How to Apply

1.

Review Our Grant Guidelines

To ensure your application gets the attention it deserves, please thoroughly review our website and review our guidelines outlining what we traditionally support, and those organizations and categories that we traditionally do not.

Please note that you may only apply to one of our foundations (either Bradley Turner or NextGen) per year.

2.

Reach Out To Us

As you are drafting your proposal, please reach out to us via phone or email for questions (see “contact” tab). If approved by the foundation grants committee, we will likely ask to schedule a meeting to hear about your project in full and visit your location prior to our board meeting.

We encourage you to begin your application well in advance of the deadline. Our ability to respond to questions diminishes the week before the deadline as we tend to have a large volume of calls and emails that week.

3.

Complete The Two-Phased Online Application Form

• Note as of July 1 2026: We are currently in the process of switching Grant application sites. Our new site is now live and open for new applications as of July 1, 2026. ‍ ‍

• To access the application for both the Bradley Turner Foundation and the NextGen foundation, use the button at the bottom of this page. If it is the first time you are using our new system, click “create new account” on the application site and use your foundation/organization email to create a login.

• The first phase of the application is a short Letter Of Intent (LOI) that helps determine your initial eligibility. Please be aware that he fields on this form will be copied on your full application if you advance to that phase.

• Staff on our end will approve or deny the LOI within a few days. You will get an email if you are denied, or if you are approved. Upon approval, you are assigned the full application

• The application is the most essential part of the process. Our site lets you quickly register, and then you will be able to fill out your application on your timetable. Drafts are automatically saved on our servers, so no worries about losing your place or your work. Any and all attachments, requested or otherwise, can also be uploaded on the platform.

• Our site is brand new, so please let us know any issues or questions you may have by contacting Katie Krieg: KKrieg@bradleyturner.org

4.

Submission Deadlines

• Our foundation has two grant cycles each year. For 2026, the first cycle concluded in April, and the second cycle will conclude in November.

• Letters of Intent (LOIs) for the second grant cycle will be accepted beginning July 1 and must be submitted through our online application portal no later than September 1, 2026.

• We encourage you to begin your application well in advance of the deadline. Our ability to respond to questions diminishes the week before the deadline as we tend to have a large volume of calls and emails that week.

• Organizations invited to submit a full application will typically be notified within a few days of submitting their LOI. Invited applicants must complete and submit their full application by September 4, 2026.

• The Grants Committee will review completed applications on October 5. Organizations selected to advance in the process will be invited to host a site visit during the month of October.

• Final funding decisions will be made at the Foundation's Board meeting on November 2, and all applicants will be notified of the decision that week.