Colorado · Nonprofit
BRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTY
BRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTY (Colorado) receives grants from 58 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,835,463 to it, the largest being COLORADO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS ($1,432,517). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 58
- Grants received
- $5.8M
- Net assets
- $6.2M
What Bright Future Foundation for Eagle County does
Mission
To empower individuals and families affected by domestic violence and abuse to lead safe, productive lives through prevention services, advocacy, crisis intervention, and recovery services.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
An estimated total of 1,050 individuals were served by the organization during the year ended december 31, 2023. Program services included the following: advocates ensuring freedom: --services included a 24-hour confidential crisis line, operated 365 days a year by trained volunteers; advocacy for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault; and housing stabilization. Bright future advocates focus on long- term recovery with the goal of self-sufficiency and self-efficacy. Essentially our services support clients throughout the transition from "victim" to "survivor." we embrace a holistic view of recovery, which addresses the psychological, economic, medical, and legal implications of abuse. This approach streamlines the process, and consequently reduces the potential for unnecessary distress among clients. --behavioral health and counseling: bright future foundation provides trauma-informed therapeutic services for individuals and families affected by violence. All counseling services are at no cost to clients and confidential. Counseling services deliver the psychological tools necessary to process trauma and initiate recovery. --legal advocacy and representation: victims are…
$860,666 spentof which $139,538 as grants$58,888 earned by the program42% of program spendingHousing: --brighthouse: construction began in august of 2020 to construct the new brighthouse emergency housing facility which replaced freedom ranch in june 2021. Brighthouse is a trauma-informed facility that can serve up to 24 residents of all genders and their pets. All of bright future foundation's services are co-located at the facility. Brighthouse has 6 efficiency apartments and a congregate kitchen and living room area.
$682,738 spentof which $81,903 as grants33% of program spendingYouth violence prevention: --buddy mentors: based on the national big brothers/big sisters model of mentorship, buddy mentors strives to inspire and foster youth through building consistent and trusting relationships. Caring, responsible adults are matched with a child between the ages of 6 and 16, committing to meet 2-3 hours per week for a period of one year. Youth involved with a mentor show increased confidence in academic work and increased success in relationships with family members. --ensuring safety youth violence prevention: a school-based curriculum that espouses of healthy relationships, gender equality, and incorporates hot spot mapping exercises for middle school students.
$499,283 spentof which $81,903 as grants24% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,042,687.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $2.2M to $5.4M (+148%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 49% · 2018 53% · 2019 37% · 2020 48% · 2021 53% · 2022 54% · 2023 53% · 2024 52%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Sheryl A Mintz Lcsw
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose $197k → $914k.
16 of 58 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 58 funders by total. 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.
How concentrated its funding is
BRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
86% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 42% · 2019 42% · 2020 22% · 2021 21% · 2022 32% · 2023 40% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
49% of BRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
92% of BRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTY's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Government funding BRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.6M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.9M
- Department of Justice$700k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTY?
- BRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTY (Colorado) receives grants from 58 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,835,463 to it, the largest being COLORADO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS ($1,432,517). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 58 organizations giving $5,835,463 in grants to BRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTY, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTY?
- COLORADO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS is the largest funder on record, with $1,432,517 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRIGHT FUTURE FOUNDATION FOR EAGLE COUNTY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 58 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