2023 End of Year Granting & Contribution Guidelines:

To ensure timely delivery of grants by year end, grant recommendations must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. Central Time on Tuesday, December 19. For full details on actions needed and due dates for contributing various asset types, click here for the complete guidelines.  

A Dynamic Community United in Principles & Purpose.

1400-N-Water-square

Our Mission: 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.

Our Vision: The Bradley Impact Fund envisions a robust, national community of informed donors and partners who support and fund organizations that restore, strengthen, and protect America’s founding principles and institutions.

We are aligned with and inspired by  The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation’s mission to restore, strengthen, and protect the principles and institutions of American exceptionalism. The Foundation’s 30 years of philanthropic expertise and vetted portfolio of nonprofit organizations are resources available to our dynamic community.

Untitled design

The Brief - A Quarterly Newsletter

Stay current and broaden your knowledge with The Brief.  It arrives by mail and in your inbox four times a year with profiles on thought leaders, future leaders, organizations doing exceptional and innovative work, and upcoming opportunities to engage with our donor community. Like to catch up on some of our prior issues? Click here for the archive.

Subscribe to The Brief

Connect to bright minds, smart ideas, and impactful missions.

Preserving & Sharing Our Story

A common theme in the late evening conversations at Impact Fund events is the exasperation we all feel at being lectured on America’s sins by privileged, blue-haired, Ivy League graduates who couldn’t identify Kansas or Nebraska on a map. Fortunately, there are exciting new opportunities to invest...

Learn More >>

Advancing Ideas & Policy for America

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.

Most readers will immediately recognize and be able to complete the quote from the...

Learn More >>

Helping Civics Come Alive

Before it is about federal corporate tax rates, it is about families, schools, churches, clubs, and small businesses. Of course, corporate tax rates do matter on Main Street. Members of the Impact Fund tend to love meeting and speaking with scholars in our broader community who find the roots and...

Learn More >>

A Movement of Civic Educators Making a Difference

In fall 2022, the Philadelphia-based Jack Miller Center commissioned a national poll to ask parents about their expectations for their children’s civic education. Expecting to find more evidence of declining interest in civics, the Center’s team was encouraged to find that parents across all racial...

Learn More >>
2024 Words of Impact

2024 Words of Impact Essay

William B. Allen: Why Self-Discovery Requires Belonging, Read here.
Click here for the archive.

Read Words of Impact

What our donors say

"We are losing the battle for freedom from within this country. The most effective way to fight this battle is to fund frontline warriors fighting every day through the organizations they lead. The Impact Fund helps donors target the best and most impactful organizations so they’re able to make the biggest difference they can with their giving."

Dennis Kuester

Dennis Kuester

Impact Fund member since 2013

"The promotion of the vital link between the arts, free expression of ideas, and civic engagement is what initially led us to join the Impact Fund. I want to be part of the conversation on preserving this country’s freedoms."

Kathryn Murphy Burke

Kathryn Murphy Burke

Impact Fund member since 2018

"You worked hard to make the money, and you’ve got to work hard to make sure you’re investing properly in philanthropy.  I think the Bradley Impact Fund can be a major help in this area."

Jack Miller

Jack Miller

Impact Fund member since 2018

Ready to Open Your Donor-Advised Account?

Join today and gain the advantages of a donor-advised fund, professional philanthropic guidance, and unique insights into a portfolio of impactful organizations. With the Bradley Impact Fund, you’re part of a growing community of principled donors. 

Open Account