Bradley Bunte Scholarship
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Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
foundation
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- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Overview
Bradley Bunte Scholarship
Overview: Need-based tuition assistance to families desiring Christ-centered, academically-focused Lutheran elementary education.
Geographic Scope: St. Louis metropolitan area
Focus Areas: Lutheran elementary school education; need-based tuition assistance
Eligibility: Families committed to providing an academically-focused Lutheran elementary school education for their children in need of financial assistance
Background: Founded in 2004, Lutheran Elementary School Association (LESA) provides comprehensive educational resources to schools serving approximately 8,200 students attending 34 Lutheran elementary and high schools in the metropolitan St. Louis area, as well as four Lutheran education-related agencies. Since its inception, LESA has awarded more than 11,000 need-based scholarships totaling $7 million to children attending Lutheran elementary schools in the St. Louis area.
The Bradley Bunte Scholarship Endowment Fund was established to honor Bradley Bunte, who passed away on March 7, 2011, at the age of 21 in a tragic car accident. Bradley attended Lutheran elementary schools as a child and later attended the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he was studying broadcast journalism. He was a member of Beta Sigma Psi Lutheran fraternity and an active member and usher at University Lutheran Church.
Contact: YouthBridge Community Foundation of Greater St. Louis, 12977 North Forty Drive, Suite 368, Saint Louis, MO 63141, (314) 396-8685
What Youthbridge Community Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 135
- Total given
- $19.73M
- Median grant
- $25K
- Range
- $5,001–$8.11M
- By dollars: Missouri 96%, Washington 2%, Florida <1%. Top recipient cities: St Louis, MO; Chesterfield, MO; St Peters, MO.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 27% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
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