New York · Private foundation
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 FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $794k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Brighter Days Foundation 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $260k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $253k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $303k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $103k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $90k | 86% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $88k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $37k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $68k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Rochester | $750,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Golisano Autism Center Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 13% |
| The Children's Agenda Inc | $86,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Villa of Hope | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| YMCA of Greater Rochester (4368) | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Creative Ability Development Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| United Methodist Church and Its Adffiliated Organizations | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Child Advocacy Center of Greater Rochester | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mary Cariola Children's Center Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beloved Asheville | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Rochester | $750,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Golisano Autism Center Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 13% |
| The Children's Agenda Inc | $86,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Villa of Hope | $50,000 | 2 | 0% |
| YMCA of Greater Rochester (4368) | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Creative Ability Development Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 5% |
| United Methodist Church and Its Adffiliated Organizations | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Child Advocacy Center of Greater Rochester | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mary Cariola Children's Center Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Beloved Asheville | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of Rochester Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Families Thrive Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 4% |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($89k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Brighter Days Foundation 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: 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
How this is measured
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About Brighter Days Foundation
- How much does Brighter Days Foundation give?
- Brighter Days Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $260,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Brighter Days Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (75%), Human Services (15%), Education (2%).
- Who are Brighter Days Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Rochester ($750k), Golisano Autism Center Inc ($100k), The Children's Agenda Inc ($87k).
- Does Brighter Days Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Brighter Days 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.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Brighter Days Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rochester Area Community Foundation, Paychex Charitable Foundation Inc, Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation.
- Where is Brighter Days Foundation based?
- Brighter Days Foundation is based in NY.
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