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BRIGHTSTONE INC

BRIGHTSTONE INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,883,490 to it, the largest being THE DEBORAH & C A CRAIG II FAMILY FOUNDATION ($2,815,000). 44 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$4.7M
Funders on record
76
Grants received
$7.9M
Net assets
$25M
44/76 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 33%
01What it does

What Brightstone Inc does

Mission

Brightstone is a resource in the community founded to provide for the multiple needs of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Provide a comprehensive work, educational and social support community for adults with special needs, expanding their potential and helping them develop mentally, physically, emotionally, socially and spiritually.

    $2,241,383 spentof which $90,690 as grants$1,185,074 earned by the program
    82% of program spending
  2. Brightstone's residential homes empower adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to thrive in a supportive environment. Brightstone is dedicated to fostering inclusive participation in community life, ensuring that each individual is safe, respected, and valued. Through life skills education and learning opportunities, we help residents develop confidence, build skills, and foster social connections.

    $477,616 spent
    18% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,718,999.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($4.5M) Expenses 100 ($1.2M) Net assets 100 ($5.4M)2018 Revenue 38 ($1.7M) Expenses 96 ($1.2M) Net assets 111 ($6.1M)2019 Revenue 78 ($3.5M) Expenses 100 ($1.2M) Net assets 154 ($8.4M)2020 Revenue 60 ($2.7M) Expenses 96 ($1.2M) Net assets 182 ($9.9M)2021 Revenue 167 ($7.6M) Expenses 102 ($1.3M) Net assets 299 ($16M)2022 Revenue 136 ($6.2M) Expenses 135 ($1.7M) Net assets 381 ($21M)2023 Revenue 83 ($3.8M) Expenses 215 ($2.7M) Net assets 401 ($22M)2024 Revenue 114 ($5.2M) Expenses 254 ($3.2M) Net assets 438 ($24M)2025 Revenue 104 ($4.7M) Expenses 313 ($3.9M) Net assets 453 ($25M)
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Revenue (104)Expenses (313)Net assets (453)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $17M to $27M (+59%).

$7.3M
$6.1M
$8.5M
$10M
$17M
$27M
$23M
$24M
$25M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 5% · 2021 2% · 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

76% of BRIGHTSTONE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,360 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$3.3M
’17
$540k
’18
$2.3M
’19
$1.5M
’20
$6.3M
’21
$4.5M
’22
$1.1M
’23
$2.0M
’24
$822k
’25
14
months of
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

Lee Rose

CEO/presiden

Board chair

Mike Cairnes

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed141515141717151717
Joined·+3+1+4+4+2+4+7+4
No longer listed·21512654
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 34 funders, grant income rose $179k → $794k.

19 of 76 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 BRIGHTSTONE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 76 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

BRIGHTSTONE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 36% 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

33% 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 BRIGHTSTONE INC.

36%
largest funder
50%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 28% · 2018 23% · 2019 20% · 2020 50% · 2021 81% · 2022 37% · 2023 16% — 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

44% of BRIGHTSTONE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

91% of BRIGHTSTONE INC's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Tennessee out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BRIGHTSTONE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin17% · top quartile
Months of reserve14.3mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)0% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like BRIGHTSTONE INC

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 Tennessee

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

70% of spending goes to programs.

Program 70%Management 11%Fundraising 20%

Governance

17
board members
94%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

TN

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Questions and answers

Who funds BRIGHTSTONE INC?
BRIGHTSTONE INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,883,490 to it, the largest being THE DEBORAH & C A CRAIG II FAMILY FOUNDATION ($2,815,000). 44 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BRIGHTSTONE INC have?
IRS filings report 76 organizations giving $7,883,490 in grants to BRIGHTSTONE INC, 44 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BRIGHTSTONE INC?
THE DEBORAH & C A CRAIG II FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,815,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BRIGHTSTONE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 76 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