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Bradley Impact Fund Inc

The bradley impact fund is a donor-advised fund with a mission to serve as philanthropic advisors who educate, empower, and inspire donors to advance our common principles through high-impact giving and the protection of donor intent.

$48M
Granted FY2024still arriving
402
Grants FY2024still arriving
37
States reached
$10M
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Public Benefit$63MCrime & Legal$32MEducation$24MArts & Culture$18MCivil Rights$16MPhilanthropy$15MReligion$7.2MHuman Services$6.0MOther$0
02FY2024 · 402 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k128 grants · $649k
  • $10k–50k176 grants · $3.4M
  • $50k–250k68 grants · $6.4M
  • $250k+30 grants · $37M
$14,500
Median grant
37
States reached
$200M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TURNING POINT USA$10,389,921
MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC$5,000,000
LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE$3,014,050
COUNTY CITIZENS DEFENDING FREEDOM USA FOUNDATION INC$2,475,000
EVERGREEN FREEDOM FOUNDATION$1,924,654
MOMS FOR AMERICA$1,701,000
BLACK PASTORS UNITED FOR EDUCATION$1,516,399
FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION$1,078,847
DO NO HARM$1,010,000
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC$900,000
SPEECH FIRST$700,000
ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM$650,000
MACKINAC CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY$607,000
TORCH OF FREEDOM FOUNDATION$600,000
PUBLIC INTEREST LEGAL FOUNDATION$514,953
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $4.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%GENERATEHOPE INC: $5k → 11%THOMAS MORE LAW CENTER: $6k → 14%MOMS FOR AMERICA: $1.7M → 14%PREGNANCY CARE CENTER OF GRANTS PASS: $20k → 18%QUESTLINE PRODUCTIONS INC: $20k → 13%DZI FOUNDATION A COLORADO NON-PROFIT CORPORATION: $10k → 7%MOMS FOR AMERICA INC: $302k → 14%IN SHIFRAS ARMS INC: $9k → 8%THOMAS MORE LAW CENTER: $6k → 14%MOMS FOR AMERICA INC: $753k → 14%PREGNANCY CARE CENTER OF GRANTS PASS: $12k → 18%LITTLE LAMBS MINISTRY: $29k → 7%AMERICAS MIGHTY WARRIORS: $8k → 11%THOMAS MORE LAW CENTER: $6k → 14%INSIGHT WOMEN'S CENTER: $10k → 15%MOMS FOR AMERICA: $401k → 14%PREGNANCY CARE CENTER OF GRANTS PASS: $10k → 18%THOMAS MORE LAW CENTER: $6k → 14%CALIFORNIA POLICY CENTER: $200k → 10%THOMAS MORE LAW CENTER: $6k → 14%BETTER TOGETHER: $20k → 10%MAKE A WISH OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $10k → 14%SANTA CAUSE: $5k → 10%NEU-LIFE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $70k → 17%PHOENIX DREAM CENTER FOUNDATION: $22k → 11%NEU-LIFE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $50k → 17%PHOENIX DREAM CENTER FOUNDATION: $6k → 11%PHOENIX DREAM CENTER FOUNDATION: $6k → 11%BRIDGE BUILDERS INC: $45k → 17%CAREFREE CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ASSOCIATION: $7k → 11%BRIDGE BUILDERS INC: $27k → 17%BRIDGE BUILDERS INC: $25k → 17%BRIDGE BUILDERS INC: $25k → 17%SHERMAN PHOENIX FOUNDATION: $30k → 17%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC: $250k → 17%WISCONSIN KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC: $6k → 10%WISCONSIN KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC: $6k → 10%WISCONSIN KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES INC: $6k → 10%WISCONSIN KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES: $6k → 10%WISCONSIN KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHARITIES: $6k → 10%SOJOURNER TRUTH HOUSE INC: $8k → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $11k → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $5k → 17%SOJOURNER TRUTH HOUSE INC: $10k → 17%SOJOURNER TRUTH HOUSE INC: $10k → 17%SOJOURNER TRUTH HOUSE INC: $10k → 17%HEAR WISCONSIN: $7k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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VT
WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
MS
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$166M · 316 repeat orgs$16M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

316 repeat relationships: 215 still active in FY2024, 101 since wound down; 130 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

316
131

Total granted

$166M
$10M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+14%

Still filing today

84%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24
EducationPublic BenefitArts & CultureCivil RightsHealthHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TP
    TURNING POINT USA INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $34M · revenue ×14
  • AF
    America First Legal Foundation
    2× · 2021–2022 · $27M · revenue +401% · 61% of their budget
  • FF
    Foundation For Excellence in Higher Education
    7× · 2017–2024 · $5.6M · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • AI
    AMERICAN INDEPENDENT MEDIAgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $2.5M · revenue ×11
  • SB
    Susan B Anthony List Education Fundgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $1.5M · revenue +36%
  • MC
    MAJELLA CARES DBA HEROIC MEDIA
    one grant, 2023 · $700k · revenue -12% · 31% of their budget
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
2
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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3
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
4
The International Institute for Strategic Studies - Us

To provide accurate, objective information and analysis on international strategic issues for legislators, diplomats, foreign affairs analysts, international business leaders, economists, the military, defense commentators, journalists,…

International
5
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…

Social Science
6
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
7
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
8
Wisconsin Policy Forum Inc

We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.

Public Benefit
9
American Law Institute

The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…

Crime & Legal
10
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

—
11
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
12
R Street Institute

The r street institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public-policy research organization ("think tank"). our mission is to engage in policy research and outreach to promote free markets and limited, effective government. (continued on…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Questline Productions Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

497 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 497 of the 590 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

22
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
96
Early backer (in before they grew)
484/497
Grantees still filing
312/497
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TURNING POINT USA INC: $33,998,111 · OtherTURNING POINT USA INCPROJECT VERITAS: $4,295,494 · OtherPROJECT VERITASEVERGREEN FREEDOM FOUNDATION: $3,277,762 · OtherMoms for America Inc: $3,156,000 · Other+76 more: $25,009,091 · Other+76 moreAmerica First Legal Foundation: $27,443,096 · Crime & LegalAmerica First Legal…PUBLIC INTEREST LEGAL FOUNDATION: $1,541,343 · Crime & LegalWISCONSIN INSTITUTE FOR LAW & LIBERTY: $1,441,698 · Crime & Legal+7 more: $1,363,896 · Crime & LegalGEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $3,700,000 · EducationGEORGIA STATE…FRANKLIN NEWS FOUNDATION: $2,439,200 · EducationFRANKLIN NEWS…BLACK PASTORS UNITED FOR EDUCATION: $1,516,399 · EducationBLACK PASTORS…Conservative Partnership Institute: $1,356,610 · EducationConservative …State Financial Officers Foundation Inc: $1,159,914 · EducationEmergent Order Foundation Inc: $940,130 · EducationTORCH OF FREEDOM FOUNDATION: $900,000 · EducationBig Shoulders Fund: $800,000 · Education+35 more: $9,184,684 · Education+35 moreFoundation For Excellence in Higher Education: $5,590,982 · PhilanthropyFoundation F…CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,128,729 · PhilanthropyCHRISTIAN CO…CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4,192,106 · PhilanthropyCALIFORNIA C…PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND: $2,500,000 · PhilanthropyPAYPAL CHARI…THE JACK MILLER CENTER FOR TEACHING AMERICA'S FOUNDING PRINCIPLES AND: $1,667,936 · PhilanthropyTHE JACK MIL…+6 more: $1,351,053 · Philanthropy+6 moreLeadership Institute: $3,325,250 · Public BenefitLeadership …AMERICAN INDEPENDENT MEDIA: $2,471,221 · Public BenefitAMERICAN IN…Libertas Network: $2,223,500 · Public BenefitLibertas Ne…FOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INC: $1,669,250 · Public BenefitFOUNDATION …ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC: $1,303,240 · Public BenefitETHICS AND …ADVANCE COLORADO: $750,000 · Public BenefitCATO INSTITUTE: $726,600 · Public BenefitBADGER INSTITUTE INC: $709,548 · Public BenefitMACKINAC CENTER: $653,000 · Public Benefit+16 more: $4,763,865 · Public Benefit+16 moreALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $5,024,500 · Civil RightsALLIANCE …CITIZENS DEFENDING FREEDOM FOUNDATION INC: $3,125,000 · Civil RightsCITIZENS …DEFENDING EDUCATION: $1,505,500 · Civil RightsDEFENDING…Susan B Anthony List Education Fund: $1,500,500 · Civil RightsSusan B A…Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $1,164,000 · Civil RightsActon Ins…Speech First Inc: $800,000 · Civil RightsCOLORADO OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION: $650,000 · Civil RightsFOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC: $600,250 · Civil Rights+8 more: $1,474,430 · Civil Rights+8 moreMILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $5,274,000 · Arts & CultureVMTS EDUCATION INC: $1,002,750 · Arts & CultureCLARE BOOTHE LUCE CENTER FOR CONSERVATIVE WOMEN: $525,500 · Arts & CultureUnreported Story Society: $510,000 · Arts & Culture+11 more: $2,090,653 · Arts & Culture
Other$69,736,458Crime & Legal$31,790,033Education$21,996,937Philanthropy$20,430,806Public Benefit$18,595,474Civil Rights$15,844,180Arts & Culture$9,402,903

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $33,998,111 over 7y, 13% of budgetAmerica First Legal Foundation: $27,443,096 over 2y, 61% of budgetFoundation For Excellence in Higher Education: $5,590,982 over 7y, 24% of budgetMILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $5,274,000 over 5y, 25% of budgetCHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,128,729 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $5,024,500 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetPROJECT VERITAS: $4,295,494 over 5y, 10% of budgetCALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $4,192,106 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetGEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $3,700,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetLeadership Institute: $3,325,250 over 7y, 5.8% of budgetEVERGREEN FREEDOM FOUNDATION: $3,277,762 over 6y, 9.0% of budgetMoms for America Inc: $3,156,000 over 4y, 24% of budgetCITIZENS DEFENDING FREEDOM FOUNDATION INC: $3,125,000 over 2y, 45% of budgetPAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND: $2,500,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRANKLIN NEWS FOUNDATION: $2,439,200 over 6y, 20% of budgetLibertas Network: $2,223,500 over 4y, 7.3% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $1,958,211 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INC: $1,669,250 over 5y, 7.3% of budgetTHE JACK MILLER CENTER FOR TEACHING AMERICA'S FOUNDING PRINCIPLES AND: $1,667,936 over 7y, 26% of budgetPUBLIC INTEREST LEGAL FOUNDATION: $1,541,343 over 6y, 16% of budgetDEFENDING EDUCATION: $1,505,500 over 3y, 12% of budgetSusan B Anthony List Education Fund: $1,500,500 over 1y, 19% of budgetWISCONSIN INSTITUTE FOR LAW & LIBERTY: $1,441,698 over 6y, 10% of budgetConservative Partnership Institute: $1,356,610 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER INC: $1,303,240 over 4y, 7.6% of budgetActon Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $1,164,000 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetState Financial Officers Foundation Inc: $1,159,914 over 3y, 25% of budgetDO NO HARM: $1,012,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetVMTS EDUCATION INC: $1,002,750 over 4y, 16% of budgetEmergent Order Foundation Inc: $940,130 over 3y, 10% of budgetAMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH: $914,370 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetTORCH OF FREEDOM FOUNDATION: $900,000 over 2y, 9.6% of budgetBig Shoulders Fund: $800,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSpeech First Inc: $800,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetADVANCE COLORADO: $750,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $726,600 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetBADGER INSTITUTE INC: $709,548 over 7y, 16% of budgetMAJELLA CARES DBA HEROIC MEDIA: $700,000 over 1y, 31% of budgetAMERICAS FUTURE INC: $700,000 over 3y, 45% of budgetACTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $656,750 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetMACKINAC CENTER: $653,000 over 3y, 5.3% of budgetTHE FEDERALIST SOCIETY FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES: $652,430 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetCOLORADO OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION: $650,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND EXPRESSION INC: $600,250 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetTHOMAS AQUINAS COLLEGE: $600,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $575,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetRUNNING REBELS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION INC: $569,650 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetNATIONAL REVIEW INSTITUTE: $565,850 over 6y, 4.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation IncWI198.2× affinity119 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc · Donors Trust Inc · Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated · The Searle Freedom Trust · Adolph Coors Foundation · The Dunn Foundation · Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc · John William Pope Foundation · United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County Inc · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Evan & Marion Helfaer Foundation · Thomas W Smith Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Bradley Impact Fund Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bradley Impact Fund Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 180%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
18get no government money at all
20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 590 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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