Funding search · EIN 363634360 · Chicago, IL

Bright Promise

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

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

45
grants reported: $954,935
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $15,000
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.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Chicago West Side Christian School4 grants · $169,000
Daystar School4 grants · $158,000
Pui-Tak Christian School4 grants · $147,505
The Field School4 grants · $106,500
Midwestern Christian Academy4 grants · $52,500
Cornerstone Academy4 grants · $52,500
Unity Christian Academy3 grants · $48,000
Calvin Christian School3 grants · $45,000
Southwest Chicago Christian Schools3 grants · $42,500
Cambridge Classical Academy3 grants · $38,430

Giving over time

$248,500

2021

$164,500

2022

$250,500

2023

$291,435

2024

Grant history

All 45 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
Chicago West Side Christian School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$47,500
Daystar School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$42,505
Pui-Tak Christian School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$42,500
Daystar School · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$42,000
Pui-Tak Christian School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$42,000
Chicago West Side Christian School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$42,000
Chicago West Side Christian School · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$42,000
Daystar School · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$42,000
Pui-Tak Christian School · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$35,500
The Field School · Oak Park, IL · 2022
General support
$35,000
Chicago West Side Christian School · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$28,000
The Field School · Oak Park, IL · 2024
General support
$26,000
Daystar School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$21,500
The Field School · Oak Park, IL · 2023
General support
$21,500
The Field School · Oak Park, IL · 2021
General support
$21,000
Pui-Tak Christian School · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$20,500
Unity Christian Academy · South Holland, IL · 2024
General support
$20,000
Calvin Christian School · South Holland, IL · 2024
General support
$17,000
Southwest Chicago Christian Schools · Palos Heights, IL · 2024
General support
$16,500
Unity Christian Academy · South Holland, IL · 2023
General support
$15,930
Cambridge Classical Academy · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$15,500
Southwest Chicago Christian Schools · Palos Heights, IL · 2023
General support
$15,000
Calvary Academy · South Holland, IL · 2024
General support
$15,000
Cornerstone Academy · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$15,000
Midwestern Christian Academy · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support
$15,000
Calvin Christian School · South Holland, IL · 2023
General support
$15,000
Cornerstone Academy · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$15,000
Midwestern Christian Academy · Chicago, IL · 2022
General support
$15,000
Cornerstone Academy · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$15,000
Midwestern Christian Academy · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$12,500
Calvary Academy · South Holland, IL · 2023
General support
$12,500
Cambridge Classical Academy · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$11,000
Unity Christian Academy · South Holland, IL · 2021
General support
$10,000
Lansing Christian School · Lansing, IL · 2024
General support
$10,000
Lansing Christian School · Lansing, IL · 2023
General support
$10,000
New Life Celebration Christian Acad · Dolton, IL · 2022
General support
$10,000
Calvary Academy · South Holland, IL · 2021
General support
$10,000
Calvin Christian School · South Holland, IL · 2021
General support
$10,000
Cambridge Classical Academy · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$10,000
Lansing Christian School · Lansing, IL · 2021
General support
$10,000
New Life Celebration Christian Acad · Dolton, IL · 2021
General support
$10,000
Southwest Chicago Christian Schools · Palos Heights, IL · 2021
General support
$7,500
Cornerstone Academy · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$7,500
Midwestern Christian Academy · Chicago, IL · 2023
General support
$7,500
New Life Celebration Christian Acad · Dolton, IL · 2023
General support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.