The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation announced Tuesday philanthropist, scholar, and author James Piereson as the third and final 2025 Bradley Prize winner.
Piereson, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, will receive the award alongside conservative activist Christopher Rufo and historian Barry Strauss at the Bradley Prizes ceremony on May 29 in Washington, D.C. The award carries a $300,000 stipend.
The Bradley Prize has been awarded for 21 years to individuals whose work demonstrates a commitment “to restore, strengthen, and protect the principles and institutions of American exceptionalism,” according to the foundation’s press release.
Winners are selected by a committee from a pool of over 60 distinguished candidates.
Bradley Foundation President Rick Graber said Piereson’s “contributions to philanthropy,…
