Oregon · Nonprofit
BRIGHT SCHOOLHOUSE
BRIGHT SCHOOLHOUSE (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,000 to it, the largest being THE SWIGERT FOUNDATION ($7,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $304k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $7k
- Net assets
- $156
What Bright Schoolhouse does
Mission
The mission of Bright Schoolhouse is to operate a Kindergarten through fifth grade microschool for up to 30 students. However, over the course of 2025 it was recognized that this concept was not going to work as originally planned and the market would not support it. We are in the process of winding-up the operations of Bright Schoolhouse and we will be permanently closing down in the first half of 2026. Most wind-up tasks have already been completed as of March 10, 2026.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2025 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
We had been planning on opening our doors as a functional K-5 microschool in September 2025 and our leased building was finished and ready to acomodate the opening. However, over the course of 2025 it was recognized that this concept was not going to work and the market would not support it. We are in the process of winding-up the operations of Bright Schoolhouse and we will be permanently closing down in the first half of 2026. In the second half of 2025 we were able to find a replacement tenant that the landlord signed a direct lease with, so Bright Schoolhouse no longer has a lease obligation (we had approximately four years remaining on our lease), although we did have to pay for the replacement tenant's tenant improvement allowance. We were also able to negotiate reduced interest on a loan and then pay off the principal of that loan. Additionally, we sold off all of Bright Schoolhouse's FF&E. These funds, along with significant new funds donated by Nicholas Morton and Allison Morton, who are officers and board members of Bright Schoolhouse, were used to pay off all outstanding liabilities and as of the end of 2025, Bright Schoolhouse has no liabilities and assets of less than $200. Nicholas Morton and Allison Morton have agreed to personally pay any wind-up costs that exceed Bright Schoolhouse's current assets.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
We were able to successfully enroll three new students, who would have begun school in September 2025. However, given the lack of additional enrollment we let them know we would not be opening and refunded deposits, so that they could seek education elsewhere.
$95,095 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $95,095.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $219k to $156 (−100%).
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.
101% of BRIGHT SCHOOLHOUSE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of BRIGHT SCHOOLHOUSE’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 SCHOOLHOUSE's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
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.
Against its field
BRIGHT SCHOOLHOUSE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BRIGHT SCHOOLHOUSE
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BRIGHT SCHOOLHOUSE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BRIGHT SCHOOLHOUSE?
- BRIGHT SCHOOLHOUSE (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,000 to it, the largest being THE SWIGERT FOUNDATION ($7,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BRIGHT SCHOOLHOUSE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $7,000 in grants to BRIGHT SCHOOLHOUSE.
- Who is the largest funder of BRIGHT SCHOOLHOUSE?
- THE SWIGERT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $7,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRIGHT SCHOOLHOUSE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing