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Brighter Days Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$260k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What you fund
0190% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172024.

Health$991kHuman Services$195kEducation$29kArts & Culture$25kReligion$20kYouth Development$20kCrime & Legal$15kHousing & Shelter$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$250,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$794k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER$250,000
BELOVED ASHEVILLE$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–20, $120k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE CHILDREN'S AGENDA: $30k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S AGENDA: $30k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S AGENDA: $25k → 14%THE CHILDREN'S AGENDA: $2k → 14%CHILDREN AWAITING PARENTS: $8k → 14%YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER: $25k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$919k · 6 repeat orgs$283k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
15

Total granted

$919k
$273k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+81%

Still filing today

50%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
    3× · 2022–2024 · $750k · revenue +30%
  • TC
    The Children's Agenda Inc
    3× · 2017–2019 · $87k · revenue +62%
  • VILLA OF HOPE
    2× · 2019–2022 · $50k · revenue -22%

Funded once

  • GA
    GOLISANO AUTISM CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +530%
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER (4368)
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +21%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Children's Aid College Prep Charter School

Prepare elementary & middle school students for success in high school, college & life.

Education
2
The Child Center of Ny Inc

The child center of ny strengthens children and families with skills, opportunities, and emotional support to build healthy, successful lives.

3
Rochester Child Care Center Inc

The center strives to provide a range of services that support working parents while fostering the emotional, social, physical and intellectual growth of their children. special consideration is given to low income families and families…

Human Services
4
Center for Youth Mental Health

The Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health exists to expand access to quality evidence-based youth mental health support as quickly as possible.

Health
5
Center for Developmental Disabilities

The center's mission is to help children and adults with differing abilities achieve their dreams by overcoming barriers to living, working, learning & enjoying recreational opportunities in the community of their choice.

Human Services
6
Rochester School of the Holy Childhood I

Our mission is to prepare children and adults with developmental disabilities for maximum independence and integration in the community through individualized programs and services, in keeping with the philosophy and vision of our…

Education
7
Nysarc Inc New York City Chapter

We are committed to helping people with intellectual (cont. on schedule o) and developmental disabilities to live full lives.

Human Services
8
Westchester School for Special Children

To provide services to children and adolescents with developmental disabilities. the school runs preschool and school age programs.

9
The Summit Center Inc

The summit center, inc. is a private, not-for-profit organization approved by new york state to provide educational, therapeutic, and support services to children and young adults with autism, speech delays and disorders, and other…

Education
10
The Rochester General Hospital

To establish, erect and maintain a general hospital and dispensary in the county of monroe, ny for medical and surgical aid, care and treatment of persons in need thereof; to carry on and conduct a training school for nurses; to promote…

Health
11
Rochester Regional Health

The organization is organized and operated for the benefit of all of the affiliates within rochester regional health system. the organization supports and assists the affiliates by reviewing and monitoring their missions, objectives,…

Health
12
The Childrens Academy

The Children's Academy is a specialized school that provides integrated educational services for children with speech and language delays in grades K thru 12 under a charter from the NYS Board of Regents.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Golisano Autism Center Inc and the most unlike its peers is Creative Ability Development Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

04the grantee network

12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 23 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
9/12
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER — $750,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERVILLA OF HOPE — $50,000 · OtherVILLA OF HOPERONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES — $25,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD …ROCHESTER CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT - SCHOOLS # 25 AND #33 — $24,761 · OtherROCHESTER CITY S…UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND ITS ADFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS — $20,000 · OtherUNITED METHODIST…Individual grant recipient — $15,000 · OtherIndividual grant…MARY CARIOLA CHILDREN'S CENTER INC — $15,000 · OtherMARY CARIOLA CHI…GENERATION 2 — $8,000 · OtherBELOVED ASHEVILLE — $10,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF ROCHESTER INC — $8,000 · Other+6 more — $16,269 · Other+6 moreCHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC — $125,600 · HealthCHILDREN'S…The Children's Agenda Inc — $86,500 · Human ServicesThe Childr…YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER (4368) — $25,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF GR…FAMILIES THRIVE INC — $8,000 · Human ServicesFAMILIES T…GOLISANO AUTISM CENTER INC — $100,000 · PhilanthropyCreative Ability Development Inc — $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER — $15,000 · Crime & Legal
Education$750,000Other$192,030Health$125,600Human Services$119,500Philanthropy$100,000Arts & Culture$25,000Crime & Legal$15,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER — $750,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC — $125,600 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetGOLISANO AUTISM CENTER INC — $100,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetThe Children's Agenda Inc — $86,500 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetVILLA OF HOPE — $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER (4368) — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCreative Ability Development Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetTHE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER — $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMARY CARIOLA CHILDREN'S CENTER INC — $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBELOVED ASHEVILLE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF ROCHESTER INC — $8,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFAMILIES THRIVE INC — $8,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE INC
  • Who funds GOLISANO AUTISM CENTER INC
  • Who funds The Children's Agenda Inc
  • Who funds VILLA OF HOPE
  • Who funds YMCA OF GREATER ROCHESTER (4368)
  • Who funds Creative Ability Development Inc
  • Who funds THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER OF GREATER ROCHESTER
  • Who funds MARY CARIOLA CHILDREN'S CENTER INC
  • Who funds BELOVED ASHEVILLE
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF ROCHESTER INC
  • Who funds FAMILIES THRIVE INC

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Rochester Area Community FoundationNY27.4× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rochester Area Community Foundation · Paychex Charitable Foundation Inc · Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation · Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation · Rochester Area Community Foundation Depository Inc · Greater Rochester Health Foundation · United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc · Building Brighter Days Foundation Inc · Charles J & Burton S August Family Foundation · Waldron Rise Foundation Inc · The Florence M Muller Foundation · Esl Charitable Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Brighter Days Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Brighter Days Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Brighter Days Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 23 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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