evaluation grants for youth programs – Oct 15

Posted by Brady Education Foundation on October 7, 2025

Brady Education Foundation invites applications for program evaluations

The Brady Education Foundation aims to improve educational outcomes for children, including those living in low-income communities.

The foundation invites applications for existing program evaluation (EPE) proposals and research project (RP) proposals. The foundation is particularly focused on supporting projects that are consistent with a strength-based perspective and have the potential to inform future educational research, practice, major philanthropic giving, and/or public policy.

The primary aim of EPE proposals concerns what works, by evaluating the effectiveness of programs designed to promote positive cognitive, achievement, and/or learning outcomes for children (birth through 18 years). Secondary aims may focus on what works for whom and under what conditions; testing for moderation effects that inform whether the effects are stronger for certain groups or under certain conditions; investigating mechanisms through which effects occur; and comparing the total costs of the program, with its estimated monetary benefits to determine net cost or benefit.

The primary and any secondary aims must focus on educational research that will inform future education research, practice, philanthropic funding, and/or public policy.

The primary and secondary aims of RP proposals must focus on developmental or educational research that will inform future education research, practice, philanthropic funding, and/or public policy. Examples of this type of grant include (but are not limited to): measurement development, studies investigating factors associated with achievement outcomes, studies investigating strength families bring to the learning environment and how those can be capitalized upon to promote children’s learning and achievement outcomes, and policy studies.

Letters of intent are due October 15, 2025. If invited to submit a stage 1 application, applicants may submit for the November 1, 2025 cycle or any future cycle.

Applications will be accepted from universities and colleges (public or nonprofit, private) as well as nonprofit research organizations.

For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Brady Education Foundation website.

Deadline: October 15, 2025 (Letters of Intent)