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The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc Grants

Private foundation · EIN 39-6037928 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024

Total grants paid
$56.5M
Grants reported
361
Typical grant
$100K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

$13.6M

How to apply

This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.

Contact
Program Team
Deadlines
Full applications are due quarterly: February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15.
Application materials
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation accepts applications solely through its online grants-management system. A virtual letter of inquiry (LOI) should briefly describe the project for which support is being sought. If the project falls within the Foundation's current program interests, the organization may be invited to submit a full application. If the LOI is approved, a full application should include the following information: A thorough description of the project, its objectives and significance, and the qualifications and roles of participants The organization's: most current IRS exemption determination letter, current-year annual budget, project budget, if applicable, list of board directors and officers, most recent audited financial statements, most recent IRS Form 990, and any additional materials the applicant thinks will strengthen the case for support - reports, studies, or brochures, for example - which may be uploaded at the end of the application form
Restrictions
The Bradley Foundation can only support organizations that are exempt from federal taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and publicly supported under Section 509 (a)(1), (2), or (3), cannot provide grants to individuals and will not fund overhead or indirect costs.
Original filing text
Contact
Program Team
Address
1400 N Water St Milwaukee, WI, 53202
Phone
4142919915
Deadlines
Full applications are due quarterly: February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15.
Application materials
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation accepts applications solely through its online grants-management system. A virtual letter of inquiry (LOI) should briefly describe the project for which support is being sought. If the project falls within the Foundation's current program interests, the organization may be invited to submit a full application. If the LOI is approved, a full application should include the following information: A thorough description of the project, its objectives and significance, and the qualifications and roles of participants The organization's: most current IRS exemption determination letter, current-year annual budget, project budget, if applicable, list of board directors and officers, most recent audited financial statements, most recent IRS Form 990, and any additional materials the applicant thinks will strengthen the case for support - reports, studies, or brochures, for example - which may be uploaded at the end of the application form
Restrictions
The Bradley Foundation can only support organizations that are exempt from federal taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and publicly supported under Section 509 (a)(1), (2), or (3), cannot provide grants to individuals and will not fund overhead or indirect costs.

Reported organization name: The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc

Where The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

The Caroline D Bradley Association of Scholars

Pasadena, CA

$6.6MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

To support the Caroline D. Bradley Scholarship program

Bradley Impact Fund Inc

Milwaukee, WI

$3.2MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

To support general operations

Historic Haymarket Milwaukee I Inc

Milwaukee, WI

$2MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

To support a capital campaign

Encounter for Culture and Education Inc

New York, NY

$1MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

To support Encounter Books

Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education

Princeton, NJ

$800KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

To support educational institutes, centers, and programs at universities

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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