Brightness Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 872111255
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Carlsbad, CA, USA
- Phone
- 7608893456
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Economic Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $70,732
- Expenses
- $81,490
- Assets
- $1,712
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Ross Lohr (President/Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Ross Lohr (President/Executive Director)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide financial support for the construction and improvement of educational facilities in Tanzania, Africa, through grants to Brightness Foundation Tanzania Development (BFTD), a nonprofit partner organization, thereby expanding access to quality education for underserved communities.
What it reported doing in 2025
School Construction Grants in Tanzania: Brightness Foundation provided grants totaling $81,400 to Brightness Foundation Tanzania Development (BFTD), a nonprofit organization based in Tanzania, for the construction and improvement of school facilities serving underserved communities in Tanzania, Africa. These funds supported the building of classrooms and educational infrastructure, benefiting hundreds of students and community members who previously lacked access to adequate educational facilities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 21
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -15.2%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $81K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.