Illinois · Nonprofit
BRIGHT STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP
BRIGHT STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,957,761 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($719,740). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $3.0M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Bright Stars of Bethlehem Nfp does
Mission
Bright stars of bethlehem, nfp (bsb) is a 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2003 for the purpose of raising funding, support, and awareness of ministries that serve the people of palestine by furthering educational, wellness, social, and economic development programs.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Dar al-Kalima University is the first and only arts and culture university in all of Palestine to offer advanced education in the arts, multimedia, communications, culinary, design, architecture, and tourism studies. The University provides a vital accredited resource for higher education in nontraditional artistic and cultural disciplines. Serving as the only university out of 54 institutions in Bethlehem, with a sole focus on arts, culture, and design. It is also the only West Bank campuswith a program in Gaza, which has reached over 37,000 youth through art therapy programming in the past 2 1/2 years.
$767,836 spentof which $744,070 as grants74% of program spendingBright stars of bethlehem educates and builds awareness and funds for scholarships by providing learning opportunities throughout the usa. Bsb staff and volunteers present educational forums, workshops, and lectures in a variety of formats.
$232,491 spent22% of program spendingDar al-Kalima Benevolent Society offers programs from womb to tomb in the West Bank, with an emphasis on children, youth, women, and the elderly.a.The Diyar Academy for children offers after-school and summer classes and activities for children ages 6-16.b. The Ajyal Generations Elder Care program reaches out to residents (65+) in the West Bank with educational, recreational, and wellness servicesc. The Azwaj Young Families program serves young families living in the West Bank with counseling, activities, and lectures.
$37,162 spentof which $37,162 as grants4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,037,489.
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. 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 2019 to 2020, from $1.1M to $1.4M (+27%).
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: 2021 3% · 2023 14% · 2024 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of BRIGHT STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
Andrew Watts
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $109k → $322k.
18 of 37 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% 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 STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 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 STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% 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
66% 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 STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 38% · 2019 52% · 2020 22% · 2021 29% · 2022 34% · 2023 31% — 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
57% of BRIGHT STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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
64% of BRIGHT STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.1M that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 15 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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.
Against its field
BRIGHT STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,928 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,928 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding BRIGHT STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.1M on record.
- Agency for International Development$1.0M
- Department of State$50k
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 STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BRIGHT STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP: 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 STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP?
- BRIGHT STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP (Illinois) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,957,761 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($719,740). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BRIGHT STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $2,957,761 in grants to BRIGHT STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRIGHT STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $719,740 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRIGHT STARS OF BETHLEHEM NFP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 37 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