Brady Education Foundation Inc
Brady Education Foundation Inc. is a private foundation incorporated in 1956 and granted charitable status in November 1957. Based in Carrboro, North Carolina, the foundation seeks to improve educational outcomes for children, particularly those living in low-income communities. The foundation pursues its mission by promoting collaboration among researchers, educators, and other stakeholders through the funding of research projects and program evaluations in education.
Financial Overview
From 2025 IRS Form 990-PF · View filing
Total Assets
—
Annual Giving
$737K
+12.1% YoY
Grant Count
9
+12.5% YoY
Avg Grant Size
$82K
-0.3% YoY
Mission & Focus Areas
Mission: Giving to close the achievement gap for children at risk for poor school outcomes due to environmental factors associated with living in poverty. The foundation pursues its mission by promoting collaboration between researchers and educators via the funding of research and program evaluations in education.
Primary Focus Areas:
Research Projects: The foundation supports research projects with potential to inform how to improve educational outcomes for children from birth through age 18. The foundation is particularly focused on supporting research consistent with a strength-based perspective that has potential to inform future educational research, practice, major philanthropic giving, and/or public policy.
Program Evaluations: The foundation supports evaluation of programs that are feasible and sustainable in real-world educational settings and systems, accessible to families that need them, and strength-based in recognizing the strengths that children and families bring to learning environments. The foundation also supports cost-benefit analyses of existing programs whose goals are to promote improved educational outcomes.
Grantmaking
The foundation has distributed between $564,000 and $775,000 annually from 2021 to 2024, with the highest grantmaking activity in 2023 at $775,000 distributed across 8 grants.
Review Cycle
October 31st
How to Apply
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Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The foundation funds nationally, with grantmaking concentrated across the United States. Recent grants have been awarded to organizations in North Carolina, Massachusetts, and New York.
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
Assets & Income (as of June 2025):
- Total assets: $17,624,387
- Total revenues: $982,902
- Total expenses: $1,066,054
- Annual income: $3.1 million (reported)
Historical Assets: Total assets have grown from $13.1 million in 2011 to $17.6 million in 2024.
Staffing: The foundation has one employee on staff.
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Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
Grant Insights
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 9 recipients in 2025
Grant Size Distribution
47 grants across all recorded years
Open Grants
1 open opportunity from Brady Education Foundation Inc
Giving History
Grant recipients and amounts by year
No grants recorded for .
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
Elizabeth Pungello Bruno, Ph.D. – President
Dr. Bruno was previously a Research Associate Professor in the Developmental Psychology Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Scientist at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. Her research focused on early care and education environments and school readiness skills of children living in families with low income. Her work included investigation of long-term outcomes of the Abecedarian Project and exploration of associations among race/ethnicity, income, parenting, childcare quality, and language development. Dr. Bruno currently serves on the editorial boards of the Early Childhood Research Quarterly and the Journal of Marriage and Family. She serves on the Board of Directors of Brady Corporation (Chair of the Governance Committee and member of the Finance Committee and Technology Committee) and on the Board of Trustees of the University of Rochester.
Barbara Crockett – Secretary and Foundation Administrator Compensation: $76,214 (as of June 30, 2024)
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
From 2025 filing
| Name | Title | Hours | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELIZABETH P BRUNO | PRESIDENT | 30 | — |
| BARBARA CROCKETT | SECRETARY & FOUNDATION ADMINISTRATOR | 25 | $88,301 |
| MARK KUHN | DIRECTOR | 1 | — |
| IHEOMA U IRUKA | DIRECTOR | 1 | — |
| MATTHEW C PETERSON | VICE PRESIDENT & TREASURER | 1 | — |
| SARAH K HOFFMAN | DIRECTOR | 1 | — |
Data last updated April 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Research dossier generated April 2026.
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