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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 26-3186807

Brighter Days Foundation

A private foundation in Rochester, NY. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 2 grants and $260,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $260,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $793,547

  • Tax year 2023

    $252,500

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $983,594

  • Tax year 2022

    $327,500

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $1,223,514

  • Tax year 2021

    $103,264

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,528,319

  • Tax year 2020

    $115,470

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $1,435,218

  • Tax year 2019

    $113,004

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $1,481,598

  • Tax year 2018

    $62,706

    Grants listed
    4
    Assets, end of year
    $1,541,897

Grants paid in 2024

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of Rochester Medical CenterRochester, NY

    Child and adolescent mental health urgent care center

    $250,000
  2. Beloved AshevilleAsheville, NC

    Recovery efforts

    $10,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Housing and shelter1 grant $10,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York1 grant $250,000
  2. North Carolina1 grant $10,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Francis YorkPRESIDENT/DIRECTOR Hours 2Pay $0
  • Max T StonerVICE PRESIDENT/SECRETARY/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Howard GordonVICE PRESIDENT/TREASURER/DIRECTOR Hours 0.5Pay $0
  • Kathy Garen YorkVICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Amy A PanepintoDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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