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BRIGHTON HEIGHTS CITIZENS FEDERATION

BRIGHTON HEIGHTS CITIZENS FEDERATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $250 to it, the largest being THE MASCARO FAMILY FOUNDATION ($250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$145k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$250
Net assets
$66k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Brighton Heights Citizens Federation does

Mission

Since its inception as a nonprofit organization on 2/28/67, the Brighton Heights Citizens Federation has been involved in a multitude of activities, events and projects in the community. The purpose of the Federation is to promote and encourage the advancement of neighborhood improvements and a greater sense of community. This is accomplished by uniting the citizens of the community, its organizations and institutions to work hand and hand to enhance the health, safety, welfare, property and well-being of the community.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Bi-Monthly Safety Meetings - Our local community police liaison presents a breakdown of crimes that may have occurred in our community, discusses resolutions of the cases and presents programs on how to keep our community safe.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

  2. Annual Community Beautification efforts - volunteers tend public gardens throughout the main corridors, flowers are planted annually and local neighborhood trash cleanup days are promoted.

    $108 spent
    1% of program spending

  3. Annual 5k Race in 2026, inspire community members to stay in shape, race circuit is through our neighborhood city park.

    $300 spent
    2% of program spending

  4. Provide free food to the community - installed a publicly accessible refrigerator and food storage cabinet (constructed as part of our Build the Wealth trade seminar)

    $773 spentof which $500 as grants
    5% of program spending

  5. House Tour showcasing homes in the neighborhood, encouraging new buyers to want to live in the Brighton Heights area.

    $3,648 spent
    25% of program spending

  6. Annual Halloween Parade - involve neighborhood families with children (and pets) to showcase local creativity and participate and games and contests in the local park.

    $957 spent
    7% of program spending

  7. Bright the Night annual Christmas Tree lighting ceremony - Attracts over 300 local residents to enjoy music, food, crafts and multiple children's activity - including a visit from Santa.

    $5,760 spent
    40% of program spending

  8. Memorial Day Ceremony - volunteers place flags on veterans graves in a local cemetery, along with a patriotic event at the local park featuring speakers, music and fly over.

    $76 spent
    1% of program spending

  9. Summer Series - monthly gathering in a local park featuring musical artists and food trucks, attracts several hundred local residents.

    $2,905 spentof which $1,510 as grants
    20% of program spending

The 9 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $14,527.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($9k) Expenses 100 ($38k) Net assets -14 ($-8991)2021 Revenue 108 ($10k) Expenses 80 ($31k) Net assets -45 ($-29814)2022 Revenue 184 ($17k) Expenses 71 ($27k) Net assets -61 ($-40152)2023 Revenue 174 ($16k) Expenses 80 ($31k) Net assets -84 ($-55165)2024 Revenue 654 ($59k) Expenses 110 ($42k) Net assets -57 ($-37672)2025 Revenue 1592 ($145k) Expenses 107 ($41k) Net assets 100 ($66k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (1592)Expenses (107)Net assets (100)

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 $102k to $181k (+77%).

$134k
$123k
$113k
$107k
$102k
$181k
202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$29k
’20
−$21k
’21
−$10k
’22
−$15k
’23
$17k
’24
$104k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

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

Funder
'24*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of BRIGHTON HEIGHTS CITIZENS FEDERATION’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 BRIGHTON HEIGHTS CITIZENS FEDERATION's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA

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

Organizations like BRIGHTON HEIGHTS CITIZENS FEDERATION

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 Pennsylvania

Greenfield Community Association73%Bloomfield Development Corporation73%Brockway Old Fashioned 4th of July Inc73%Bona Fide Bellevue Inc72%Jefferson Hills Fire & Rescue Inc72%Berwick Boulevard Association72%Belmont Hills Fire Company71%Friends of Blairsville Communities71%

Nationally

Bolton Hill Community Association Inc80%Upper Fells Point Improvement Association Inc78%Heights Neighborhood Association76%Federal Hill Neighborhood Association Inc76%Highland Park Improvement Club76%Wickliffe Forever Foundation Inc75%Brighton Park Neighborhood Council75%Crescent Hill Community Council Inc75%
05Profile & governance

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

Public support

54%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

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Questions and answers

Who funds BRIGHTON HEIGHTS CITIZENS FEDERATION?
BRIGHTON HEIGHTS CITIZENS FEDERATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $250 to it, the largest being THE MASCARO FAMILY FOUNDATION ($250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BRIGHTON HEIGHTS CITIZENS FEDERATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $250 in grants to BRIGHTON HEIGHTS CITIZENS FEDERATION.
Who is the largest funder of BRIGHTON HEIGHTS CITIZENS FEDERATION?
THE MASCARO FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BRIGHTON HEIGHTS CITIZENS FEDERATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2020–2025), 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