Funding search · EIN 271041109 · Rye, NY

The Brightwater Fund

Name: The Brightwater Fund grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

99
grants reported: $1.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
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.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Falconwood Foundation1 grant · $270,000
New York Presbyterian Hospital3 grants · $150,000
White Plains Hospital3 grants · $135,000
New Yorkers for Children3 grants · $120,000
Global Impact1 grant · $100,000
Weill Cornell Medical College3 grants · $100,000
The Goodnation Foundation1 grant · $90,000
Carver Center3 grants · $85,000
Aclu2 grants · $80,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America3 grants · $75,000

Giving over time

$496,250

2022

$805,102

2023

$562,700

2024

Grant history

All 99 reported grants, largest first.

$270,000
Falconwood Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General Use
$100,000
Global Impact · Washington, DC · 2024
General Use
$90,000
The Goodnation Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
General Use
$50,000
New York Presbyterian Hospital · New York, NY · 2024
General Use
$50,000
Weill Cornell Medical College · New York, NY · 2024
General Use
$50,000
New York Presbyterian Hospital · New York, NY · 2023
General Use
$50,000
New York Presbyterian Hospital · New York, NY · 2022
General Use
$45,000
White Plains Hospital · White Plains, NY · 2024
General Use
$45,000
White Plains Hospital · White Plains, NY · 2023
General Use
$45,000
White Plains Hospital · White Plains, NY · 2022
General Use
$40,000
Aclu · New York, NY · 2024
General Use
$40,000
New Yorkers for Children · New York, NY · 2024
General Use
$40,000
New Yorkers for Children · New York, NY · 2023
General Use
$40,000
Aclu · New York, NY · 2022
General Use
$40,000
New Yorkers for Children · New York, NY · 2022
General Use
$35,000
Carver Center · Port Chester, NY · 2023
General Use
$35,000
Carver Center · Port Chester, NY · 2022
General Use
$30,000
Bigger Picture Community Fund · Waitsfield, VT · 2024
General Use
$30,000
Pelham Picture House · Pelham, NY · 2023
General Use
$30,000
Pelham Picture House · Pelham, NY · 2022
General Use
$25,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2024
General Use
$25,000
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2023
General Use
$25,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2023
General Use
$25,000
Weill Cornell Medical College · New York, NY · 2023
General Use
$25,000
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2022
General Use
$25,000
Planned Parenthood Federation of America · New York, NY · 2022
General Use
$25,000
Weill Cornell Medical College · New York, NY · 2022
General Use
$20,000
Fool Proof Foundation · Cocoa, FL · 2024
General Use
$20,000
Saint Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2024
General Use
$20,000
Iona College · New Rochelle, NY · 2022
General Use
$15,000
Carver Center · Port Chester, NY · 2024
General Use
$15,000
Marshall Project · New York, NY · 2024
General Use
$15,000
Coalition for the Homeless · New York, NY · 2023
General Use
$15,000
Innocence Project · New York, NY · 2022
General Use
$13,000
Smiletrain · New York, NY · 2024
General Use
$10,250
Saint Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2023
General Use
$10,000
Center for Study of Responsive Law · Washington, DC · 2024
General Use
$10,000
Coalition for the Homeless · New York, NY · 2024
General Use
$10,000
Ifco Alliance for Families Justice · New York, NY · 2024
General Use
$10,000
Meals-On-Wheels of White Plains · White Plains, NY · 2024
General Use
$10,000
Nantucket Cottage Hospital · Nantucket, MA · 2024
General Use
$10,000
Reform Alliance · New York, NY · 2024
General Use
$10,000
Vera Institue of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General Use
$10,000
Center for Study of Responsive Law · Washington, DC · 2023
General Use
$10,000
Ifco Alliance for Families Justice · New York, NY · 2023
General Use
$10,000
Lifting Up Westchester · White Plains, NY · 2023
General Use
$10,000
Meals-On-Wheels of White Plains · White Plains, NY · 2023
General Use
$10,000
Metropolitan Umc · Detroit, MI · 2023
General Use
$10,000
Nantucket Cottage Hospital · Nantucket, MA · 2023
General Use
$10,000
Reform Alliance · New York, NY · 2023
General Use
$10,000
The Woods Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2023
General Use
$10,000
Vera Institue of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General Use
$10,000
Center for Study of Responsive Law · Washington, DC · 2022
General Use
$10,000
Coalition for the Homeless · New York, NY · 2022
General Use
$10,000
Ifco Alliance for Families Justice · New York, NY · 2022
General Use
$10,000
Lifting Up Westchester · White Plains, NY · 2022
General Use
$10,000
Marshall Project · New York, NY · 2022
General Use
$10,000
Meals-On-Wheels of White Plains · White Plains, NY · 2022
General Use
$10,000
Nantucket Cottage Hospital · Nantucket, MA · 2022
General Use
$10,000
Reform Alliance · New York, NY · 2022
General Use
$10,000
Saint Jude Children'S Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2022
General Use
$10,000
Vera Institue of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General Use
$10,000
Wnet - Channel 13 · New York, NY · 2022
General Use
$7,000
Fisher House Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2023
General Use
$5,000
Drug Policy Alliance · New York, NY · 2024
General Use
$5,000
Fisher House Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2024
General Use
$5,000
Human Rights First · New York, NY · 2024
General Use
$5,000
Lifting Up Westchester · White Plains, NY · 2024
General Use
$5,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2023
General Use
$5,000
Drug Policy Alliance · New York, NY · 2023
General Use
$5,000
Environmental Work Group · Washington, DC · 2023
General Use
$5,000
Human Rights First · New York, NY · 2023
General Use
$5,000
Remote Area Medical Foundation · Rockford, TN · 2023
General Use
$5,000
Rutgers University Foundation · New Brunswick, NJ · 2023
General Use
$5,000
Wnet - Channel 13 · New York, NY · 2023
General Use
$5,000
Brennan Center for Justice · New York, NY · 2022
General Use
$5,000
Drug Policy Alliance · New York, NY · 2022
General Use
$5,000
Fisher House Foundation · Rockville, MD · 2022
General Use
$5,000
Human Rights First · New York, NY · 2022
General Use
$5,000
Remote Area Medical Foundation · Rockford, TN · 2022
General Use
$5,000
Rutgers University Foundation · New Brunswick, NJ · 2022
General Use
$3,000
Environmental Work Group · Washington, DC · 2024
General Use
$2,500
Boston Medflight · Bedford, MA · 2024
General Use
$2,500
Boston Medflight · Bedford, MA · 2023
General Use
$2,500
Boston Medflight · Bedford, MA · 2022
General Use
$2,102
Truthout · Sacramento, CA · 2023
General Use
$2,000
Truthout · Sacramento, CA · 2024
General Use
$2,000
Fool Proof Foundation · Cocoa, FL · 2023
General Use
$2,000
Place of Hope · Palm Beach Gardens, FL · 2023
General Use
$2,000
Truthout · Sacramento, CA · 2022
General Use
$1,500
Childfund International · Richmond, VA · 2024
General Use
$1,500
Childfund International · Richmond, VA · 2023
General Use
$1,500
Shriner'S Hospital · Tampa, FL · 2023
General Use
$1,500
Childfund International · Richmond, VA · 2022
General Use
$1,000
Smiletrain · New York, NY · 2023
General Use
$500
Nantucket Preservation Trust · Nantucket, MA · 2024
General Use
$250
Nantucket Preservation Trust · Nantucket, MA · 2023
General Use
$250
Nantucket Preservation Trust · Nantucket, MA · 2022
General Use
$200
Ct Public Broadcasting · Hartford, CT · 2024
General Use

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