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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “bright”
Where the money went
Hillsborough County School ReadinessTampa, FLCharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2023Largest: $268,710 to BRIGHT HORIZONS CHILDREN'S CENTERS LLC — covid assistance for providers
Early Learning Coalition of BrowardFort Lauderdale, FLCharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $2.9M · through 2024Largest: $229,262 to BRIGHT MINDS INTERNATIONAL LLC DBA BRIGHT MINDS INTERNATION — child care reimbursements and other grants (non-recurring) to providers
Largest: $465,000 to Bright Blue Futures Award Program — to fund improving wv adolescent health through the reduction of risk-taking behaviors.
Kansas Association of Child CareSalina, KSCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $618,018 · through 2024Largest: $96,318 to BRIGHT BEGINNINGS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER — health & safety grant, start up stipend, sustainability grant
River Valley Child Development ServicesHuntington, WVCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $349,770 · through 2024Largest: $96,380 to BRIGHT HORIZONS CHILDRENS CENTERS LLC — tiered reimbursement
Community Services for ChildrenAllentown, PACharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $81,500 · through 2024Largest: $7,000 to BRIGHT HORIZONS CHILDRENS CENTERS LLC — continuous quality improvement award
Child Care ConnectionAnchorage, AKCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $3.0M · through 2023Largest: $1.6M to BRIGHT BEGINNINGS EARLY LRNG — covid19 program support
Agenda for ChildrenNew Orleans, LACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $615,565 · through 2024Largest: $215,442 to BRIGHT MINDS ACADEMY LLC — echo fund community grant
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2023Largest: $1.5M to University of Chicago — unrestricted, matching the contribution of amber tucker, pgl employee, support for pritzker school of medicine, support for the committee on social thought: literature and philosop…
Largest: $50,500 to BRIGHT PROSPECT (BRIGPROS) — to support the bright prospect scholar program for college stipend
Largest: $100,000 to SUMMER SEARCH BAY AREA — to help students create bright futures where they thrive academically, financially, career-wise, and within their relationships
Alabama Partnership for ChildrenMontgomery, ALCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $269,227 · through 2024Largest: $106,250 to VICKIE MOORE DBA BRIGHT PATHS ACADEMY LLC — to assist in attracting and retaining a qualified and skilled workforce
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →