General operating support.
$1.5M
Susan B Anthony List Inc Education Fund · Arlington, VA · 2023
General operating support.
$1.2M
Young America'S Foundation · Reston, VA · 2023
General operating support.
$1.2M
Foundation for Government Accountability · Naples, FL · 2023
General operating support.
$1.1M
Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General operating support.
$1.1M
Libertas Institute · Lehi, UT · 2023
General operating support.
$1.0M
Do No Harm · Glen Allen, VA · 2024
General operating support.
$975,000
Franklin News Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support.
$900,000
Georgia State University Research Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Learning engineering tools competition
$900,000
Georgia State University Research Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Learning engineering tools competition
$900,000
Georgia State University Research Foundation · Atlanta, GA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$875,000
Franklin News Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$824,000
Alliance Defending Freedom · Scottsdale, AZ · 2022
General charitable purposes
$727,281
State Financial Officers Foundation · Shawnee, KS · 2023
General operating support.
$712,310
Conservative Partnership Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
General charitable purposes
$700,000
Speech First · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support.
$700,000
Majella Cares · Dallas, TX · 2023
General operating support.
$650,000
Alliance Defending Freedom · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
Internship program
$650,000
County Citizens Defending Freedom USA Foundation · Mulberry, FL · 2023
General operating support.
$640,000
Libertas Institute · Lehi, UT · 2022
General charitable purposes
$607,000
Mackinac Center for Public Policy · Midland, MI · 2024
General operating support.
$600,000
Torch of Freedom Foundation · Fredericksburg, TX · 2024
Other
$563,052
Jack Miller Center for Teaching America'S Founding Principles and History · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$560,570
Ethics and Public Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support.
$542,167
Jack Miller Center for Teaching America'S Founding Principles and History · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2023
General operating support.
$525,000
Colorado Opportunity Foundation · Lafayette, CO · 2022
General charitable purposes
$514,953
Public Interest Legal Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General operating support.
$505,060
Emergent Order Foundation · Austin, TX · 2023
General operating support.
$505,000
Unreported Story Society · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support.
$505,000
Parents Defending Education · Arlington, VA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$500,500
Parents Defending Education · Arlington, VA · 2023
General operating support.
$500,000
Advance Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
General operating support.
$500,000
Parents Defending Education · Arlington, VA · 2024
General operating support.
$500,000
Americas Future · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
General charitable purposes
$451,060
Ethics and Public Policy Center · Washington, DC · 2022
General charitable purposes
$450,000
Cantinas Arts Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024
General operating support.
$446,700
Franklin News Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support.
$435,000
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty · Grand Rapids, MI · 2024
General operating support.
$430,000
Emergent Order Foundation · Austin, TX · 2022
General charitable purposes
$425,000
Public Interest Legal Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
General charitable purposes
$405,750
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating support.
$401,000
Moms for America · Branson, MO · 2023
General operating support.
$390,361
Evergreen Freedom Foundation · Olympia, WA · 2023
General operating support.
$382,118
Project Veritas · Topeka, KS · 2023
General operating support.
$357,500
Walkaway Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General operating support.
$337,175
Evergreen Freedom Foundation · Olympia, WA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$330,500
Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General charitable purposes
$330,000
Threefold Education Association · Mechanicsburg, PA · 2024
General operating support.
$301,500
Moms for America · Englewood, OH · 2022
General charitable purposes
$300,000
Central Fund of Israel · Cedarhurst, NY · 2024
General operating support.
$300,000
Thomas Aquinas College · Santa Paula, CA · 2024
Scholarships
$300,000
Thomas Aquinas College · Santa Paula, CA · 2023
General operating support.
$300,000
Torch of Freedom Foundation · Dripping Springs, TX · 2023
General operating support.
$300,000
Wisconsineye Public Affairs Network · Madison, WI · 2023
General operating support.
$294,400
Young America'S Foundation · Reston, VA · 2024
General operating support.
$283,920
Higher Education Reform Coalition · St Petersburg, FL · 2023
General operating support.
$282,000
Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$277,560
Vmts Education · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$272,813
State Financial Officers Foundation · Shawnee, KS · 2022
General charitable purposes
$259,333
Jack Miller Center for Teaching America'S Founding Principles and History · Bala Cynwyd, PA · 2024
General operating support.
$252,560
Vmts Education · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General operating support.
$251,820
Conservative Partnership Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support.
$251,350
Texas Public Policy Foundation · Austin, TX · 2022
General charitable purposes
$250,030
Center for American Greatness · Santa Rosa Beach, FL · 2022
General charitable purposes
$250,000
Liberty Justice Center · Austin, TX · 2024
General operating support.
$250,000
National Center for Justice and Liberty · Chicago, IL · 2024
State school choice and strategic litigation
$250,000
St Augustine Preparatory Academy · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
North campus
$250,000
Central Fund of Israel · Cedarhurst, NY · 2023
General operating support.
$250,000
Harlem Children'S Zone · New York City, NY · 2023
General operating support.
$248,750
National Review Institute · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support.
$245,000
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty · Grand Rapids, MI · 2023
General operating support.
$240,000
Catholic Near East Welfare Association · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support.
$240,000
Catholic Near East Welfare Association · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support.
$240,000
Catholic Near East Welfare Association · New York, NY · 2022
General charitable purposes
$231,600
Cross Catholic Outreach · Boca Raton, FL · 2024
Diocese of thanh hoa; my linh clinic; st. John bosco rehabilitation center
$229,211
Young America'S Foundation · Reston, VA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$215,000
Milwaukee School of Engineering · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General charitable purposes
$211,000
Acts Housing · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating support.
$210,000
Aid To the Church in Need · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General operating support.
$205,000
Fusion Global · North Hollywood, CA · 2024
General operating support.
$203,000
Illinois Policy Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support.
$200,050
Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives · Harrisburg, PA · 2022
General charitable purposes
$200,000
Alliance Defending Freedom · Scottsdale, AZ · 2024
Legal support for parental rights

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.