Funding search · EIN 202851942 · Summersville, WV

The Bright Foundation

Name: The Bright Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

28
grants reported: $343,750
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $1,250
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

4 grants matching “scholarhip” · $5,000

$1,250
Ethan Collins · Summersville, WV · 2024
Higher education scholarhip
$1,250
Ethan Elliott · Pool, WV · 2024
Higher education scholarhip
$1,250
Jonathan Sweeney Jr · Summersville, WV · 2024
Higher education scholarhip
$1,250
Olivia Short · Craigsville, WV · 2024
Higher education scholarhip

Grant history

All 28 reported grants, largest first.

$300,000
Wilmer Eye Institute · Baltimore, MD · 2024
General donation
$15,000
Wvu Cancer Center · Morgantown, WV · 2024
General donation
$1,500
Summersville Youth Athletics · Summersville, WV · 2024
General donation
$1,250
Ethan Collins · Summersville, WV · 2024
Higher education scholarhip
$1,250
Ethan Elliott · Pool, WV · 2024
Higher education scholarhip
$1,250
Jonathan Sweeney Jr · Summersville, WV · 2024
Higher education scholarhip
$1,250
Olivia Short · Craigsville, WV · 2024
Higher education scholarhip
$1,250
Skyler Nash · Summersville, WV · 2024
Higher education scholarship
$1,250
Jonathan Sweeney Jr · Summersville, WV · 2023
Higher education scholarship
$1,250
Olivia Short · Craigsville, WV · 2023
Higher education scholarship
$1,250
Skylar Nash · Summersville, WV · 2023
Higher education scholarship
$1,250
Taylor Brown · Summersville, WV · 2023
Higher education scholarship
$1,250
Jonathan Sweeney Jr · Summersville, WV · 2022
Higher education scholarship
$1,250
Olivia Carpenter · Canvas, WV · 2022
Higher education scholarship
$1,250
Olivia Short · Craigsville, WV · 2022
Higher education scholarship
$1,250
Taylor Brown · Summersville, WV · 2022
Higher education scholarship
$1,250
Eamonn Payton · Mount Lookout, WV · 2021
Higher education scholarship
$1,250
Hannah Davis · Mount Nebo, WV · 2021
Higher education scholarship
$1,250
Jonathan Sweeney Jr · Summersville, WV · 2021
Higher education scholarship
$1,250
Olivia Carpenter · Canvas, WV · 2021
Higher education scholarship
$1,250
Taylor Brown · Summersville, WV · 2021
Higher education scholarship
$1,000
Nicholas County Community Foundation · Summersville, WV · 2024
Professional movers of historical items from rt. 39 house to boe to be used as educational materials for the students of nicholas county
$1,000
Dance Initiative Co-Motion · Carbondale, CO · 2023
To support dance program scholarships
$625
Hannah Davis · Mount Nebo, WV · 2023
Higher education scholarship
$625
Hannah Davis · Mount Nebo, WV · 2022
Higher education scholarship
$500
Gianna Park · Summersville, WV · 2024
Graduation gift
$500
Nicholas Bennett · Fenwick, WV · 2021
Higher education scholarship
$500
Tyler Hinkle · Canvas, WV · 2021
Higher education scholarship

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.