Bradley Impact Fund

The Bradley Impact Fund is a donor-advised fund "aligned with" the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation that gives grants to right-wing and conservative organizations identified by the Bradley Foundation. The Bradley Foundation is "a cornerstone for the conservative movement in Wisconsin and across America," according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

The Bradley Impact Fund is organized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and describes its mission as "To provide funding to organizations that research public policy and educate the public on policy issues." Gabe Conger, a Heritage Foundation alumni, was announced as the incoming President of the Bradley Impact Fund. Conger succeeded Jessica Dean, who is now the senior vice president for development.

Like DonorsTrust and Donors Capital Fund (DT and DCF), the Bradley Impact Fund is a "donor-advised fund," which means that the fund creates separate accounts for individual donors, and the donors then recommend disbursements from the accounts to different non-profits. They cloak the identity of the original mystery donors because the funds are then distributed in the name of the fund, contributing another step to what in the case of DT and DCF has been called a "murky money maze."

Funding

2015 Grants Given

List of grants reported for 215:

• ACTS Community Development Corporation: $15,000
• American Enterprise Institute: $252,000
• American Majority: $42,000
• Americans for Prosperity Foundation: $60,000
• AmeriCares Foundation: $50,000
• Capital Research Center: $11,000
• Cardinal Newman Society for the Preservation of Catholic Higher Education: $10,000
• CARE Inc: $25,000
• Cato Institute: $105,000
• Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence: $35,000
• Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation: $15,000
• Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute: $110,000
• Competitive Enterprise Institute: $52,000
• Concordia University Wisconsin Foundation Inc: $10,000
• Covenant Church of Naplespca: $15,000
• David Horowitz Freedom Center: $15,000
• Doctors Without Borders USA Inc: $25,000
• Education Action Group Foundation Inc: $102,000
• Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: $10,000
• Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity: $280,000
• Free to Choose Network: $25,000
• Generation Opportunity Institute: $50,000
• Goldwater Institute: $6,000
• Greenhouse Solutions: $15,000
• Heartland Institute: $53,000
• Institute for Justice: $10,000
• Intercollegiate Studies Institute: $10,000
• International Justice Mission: $10,000
• Lake Country Lutheran High School: $10,000
• Leadership Institute: $25,000
• Manhattan Institute for Policy Research: $28,000
• Marcus Center for the Performing Arts: $45,000
• Media Research Center: $250,000
• Mercy Ships International: $10,000
• Milwaukee Chamber Theater: $10,000
• Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union: $20,000
• Moving Picture Institute: $7,000
• National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation: $26,000
• Outreach for Hope Inc: $10,000
• Philanthropy Roundtable: $6,000
• Project Veritas: $10,000
• Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts: $49,388
• St. Marcus Lutheran School: $100,000
• State Policy Network: $8,000
• The Fund for American Studies: $10,000
• Heritage Foundation: $12,000
• Jack Miller Center: $55,000
• MacIver Institute for Public Policy: $37,000
• The Sand County Foundation: $50,000
• True the Vote: $65,000
• Wisconsin Council on Economic Education: $100,000
• Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty: $40,000
• Wisconsin Policy Research Institute: $65,000
• Young America's Foundation: $11,000

2014 Grants Given

List of grants reported for 2014:

• Act Right Legal Foundation: $224,727
• Action (sic) Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty (Acton Institute): $5,000
• ACTS Community Development: $15,000
• Alliance for School Choice: $5,000
• American Council of Trustees and Alumni: $5,000
• American Council of Science and Health: $5,000
• Jack Miller Center: $5,000
• American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research: $103,500
• American Foreign Policy Council: $25,000
• American Majority: $27,000
• Americans for Prosperity Foundation: $170,000
• AmeriCares Foundation: $50,000
• Atlas Economic Research Foundation: $5,000
• Atonement Lutheran School: $10,000
• C A R E INC: $25,000
• Capital Research Center: $26,000
• Cardinal Newman Society for the Preservation of Catholic Higher Education: $10,000
• Cato Institute: $110,000
• Center for Competitive Politics: $5,000
• Citizens Against Government Waste: $5,000
• Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute: $100,000
• Competitive Enterprise Institute: $52,000
• David Horowitz Freedom Center: $15,000
• Doctors Without Boarders (sic) USA Inc: $25,000
• Economics Wisconsin (Wisconsin Council on Economics education): $105,000
• Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies: $45,000
• Florentine Opera: $55,000
• Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE): $10,000
• Free to Choose Network: $25,000
• Generation Opportunity Institute: $25,000
• Heartland Institute: $52,000
• Hoover on War Revolution and Peace: $5,000
• Howard Center for Family, Religion, and Society: $15,000
• Human Rights Foundation: $5,000
• Institute for Humane Studies: $5,000
• Institute for Justice: $5,000
• Intercollegiate Studies Institute: $10,000
• International Justice Mission: $10,000
• King's College: $100,000
• Landmark Legal Foundation: $5,000
• Leadership Institute: $25,000
• Manhattan Institute for Policy Research: $27,500
• Marcus Center for the Performing Arts: $90,000
• Media Research Center: $250,000
• Media Trackers: $10,000
• Mercy Ships International: $10,000
• Milwaukee Chamber Theatre: $20,000
• Milwaukee College Preparatory: $10,000
• Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra: $15,000
• Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union (AKA Historic Mount Vernon): $20,000
• Moving Pictures Institute: $7,000
• National Center for Policy Analysis: $5,000
• National Legal and Policy Center: $5,000
• National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation: $26,000
• National Taxpayers Union Foundation: $5,000
• Parents Television Council: $5,000
• Partners Advancing Values in Education: $10,000
• Prison Fellowship Ministries: $5,000
• Schools That Can Milwaukee (STCM): $55,000
• State Policy Network: $8,000
• Fund for American Studies: $10,000
• Heritage Foundation: $56,000
• John K. MacIver Institute: $31,884
• Philanthropy Roundtable: $6,000
• True the Vote: $45,500
• Turning Point: $25,000
• Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty: $35,500
• Wisconsin Policy Research Institute: $20,500
• Young America's Foundation: $11,000

2013 Grants Given

List of grants reported for 2013:

• Act Right Legal Foundation: $250,000
• Action (sic) Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty (Acton Institute): $5,000
• ACTS Community Development: $15,000
• Alliance for School Choice: $5,000
• American Council of Trustees and Alumni: $10,000
• Jack Miller Center: $5,000
• American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research: $100,000
• American Majority: $20,000
• Americans for Prosperity Foundation: $55,000
• AmeriCares Foundation: $50,000
• Atlas Economic Research Foundation: $5,000
• Beyond Vision: $10,000
• Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere: $25,000
• Capital Research Center: $26,000
• Cardinal Newman Society for the Preservation of Catholic Higher Education: $10,000
• Cato Institute: $105,000
• Center for Competitive Politics: $5,000
• Citizens Against Government Waste: $5,000
• Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute: $100,000
• Competitive Enterprise Institute: $52,000
• David Horowitz Freedom Center: $20,000
• Doctors Without Boarders (sic) USA Inc: $25,000
• Economics Wisconsin: $5,000
• Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE): $5,000
• Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment: $5,000
• Free to Choose Network: $25,000
• Heartland Institute: $51,000
• Hoover on War Revolution and Peace: $5,000
• Howard Center for Family, Religion, and Society: $10,000
• Human Rights Foundation: $10,000
• Institute for Humane Studies: $5,000
• Institute for Justice: $5,000
• Intercollegiate Studies Institute: $10,000
• International Justice Mission: $10,000
• Landmark Legal Foundation: $5,000
• Leadership Institute: $25,000
• Manhattan Institute for Policy Research: $26,000
• Media Research Center: $250,000
• Media Trackers: $60,000
• Mercy Ships International: $10,000
• Milwaukee Chamber Theatre: $20,000
• Milwaukee College Preparatory: $10,000
• Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union (AKA Historic Mount Vernon): $20,000
• Moving Pictures Institute: $7,000
• Museum of Wisconsin Art: $10,000
• National Center for Policy Analysis: $10,000
• National Legal and Policy Center: $5,000
• National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation: $26,000
• Foundation: $5,000
• Parents Television Council: $5,000
• Partners Advancing Values in Education: $11,000
• Prison Fellowship Ministries: $5,000
• State Policy Network: $7,500
• Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies: $5,000
• Fund for American Studies: $10,000
• Heritage Foundation: $51,000
• John K. MacIver Institute: $42,000
• Philanthropy Roundtable: $5,000
• True the Vote: $50,000
• Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, Violence-Free Zone Initiative: $25,000
• Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, $100,000
• Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, $15,000
• Young America's Foundation: $11,000

Core Finances

2018

• Total Revenue: $10,912,130
• Total Expenses: $6,946,290
• Net Assets: $8,643,203

2017

• Total Revenue: $7,047,892
• Total Expenses: $5,415,995
• Net Assets: $5,148,760

2016

• Total Revenue: $2,511,169
• Total Expenses: $3,146,400
• Net Assets: $3,393,158

2015

• Total Revenue: $4,136,052
• Total Expenses: $2,889,715
• Net Assets: $4,049,889

2014

• Total Revenues: $2,667,223
• Total Expenses: $2,589,971
• Net Assets: $2,906,836

2013

• Total Revenues: $4,806,952
• Total Expenses: $2,082,910
• Net Assets: $2,838,850

2012

• Total Revenues: $155,000
• Total Expenses: $41,196 (no grants made)
• Net Assets: $113,804

History

Founded in February 2012, the Bradley Impact Fund was developed by Robert E. Norton, then vice president for external relations at the Bradley Foundation. According to the Philanthropy Roundtable's Philanthropy Magazine, the Bradley Foundation "established the Bradley Impact Fund to encourage other donors to fund ­Bradley grantees."

Personnel

As of December 2019:

Board of Directors

• Michael W. Grebe, Chairman of the Board
• Kathryn Murphy Burke, Director
• Curt S. Culver
• Stephen Einhorn
• Diane Hendricks Board member of Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, former head of ABC Supply.
• James Arthur Pope
• Phillip Prange
• Sylvie Légère Ricketts

Former Board Members

• Michael L. Keiser Co-founder of Recycled Paper Greetings and golf course developer.
• David Uihlein, Chair; Vice Chair of Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation (Uihlein's family's foundation), President of Uihlein Wilson Architects.
• Stephen Einhorn, Director; manages Capital Midwest Fund, a Wisconsin venture capital fund, and runs Einhorn & Associates, a Wisconsin-based mergers and acquisitions firm. In 2012 Einhorn and his wife, Nancy Einhorn, "paid for dozens of anonymous billboards in and around Milwaukee and two Ohio cities warning residents of the penalties for committing voter fraud," according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
• Dennis Kuester, Director; Chair of Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, former CEO of Marshall & Ilsley (M&I) Corp.
• George Mosher, Treasurer; Founder of National Business Furniture

Staff

As of December 2019:

• Gabe Conger, President
• Richard W. Graber, Vice President
• Jason Kohout, Secretary
• Jessica F. Dean, Senior Vice President
• Kala J. Hill, Manager of Development Operations

Former Staff

• Karen Pacioni, Donor Relations Adviser
• Cynthia Friauf, Finance Adviser

Contact

Bradley Impact Fund
1400 N. Water Street, Suite 300
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: (414) 291-2500
Email: gconger@bradleyimpactfund.org
Website: https://www.bradleyimpactfund.org

Address for donations:
Wells Fargo Philanthropic Services
Attn: Grant Administration MAC: D4000-062
One West Fourth Street, 2nd Floor
Winston-Salem, NC 27101

Articles and Resources

IRS Form 990 Filings

2018

2017

2016

External Articles and Resources

• David Armiak, Talent Market: The Libertarian Headhunting Firm Serving the Koch Network and the Bradley Foundation, ExposedbyCMD, June 28, 2017.
• Mary Bottari, Weaponized Philanthropy: Document Trove Details Bradley Foundation’s Efforts to Build Right-Wing “Infrastructure” Nationwide, ExposedbyCMD, May 5, 2017.