Texas · Private foundation
Charles & Lois Marie Bright Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 58
- Grants FY2025
- 52
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 34 to 55
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $25M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Charles & Lois Marie Bright Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $105k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 52 | $1.7M | 21% |
| FY2024 | 52 | $1.5M | 17% |
| FY2023 | 49 | $1.7M | 22% |
| FY2022 | 55 | $1.7M | 31% |
| FY2021 | 40 | $1.5M | 20% |
| FY2020 | 42 | $1.3M | 31% |
| FY2019 | 41 | $1.7M | 39% |
| FY2018 | 34 | $1.5M | 44% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Historic Nacogdoches Inc | $920,842 | 8 | n/a |
| Love Inc | $803,358 | 9 | n/a |
| The Village Nac Inc | $799,595 | 5 | 43% |
| Humane Society of Nacogdoches Count | $572,000 | 9 | 40% |
| Christian Womens Job Corp | $220,500 | 8 | 27% |
| Solid Foundation Association | $215,887 | 5 | 57% |
| Nacogdoches Boys Youth Baseball Association | $159,365 | 2 | 67% |
| The Helping House | $158,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Glory Gang Ministries Inc | $150,000 | 6 | 31% |
| Keep Nacogdoches Beautiful | $140,000 | 1 | 34% |
Show all 46 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of Historic Nacogdoches Inc | $920,842 | 8 | n/a |
| Love Inc | $803,358 | 9 | n/a |
| The Village Nac Inc | $799,595 | 5 | 43% |
| Humane Society of Nacogdoches Count | $572,000 | 9 | 40% |
| Christian Womens Job Corp | $220,500 | 8 | 27% |
| Solid Foundation Association | $215,887 | 5 | 57% |
| Nacogdoches Boys Youth Baseball Association | $159,365 | 2 | 67% |
| The Helping House | $158,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Glory Gang Ministries Inc | $150,000 | 6 | 31% |
| Keep Nacogdoches Beautiful | $140,000 | 1 | 34% |
| Cal Farley's Boys Ranch | $90,000 | 9 | 0% |
| LeTourneau University | $67,752 | 5 | 0% |
| Nac Foster Rescue | $60,500 | 9 | 9% |
| Womens Shelter of East Texas Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Texas Womans University | $45,827 | 4 | n/a |
| Tyler Junior College | $45,112 | 6 | n/a |
| Guiding Eyes for the Blind Inc | $45,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Nacogdoches Hero Foundation | $34,677 | 1 | n/a |
| Panola College | $34,575 | 9 | n/a |
| Impact | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Buckner International | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas State Technical College | $19,761 | 4 | n/a |
| Christ Episcopal School | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents Academy of Nacogdoches Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gloria Russell Children's Ministry | $14,800 | 3 | 10% |
| God's Open Door to Eternal Life Inc | $13,789 | 1 | n/a |
| Sam Houston State University | $11,001 | 3 | n/a |
| Daughters of the Republic of Texas | $11,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Nine Flags Museum | $10,800 | 4 | n/a |
| Houston Christian University | $10,310 | 2 | 0% |
| Woden Volunteer Fire Department | $10,228 | 1 | n/a |
| African American Heritage Project | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The United Way Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Stonewall-Nac Community Center | $9,500 | 3 | n/a |
| East Texas Baptist University | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Etoile Volunteer Fire Department Inc | $6,296 | 1 | n/a |
| Driving Jacks | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Garrison Volunteer Fire Department | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Texas Archeological Society | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Douglass Volunteer Fire Department | $5,000 | 1 | 35% |
| Jacksonville College | $4,973 | 5 | 0% |
| Dallas Baptist University | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Baylor University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Knct | $549 | 1 | n/a |
| Mission Upreach Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lone Star College System | $52 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 87 recipients with no EIN on record ($9.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Charles & Lois Marie Bright Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: East Texas Communities Foundation · The Callaway Foundation · Nacogdoches County United Way · Thurman Crawford Charitable Trust · The Elliott Family Foundation · Hood Family Foundation · San Antonio Livestock Exposition Educational Fund Inc · James I Perkins Family Foundation · Folds of Honor Foundation · The Pineywoods Foundation · Texas Higher Education Foundation · Greater Houston Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About Charles & Lois Marie Bright Foundation
- How much does Charles & Lois Marie Bright Foundation give?
- Charles & Lois Marie Bright Foundation reported 58 grants totaling $1,726,102 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 55 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Charles & Lois Marie Bright Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (13%), Education (13%), Human Services (12%).
- Who are Charles & Lois Marie Bright Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Friends of Historic Nacogdoches Inc ($921k), Love Inc ($803k), The Village Nac Inc ($800k).
- Does Charles & Lois Marie Bright Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Charles & Lois Marie Bright Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Charles & Lois Marie Bright Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include East Texas Communities Foundation, The Callaway Foundation, Nacogdoches County United Way.
- Where is Charles & Lois Marie Bright Foundation based?
- Charles & Lois Marie Bright Foundation is based in TX.
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