Illinois · Public charity
Bright Star Community Outreach Corp
Our mission is to empower residents to share in the responsibility ofbuilding community through pooling resources and forming partnerships.we will accomplish our mission by developing innovative performancebased projects and programs to address issues of community engagement,economic development, education, children/youth and family.
- $201k
- Granted FY2023
- 7
- Grants FY2023
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 10
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $2.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Bright Star Community Outreach Corp funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 7 | $201k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $166k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $130k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $150k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago | $125,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Champs Male Mentoring Program - Chirise | $75,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Ladies of Virtue | $66,743 | 4 | 3% |
| Lift Inc | $61,850 | 2 | 0% |
| Alternatives Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Youth Guidance | $53,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Youth Programs Inc | $52,626 | 4 | 1% |
| Chicago Urban League | $37,927 | 2 | 0% |
| New Community Outreach | $30,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Reflection Foundation | $25,000 | 2 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago | $125,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Champs Male Mentoring Program - Chirise | $75,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Ladies of Virtue | $66,743 | 4 | 3% |
| Lift Inc | $61,850 | 2 | 0% |
| Alternatives Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Youth Guidance | $53,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Chicago Youth Programs Inc | $52,626 | 4 | 1% |
| Chicago Urban League | $37,927 | 2 | 0% |
| New Community Outreach | $30,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Reflection Foundation | $25,000 | 2 | 2% |
| SkyArt NFP | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| YWCA Metropolitan Chicago | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| South East Chicago Commission | $10,735 | 1 | 1% |
| Spark Program Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center of Higher Development Inc | $6,399 | 1 | 4% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Bright Star Community Outreach Corp supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Polk Bros Foundation Inc · Robert R McCormick Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare · United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · AbbVie Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Bright Star Community Outreach Corp
- How much does Bright Star Community Outreach Corp give?
- Bright Star Community Outreach Corp reported 7 grants totaling $200,798 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 10 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Bright Star Community Outreach Corp fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Youth Development (72%), Human Services (17%), Community Improvement (8%).
- Who are Bright Star Community Outreach Corp's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago ($125k), Champs Male Mentoring Program - Chirise ($75k), Ladies of Virtue ($67k).
- Does Bright Star Community Outreach Corp fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bright Star Community Outreach Corp?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, Polk Bros Foundation Inc.
- Where is Bright Star Community Outreach Corp based?
- Bright Star Community Outreach Corp is based in IL.
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