Funding search · EIN 362182047 · Chicago, IL

Bright Promises Foundation

Name: Bright Promises Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

56
grants reported: $1.3M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $17,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

address changing childhood early education healing improvement leading

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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

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Alternatives3 grants · $102,000
Palenque Lsna2 grants · $85,000
Ucan2 grants · $80,000
Gads Hill Center1 grant · $44,000
Girls Inc of Chicago1 grant · $44,000
Arab American Action Network1 grant · $44,000
Build1 grant · $44,000
Project Vision1 grant · $44,000
Chicago Freedom School1 grant · $44,000
Northwest Side Housing Center1 grant · $44,000

Giving over time

$382,100

2022

$531,000

2023

$367,000

2024

Grant history

All 56 reported grants, largest first.

$45,000
Palenque Lsna · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating
$44,000
A Long Walk Home · Chicago, IL · 2023
Healing, leading, changing - supporting youth to address trauma
$44,000
Arab American Action Network · Chicago, IL · 2023
Healing, leading, changing - supporting youth to address trauma
$44,000
Build · Chicago, IL · 2023
Healing, leading, changing - supporting youth to address trauma
$44,000
Chicago Freedom School · Chicago, IL · 2023
Healing, leading, changing - supporting youth to address trauma
$44,000
Gads Hill Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Healing, leading, changing - supporting youth to address trauma
$44,000
Girls Inc of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Healing, leading, changing - supporting youth to address trauma
$44,000
Northwest Side Housing Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Healing, leading, changing - supporting youth to address trauma
$44,000
Project Vision · Chicago, IL · 2023
Healing, leading, changing - supporting youth to address trauma
$40,000
Alliance of the Southeast · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating
$40,000
Alternatives · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating
$40,000
Chicago Youth Programs · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating
$40,000
Kuumba Lynx · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating
$40,000
New Community Outreach · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating
$40,000
Ucan · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating
$40,000
Alternatives · Chicago, IL · 2022
Healing, leading, changing - supporting youth to address trauma
$40,000
Love Unity & Values Institute · Chicago, IL · 2022
Healing, leading, changing - supporting youth to address trauma
$40,000
Palenque Lsna · Union City, NJ · 2022
Healing, leading, changing - supporting youth to address trauma
$40,000
Ucan · Chicago, IL · 2022
Healing, leading, changing - supporting youth to address trauma
$23,900
Changing Children'S World'S Foundation · Geneva, IL · 2022
Social emotional learning at home-collaboration action project
$22,000
Alternatives · Chicago, IL · 2023
Healing, leading, changing - supporting youth to address trauma
$21,400
Illinois Afterschool Network · Springfield, IL · 2022
Social emotional learning at home-collaboration action project
$20,000
Humanity Rising · Lake Zurich, IL · 2024
General operating
$20,000
The Roots Initiative · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating
$20,000
Equip for Equality · Chicago, IL · 2023
Fairness, access, inclusion, and resiliency initiative
$20,000
Storycatchers Theater · Chicago, IL · 2023
Fairness, access, inclusion, and resiliency initiative
$20,000
Firebird Community Arts · Chicago, IL · 2022
Fairness, access, inclusion, and resiliency initiative
$20,000
Theatre Y · Winfield, IL · 2022
Fairness, access, inclusion, and resiliency initiative
$15,000
A House in Austin Nfp · Chicago, IL · 2023
Early childhood education quality improvement program
$15,000
Chicago Commons · Chicago, IL · 2023
Early childhood education quality improvement program
$15,000
Children'S Place Association · Chicago, IL · 2023
Early childhood education quality improvement program
$15,000
Onward Neighborhood House · Chicago, IL · 2023
Early childhood education quality improvement program
$15,000
Breakthrough · Chicago, IL · 2022
Early childhood education quality improvement program
$15,000
Christopher House · Chicago, IL · 2022
Early childhood education quality improvement program
$15,000
Concordia Place · Chicago, IL · 2022
Early childhood education quality improvement program
$15,000
Family Focus · Chicago, IL · 2022
Early childhood education quality improvement program
$15,000
Trinity Ucc Child Care Centers · Chicago, IL · 2022
Early childhood education quality improvement program
$15,000
Vocel · Chicago, IL · 2022
Social emotional learning at home care program
$10,800
Vocel · Chicago, IL · 2022
Social emotional learning at home-collaboration action project
$10,000
Illinois Afterschool Network · Springfield, IL · 2024
General operating
$10,000
Chicago Children'S Advocacy Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
Social emotional learning at home care program
$10,000
Tuesday'S Child · Chicago, IL · 2022
Social emotional learning at home-collaboration action project
$8,000
A House in Austin · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating
$8,000
Chicago Commons Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating
$8,000
Children'S Place Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating
$8,000
Onward Neighborhood House · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating
$8,000
Christopher House · Chicago, IL · 2023
Early childhood education quality improvement program
$8,000
Concordia Place · Chicago, IL · 2023
Early childhood education quality improvement program
$8,000
Trinity Ucc Child Care Centers · Chicago, IL · 2023
Early childhood education quality improvement program
$8,000
Chicago Youth Centers · Chicago, IL · 2022
Early childhood education quality improvement program
$8,000
Children'S Home Aid · Chicago, IL · 2022
Early childhood education quality improvement program
$7,000
Illinois Collaboration On Youth · Chicago, IL · 2023
Healing, leading, changing - supporting youth to address trauma
$6,500
Changing Children'S Worlds Foundation · Geneva, IL · 2023
Social emotional learning at home care program
$6,500
Enlace · Chicago, IL · 2023
Social emotional learning at home care program
$6,500
Illinois Afterschool Network · Springfield, IL · 2023
Social emotional learning at home care program
$6,500
Vocel · Chicago, IL · 2023
Social emotional learning at home care program

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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.