Illinois · Nonprofit
Team Bright Side Inc
Team Bright Side Inc (Illinois) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $73,514 to it, the largest being THE CITADEL FOUNDATION ($30,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $366k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $74k
- Net assets
- $640k
What Team Bright Side Inc does
Mission
The primary purpose of the organization is to raise and administer funds to support the cutting edge of pediatric cancer research. The purpose is to fund such research in order to fight pediatric cancer, as currently 300,000 children are diagnosed with cancer a year. In the u.s. More kids die from cancer than any other disease. Two-thirds of children who survive suffer long-term effects from a brutal treatment plan, and yet only 3 new drugs have been approved in 20 years and less than 4% of the national cancer institute funding goes to help fund research to fight pediatric cancer. The organization provides an effective and efficient mechanism for individuals and corporations to participate in helping to raise funds to be used in support of pediatric cancer research. The organization does this by providing opportunities for sponsorship of participants in various triathlons and ironman competitions throughout the country, as well as by hosting other events to augment donations to be used
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Provide opportunities for sponsorship of participants in various triathlons and ironman competitions throughout the country to raise funds to be used in support of pediatric cancer research. Team members receive a personalized workout plan, access to certified coaches, scheduled workouts, and customizable individual fundraising pages. All of these tools are provided to help participants achieve their fundraising goals and keep motivated throughout their training.
$49,210 spent99% of program spendingProvide charitable grants to organizations to fund direct support of research regarding pediatric cancer.
$435 spentof which $435 as grants1% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $49,645.
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. 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 2023 to 2024, from $401k to $640k (+60%).
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.
96% of Team Bright Side Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
Tracey Scheppach
President & executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $6k → $11k.
2 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 Team Bright Side Inc’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.
How concentrated its funding is
Team Bright Side Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 100% · 2019 60% · 2020 80% · 2021 61% · 2022 42% · 2023 45% — 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
50% of Team Bright Side Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% 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
Team Bright Side Inc draws 66% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Team Bright Side Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Team Bright Side 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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
39% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Team Bright Side Inc: 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 Team Bright Side Inc?
- Team Bright Side Inc (Illinois) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $73,514 to it, the largest being THE CITADEL FOUNDATION ($30,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Team Bright Side Inc have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $73,514 in grants to Team Bright Side Inc, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Team Bright Side Inc?
- THE CITADEL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Team Bright Side Inc 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 17 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