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Bright Wings Fndtn Tr Ua

Orlando, FL · EIN 58-6346253. Reported 179 grants totalling $598,940 to 84 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,000median grant
$598,940granted, 2021-2024
84organizations funded
67%of grantees funded again the next year
$3,717,334assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Bright Wings Fndtn Tr Ua did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $2,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $3,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $20,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
2 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
146 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
23 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
8 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Fernbank Museum of Natural HistoryAtlanta, GA$77,000442024
The Piccadilly Puppets CompanyAtlanta, GA$48,000442024
Atlanta Area Council Boy Scouts of AmerAtlanta, GA$35,000442024
Vamos Adelante FoundationElburn, IL$31,800442024
Women's International Network for Guatemalan SolutionsSaint Paul, MN$26,000442024
The Study HallAtlanta, GA$17,000442024
The Georgia Conservancy IncAtlanta, GA$16,000442024
Canterbury CourtAtlanta, GA$15,000222022
Feet on the Street Ministries IncAtlanta, GA$13,000442024
Fcs - Focused Community StrategiesAtlanta, GA$12,000442024
PresenciaBrookhaven, GA$12,000442024
Synchronicity TheatreAtlanta, GA$12,000442024
A SquashAtlanta, GA$11,000442024
Lifecycle Bldg Center IncAtlanta, GA$11,000442024
Murphy-Harpst Children's Centers IncCedartown, GA$11,000442024
Our HouseAtlanta, GA$11,000442024
Wylde CenterDecatur, GA$11,000332023
Camp SunshineDecatur, GA$10,000332023
Collective Learning Academy IncAtlanta, GA$10,000222024
Covenant Community IncAtlanta, GA$10,000332023
Georgia River NetworkAthens, GA$10,000442024
The Timanous FoundationPortland, ME$9,000332024
Georgia State University FdnAtlanta, GA$8,000442024
Aris IncAtlanta, GA$7,000332023
Family Heritage FoundationClarkston, GA$7,000222024
The Museum of Contemporary Art of GeorgiaAtlanta, GA$6,500332024
Communities in Schools of Atlanta IncAtlanta, GA$6,000222024
Global Growers Network IncDecatur, GA$6,000332024
Laamistad AfterschoolAtlanta, GA$6,000332023
Wilderness Works IncAtlanta, GA$6,000332023
The Object Group IncAtlanta, GA$5,300332023
The Adaptive Learning CenterKennesaw, GA$5,000222023
Vox Teen CommunicationsAtlanta, GA$5,000442024
Bloom Our Youth IncFayetteville, GA$4,000222024
Bright Futures AtlantaAtlanta, GA$4,000222022
Cool Girls IncAtlanta, GA$4,000222024
ESSENTIAL2LIFE IncMarietta, GA$4,000222022
Global Village ProjectDecatur, GA$4,000112021
New Life Technology Group IncAlpharetta, GA$4,000222023
Restoration Atl Mission IncAtlanta, GA$4,000222024
The Elaine Clark Center for Exceptional ChildrenChamblee, GA$4,000222024
Queen AcademyJackson, GA$3,840112023
Athenas Warehouse IncAtlanta, GA$3,000112024
Atlanta Music Project IncAtlanta, GA$3,000222022
Bearings Bike Shop IncAtlanta, GA$3,000112024
Cure Childhood CancerAtlanta, GA$3,000332024
Hawktalk IncCanton, GA$3,000442024
Hillside IncAtlanta, GA$3,000222024
The Frazer CenterAtlanta, GA$3,000112022
Toolbox IncRoswell, GA$3,000112024
Dunwoody Nature Center IncDunwoody, GA$2,500112024
Fly on a Wall IncAtlanta, GA$2,500222023
The Timanous FoundationBranford, CT$2,500112021
Anyone Can Camps IncAtlanta, GA$2,000112024
Boyuce L Ansley School IncAtlanta, GA$2,000112021
Cobb Symphony Orchestra IncMarietta, GA$2,000112023
Community Guilds IncDecatur, GA$2,000112021
Concrete Jungle IncAtlanta, GA$2,000222024
Covenant House GeorgiaAtlanta, GA$2,000112021
Drake House IncRoswell, GA$2,000112024
George West Mental Health Fdn IncBrookhaven, GA$2,000112022
Girl Talk IncAtlanta, GA$2,000112022
Mill Springs AcademyAlpharetta, GA$2,000112021
Onstage Atlanta IncScottdale, GA$2,000112024
Save Institute IncAtlanta, GA$2,000112022
Woodlands Garden of Decatur IncDecatur, GA$2,000112024
Atlanta Youth Soccer AssociationAtlanta, GA$1,500112024
Childspring InternationalAtlanta, GA$1,500112022
Asa Music Production IncAustell, GA$1,000112021
Atlanta Contemporary Art CenterAtlanta, GA$1,000112022
Atlanta Ministry With International Students IncAtlanta, GA$1,000112022
Bethany Christian Services of GaAtlanta, GA$1,000112023
Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta IncAtlanta, GA$1,000112023
ESSENTIAL3LIFE IncAtlanta, GA$1,000112024
Everybody Wins Atlanta IncAtlanta, GA$1,000112021
Feeding Ga FamiliesAtlanta, GA$1,000112021
Georgia Audubon IncAtlanta, GA$1,000112023
Georgia Symphony OrchestraMarietta, GA$1,000112024
Girltalk Hotline CorporationDouglasville, GA$1,000112024
Kate's ClubAtlanta, GA$1,000112021
Soccer in the Streets IncAtlanta, GA$1,000112023
Special Needs Schools of GwinnettLawrenceville, GA$1,000112021
The Gift of Music Foundation IncMarietta, GA$1,000112024
Youth Villages GeorgiaDouglasville, GA$1,000112021

46 of 84 (55%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 67%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 107 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Arts & Culture
22 grants
Education
12 grants
Youth Development
12 grants
Religion
12 grants
Environment
11 grants
Human Services
9 grants
International Affairs
8 grants
Food & Nutrition
6 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202145$128,300$2,000
202241$155,500$3,000
202348$166,640$2,000
202445$148,500$3,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 88% of this one's giving went to organizations in Georgia. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Georgia
$530K
Illinois
$32K
Minnesota
$26K
Maine
$9K
Connecticut
$2K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund41 shared recipientsThe Community Foundation for Greater40 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc39 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc34 shared recipientsAtl Fdn-W Peters Main30 shared recipientsTr Uw Charles I Branan28 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Georgia.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Bright Wings Fndtn Tr Ua's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 919798, Orlando, FL, 32891. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 58-6346253 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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