Texas · Private foundation
Bright Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 5
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Bright Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 9 | $1.8M | 56% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $1.8M | 40% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Medical Center Foundation | $4,500,000 | 3 | 1% |
| North Texas Food Bank | $375,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star | $112,560 | 2 | 0% |
| Serve Lewisville Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Dallas 24 Hour Club Inc | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Association of Former Students of Texas A&M University | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wipe Out Kids' Cancer Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Momentous Institute | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Perot Museum of Nature & Science | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
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About Bright Family Foundation
- How much does Bright Family Foundation give?
- Bright Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $1,793,780 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 5 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Bright Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (88%), Food & Nutrition (7%), Youth Development (2%).
- Who are Bright Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Children's Medical Center Foundation ($4.5M), North Texas Food Bank ($375k), Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star ($113k).
- Does Bright Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bright Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Where is Bright Family Foundation based?
- Bright Family Foundation is based in TX.
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