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BRIGHT BEGINNING PRESCHOOL

BRIGHT BEGINNING PRESCHOOL (Hawaii) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being ATHERTON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$528k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$15k
Net assets
$123k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Bright Beginning Preschool does

Mission

Our mission at Bright Beginning Preschool is to give each child the academic and social skills they need to ensure that they are ready and capable for kindergarten. Bright Beginning Preschool can help every child succeed by providing a safe and fun environment for them to learn.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Our mission at Bright Beginning Preschool is to give each child the academic and social skills they need to ensure that they are ready and capable for kindergarten. Bright Beginning Preschool can help every child succeed by providing a safe and fun environment for them to learn.

    $589,859 spent$527,546 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $589,859.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'20
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of BRIGHT BEGINNING PRESCHOOL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of BRIGHT BEGINNING PRESCHOOL's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.

HI

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BRIGHT BEGINNING PRESCHOOL receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15k to it.

Operating margin−12% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve2.5mo · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,450 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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In Hawaii

Kansha Preschool77%The Early School77%Aloha School Early Learning Center Inc76%Kalamapi'I Play School74%The Toddler Program74%Hawaii Montessori Inc73%Angels at Play Pre School & Kindergarten73%Small World Preschool Corporation72%

Nationally

Bridge Community Playschool Inc85%Great Beginnings Preschool & Child Development Center Inc85%Bright Beginnings of Osceola County84%Beginnings Inc83%The Early Learning Center of Brookings82%Peaceful Beginnings Christian Childcare Center Inc82%Brown Play School82%New Beginnings Family Academy Inc82%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

2
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

HI

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Questions and answers

Who funds BRIGHT BEGINNING PRESCHOOL?
BRIGHT BEGINNING PRESCHOOL (Hawaii) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being ATHERTON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BRIGHT BEGINNING PRESCHOOL have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $15,000 in grants to BRIGHT BEGINNING PRESCHOOL.
Who is the largest funder of BRIGHT BEGINNING PRESCHOOL?
ATHERTON FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BRIGHT BEGINNING PRESCHOOL find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Hawaii. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing