How much does Brightside Charitable Foundation give?

Brightside Charitable Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $34,738 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 45 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.

What does Brightside Charitable Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2022, its largest causes are Environment (33%), Animals (16%), International (10%).

Who are Brightside Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2020 to FY2022: Earthjustice ($13k), International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc ($11k), United States Fund for Unicef ($8k).

Does Brightside Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2022, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Brightside Charitable 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 Brightside Charitable Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Patagoniaorg, Sempra Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.

Where is Brightside Charitable Foundation based?

Brightside Charitable Foundation is based in CA.

Foundation Dossiers

California · Private foundation

Brightside Charitable Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$35k
Granted FY2022: 9
Grants FY2022: 8
Organizations funded FY2022: 38%
First-time grantees FY2022

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Median grant, FY2022: $5,000
Largest grant, FY2022: $5,163
Organizations funded a year: 8 to 45; FY2020 to FY2022
States reached, FY2022: 4
Applications: Preselected organizations only; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 38% of the organizations Brightside Charitable Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

AnimalsArts & CultureEnvironmentInternationalPublic Safety & DisasterOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2022	8	$30k	38%
FY2021	17	$63k	47%
FY2020	45	$65k	n/a

85% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2022.

Environment$56kAnimals$27kInternational$16kFood & Nutrition$13kHealth$6kPhilanthropy$6kEducation$4kHousing & Shelter$3kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Earthjustice	$12,500	3	0%
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc	$10,500	3	0%
United States Fund for Unicef	$7,841	2	0%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc	$7,500	2	0%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc	$7,500	2	0%
Musicares Foundation Inc	$5,181	1	0%
The Wilderness Society	$5,000	1	0%
Sierra Canyon School	$4,000	2	0%
International Medical Corps	$2,575	1	0%
Humane World for Animals International	$2,500	1	0%

Show all 37 grantees

All grantees of Brightside Charitable Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Earthjustice	$12,500	3	0%
International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc	$10,500	3	0%
United States Fund for Unicef	$7,841	2	0%
Center for Biological Diversity Inc	$7,500	2	0%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc	$7,500	2	0%
Musicares Foundation Inc	$5,181	1	0%
The Wilderness Society	$5,000	1	0%
Sierra Canyon School	$4,000	2	0%
International Medical Corps	$2,575	1	0%
Humane World for Animals International	$2,500	1	0%
Rainforest Action Network	$2,500	1	0%
Greenpeace Fund Inc	$2,500	1	0%
Endangered Species Coalition	$2,500	1	0%
Sierra Club Foundation	$2,500	1	0%
The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles	$2,500	1	0%
World Wildlife Fund Inc	$2,500	1	0%
The Marine Mammal Center	$2,500	1	0%
Nachshon Minyan a Ca Nonprofit Religious Corp	$2,500	1	n/a
Oceana Inc	$2,500	1	0%
Ocean Conservancy	$2,500	1	0%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc	$1,050	1	0%
Wild Salmon Center	$1,000	1	0%
Center for Whale Research	$1,000	1	0%
The Rescue Train	$1,000	1	0%
Friends of the Earth	$1,000	1	0%
Wild Fish Conservancy	$1,000	1	0%
Wildlife Conservation Society	$1,000	1	0%
National Parks Conservation Association	$1,000	1	0%
Rainforest Alliance Inc	$1,000	1	0%
Core Community Organized Relief Effort	$1,000	1	0%
Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance	$1,000	1	0%
Orca Conservancy	$500	1	0%
Columbia Riverkeeper	$500	1	0%
The California Wildlife Center	$500	1	0%
The Trust for Public Land	$100	1	0%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc	$50	1	0%
Share Our Strength	$50	1	0%

Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($55k), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Brightside Charitable Foundation supplied at peak.

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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 36.

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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.

PatagoniaorgCA15.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Patagoniaorg · Sempra Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Brightside Charitable Foundation

How much does Brightside Charitable Foundation give?: Brightside Charitable Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $34,738 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 45 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
What does Brightside Charitable Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2022, its largest causes are Environment (33%), Animals (16%), International (10%).
Who are Brightside Charitable Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2020 to FY2022: Earthjustice ($13k), International Fund for Animal Welfare Inc ($11k), United States Fund for Unicef ($8k).
Does Brightside Charitable Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2022, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Brightside Charitable 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 Brightside Charitable Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Patagoniaorg, Sempra Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc.
Where is Brightside Charitable Foundation based?: Brightside Charitable Foundation is based in CA.