Uc Merced Hub
MERCED, CA
$265KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Educational scholarships
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The Bright Family Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 77-0126942 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
How to apply
This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Carol Bright Tougas
- Phone
- (209) 526-8242
- Deadlines
- Not stated here. Consult the original filing and current funder guidelines.
- Application materials
- A statement of charitable purpose on organization's letterhead, including their tax id number, or on bright family foundations's grant application form.
- Restrictions
- Not stated here. Consult the original filing and current funder guidelines.
Original filing text
- Contact
- CAROL BRIGHT TOUGAS
- Address
- 1620 N CARPENTER RD BLDG B MODESTO, CA, 95351
- Phone
- 2095268242
- Deadlines
- N/A
- Application materials
- A STATEMENT OF CHARITABLE PURPOSE ON ORGANIZATION'S LETTERHEAD, INCLUDING THEIR TAX ID NUMBER, OR ON BRIGHT FAMILY FOUNDATIONS'S GRANT APPLICATION FORM.
- Restrictions
- N/A
Reported organization name: THE BRIGHT FAMILY FOUNDATION
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | $1.3M |
| 2024 | 31 | $1.1M |
Where The Bright Family Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
California$2.3MMassachusetts$10K
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Uc Merced Hub
MERCED, CA
$235KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Educational scholarships
Children'S Crisis Center
MODESTO, CA
$200KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Support prevention of child abuse.
Uc Merced Ceb Success Center
MERCED, CA
$100KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Educational scholarships.
Uc Merced Ceb Success Center
MERCED, CA
$100KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Educational scholarships.
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (59 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from The Bright Family Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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