Ohio · Private foundation
The 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.
- $156k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,750
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $505k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations The Brighter Days Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 | 11 | $156k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $301k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $210k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $389k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $473k | 60% |
| FY2019 | 13 | $463k | 54% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $423k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $578k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Michael Phelps Foundation | $321,387 | 1 | 32% |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $79,820 | 5 | 0% |
| Lazarus House | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Kent State University | $17,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Ashland University | $14,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Magical Moments Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Leaderwithin Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Mount Vernon Nazarene University | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Muskingum University | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Hunger Alliance | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Michael Phelps Foundation | $321,387 | 1 | 32% |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $79,820 | 5 | 0% |
| Lazarus House | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Kent State University | $17,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Ashland University | $14,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Magical Moments Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Leaderwithin Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Mount Vernon Nazarene University | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Muskingum University | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Hunger Alliance | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Boselli Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| True Blue Navy Families Benefactors Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Angelwood Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rising Leaders of North Florida Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| North Florida Junior Golf Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| K9s for Warriors Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| A Kid Again Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mercy Development Foundation | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Capital University | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Heidelberg University | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Brighter Days Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 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: Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Inc · Pga Tour Inc · The Jim and Tabitha Furyk Foundation · Columbus Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Brighter Days Foundation
- How much does The Brighter Days Foundation give?
- The Brighter Days Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $155,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Brighter Days Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (55%), Housing & Shelter (12%), Health (11%).
- Who are The Brighter Days Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Michael Phelps Foundation ($321k), Blessings in a Backpack Inc ($80k), Lazarus House ($50k).
- Does The Brighter Days Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The 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 The Brighter Days Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation Inc, Pga Tour Inc, The Jim and Tabitha Furyk Foundation.
- Where is The Brighter Days Foundation based?
- The Brighter Days Foundation is based in OH.
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