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Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee

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.

$263k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
66
Grants FY2025
64
Organizations funded FY2024
6%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$110,250
Organizations funded a year
64 to 77
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$2.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 6% of the organizations Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthFood & NutritionCrime & LegalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving66$263k30%
FY202464$221k6%
FY202370$156k10%
FY202271$180k13%
FY202176$206k5%
FY202074$216k7%
FY201977$223k21%
FY201869$176k19%
96% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$324kHuman Services$293kReligion$280kEducation$239kArts & Culture$209kInternational$161kRecreation & Sports$92kYouth Development$89kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
NV
IN
OH
NJ
CT
WV
TN
NC
SC
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 98 grantees
All grantees of Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Hearts and Hope for Haiti Inc$143,000833%
Vision Cashiers Inc$131,500713%
Boys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc$69,00091%
Brooke's Place for Grieving Young People$57,50091%
The Village Green of Cashiers Inc$53,00082%
Great Explorations Inc$40,00080%
St Petersburg Free Clinic Inc$40,00020%
Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc$33,00070%
Project Rouj Corporation$23,30071%
Blue Ridge Mountains Health Project Inc$23,00081%
Performing Arts Center Inc$21,50090%
Blue Ridge School Education Foundation Incorporated$21,50072%
Academy Prep Foundation Inc$20,00041%
Glenville-Cashiers Rescue Squad Inc$18,70090%
Cashiers Highlands Humane Society$18,10090%
Northwestern University$18,00090%
Assistance League of Indianapolis Inc$18,00090%
Early Learning Indiana Inc$17,00070%
Highlands Community Child Development Center$17,00070%
Michigan State University$16,0008n/a
Community Care Clinic of Highlands-Cashiers Inc$16,00061%
Resources Education Asst Counseling and Housing of Macon County Inc$15,50030%
Memory Matters$15,00090%
The International Friendship Center of Highlands$14,25071%
The Bascom Corporation$14,00080%
Cashiers Valley Preschoolinc$14,00075%
Black Mountain Home for Children Youth and Families Inc$14,00050%
Vecinos Inc$12,00060%
Pisgah Legal Services$12,00070%
The Volunteers in Medicine Clinic$11,50080%
Thumb Industries Inc$11,00070%
Literacy Council of Cashiers Inc$10,0005n/a
Literacy Council of Highlands Inc$10,00051%
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$9,00090%
Save The Children Federation Inc$9,00090%
Manhattan Theatre Club Inc$8,55080%
New York Shakespeare Festival$8,15090%
Indiana United Methodist Children's Home Inc$8,00080%
Big BrothersBig Sisters of WNC Inc$8,00040%
Cashiers Historical Society Inc$8,00041%
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation$8,00080%
Walther Cancer Foundation Inc$8,00050%
St Anthonys Development Foundation Inc$7,0005n/a
The Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater$6,25090%
The Community Table Inc$6,00030%
The American Stage Company Inc$6,00050%
The Actors' Fund of America$5,50060%
Manna Food Bank Inc$5,00020%
Foundation for International Missions Inc$4,00051%
Ad-In Inc$3,50030%
The Irish Repertory Theatre Companyinc$3,45090%
Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc$3,25090%
New York City Center Inc$3,00080%
St Vincent Hospital Foundation Inc$3,00030%
Cashiers Rotary Club Charitiesinc$3,0002n/a
Community Care Clinic Inc$3,00011%
New York Theatre Workshop Inc$2,80070%
Manhattan Class Company Inc$2,80070%
North Carolina Association of Free and Charitable Clinics Inc$2,50010%
Highlands Emergency Council Inc$2,2001n/a
Boley Centers Inc$2,00010%
Red Bull Theater Inc$2,00070%
Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center Inc$2,00010%
Safe Alliance Inc$2,00010%
Daystar Life Center Inc$2,0001n/a
Ballantyne Families Helping Neighbors in Need$2,00011%
Burr Oak 4-H Club - Michigan State$2,0001n/a
St Petersburg Presbyterian Church$2,0001n/a
Marvin Elementary School PTO Inc$1,50030%
Glenville Community Development Club Inc$1,50031%
The New Group Inc$1,25050%
Boys and Girls Club of the Suncoast Inc$1,00010%
Brookwood Florida Inc$1,00010%
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Tampa Bay Florida Inc$1,00010%
Eskenazi Health Foundation Inc$1,00010%
The University of Georgia Foundation$1,00010%
The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast Inc$1,00010%
Easter Seals Florida Inc$1,00010%
Lead the Way Housing Np$1,0001n/a
Highlands Community Theatre Inc$1,00010%
Family Resources Inc$1,00010%
Gingold Theatrical Group$70030%
St Ann's Warehouse Inc$60020%
Theater Development Council Local Development Corp$550211%
Humane Society of Indianapolis$50010%
Rotary Club of Asheville- Biltmore Foundation$5001n/a
St Lukes United Methodist Church$5001n/a
Museum of American Finance$50010%
The Second Stage Theatre Inc$40010%
Blood Cancer United Inc$30010%
Tanner Medical Center Inc$25010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$25010%
Friends of Blackwater Inc$25010%
Shed NYC Inc$2001n/a
The Congregation Ahavath Chesed Inc$2001n/a
Newnan First United Methodist Church$2001n/a
Brookfield Lutheran Church$1001n/a
Center for the Arts of Bonita Springs Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 61 recipients with no EIN on record ($718k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 83 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHearts and Hope for Haiti Inc: $143,000 over 8y, 33% of budgetVision Cashiers Inc: $131,500 over 7y, 13% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc: $69,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetBrooke's Place for Grieving Young People: $57,500 over 9y, 1.2% of budgetThe Village Green of Cashiers Inc: $53,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetGreat Explorations Inc: $40,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSt Petersburg Free Clinic Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHighlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc: $33,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetProject Rouj Corporation: $23,300 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetBlue Ridge Mountains Health Project Inc: $23,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetPerforming Arts Center Inc: $21,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetBlue Ridge School Education Foundation Incorporated: $21,500 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetAcademy Prep Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetGlenville-Cashiers Rescue Squad Inc: $18,700 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetCashiers Highlands Humane Society: $18,100 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetNorthwestern University: $18,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAssistance League of Indianapolis Inc: $18,000 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetEarly Learning Indiana Inc: $17,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHighlands Community Child Development Center: $17,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCommunity Care Clinic of Highlands-Cashiers Inc: $16,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetResources Education Asst Counseling and Housing of Macon County Inc: $15,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMemory Matters: $15,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetThe International Friendship Center of Highlands: $14,250 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetThe Bascom Corporation: $14,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCashiers Valley Preschoolinc: $14,000 over 7y, 5.3% of budgetBlack Mountain Home for Children Youth and Families Inc: $14,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVecinos Inc: $12,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPisgah Legal Services: $12,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Volunteers in Medicine Clinic: $11,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThumb Industries Inc: $11,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLiteracy Council of Highlands Inc: $10,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $9,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetManhattan Theatre Club Inc: $8,550 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNew York Shakespeare Festival: $8,150 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetIndiana United Methodist Children's Home Inc: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBig BrothersBig Sisters of WNC Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCashiers Historical Society Inc: $8,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetPulmonary Fibrosis Foundation: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWalther Cancer Foundation Inc: $8,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Vivian Beaumont Theaterinc D/B/A Lincoln Center Theater: $6,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Community Table Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe American Stage Company Inc: $6,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Actors' Fund of America: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetManna Food Bank Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation for International Missions Inc: $4,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetAd-In Inc: $3,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Irish Repertory Theatre Companyinc: $3,450 over 9y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 83.

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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.

The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina IncNC48.2× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc · Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc · Pinellas Community Foundation · Al Williams Jr Family Foundation Inc · Florence Mauboules Charitable Trust · Dogwood Health Trust · The Double Eagle Foundation 4191-06-43 · Wnc Bridge Foundation · Mountain Findings Inc · Sarracenia Foundation Inc · The Simpson Foundation · The H Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee

How much does Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee give?
Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee reported 66 grants totaling $263,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 64 and 77 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (17%), Human Services (16%), Religion (15%).
Who are Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hearts and Hope for Haiti Inc ($143k), Vision Cashiers Inc ($132k), Boys & Girls Club of The Plateau Inc ($69k).
Does Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee 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 Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc, Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation Inc, Pinellas Community Foundation.
Where is Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee based?
Brighton Foundation Trust Robert D Markley Trustee is based in NC.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 162 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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