Will Bright Foundation
Legal name: Will Bright Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 463288898
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2017, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Trussville, AL, United States
- Phone
- 205-999-5576
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Religion Related N.E.C.
- Affiliation
- Religious (unspecified)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $488,228
- Expenses
- $328,506
- Assets
- $1,689,457
- Liabilities
- $293,652
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
People named in this filing
- Mike Bailey (Director of Enterprises)
- Brian Barksdale (Asst Director of Finance)
- Amy Millington (Director of Events)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Breaking the barriers of recovery through Christ-centered, peer-led addiction recovery for men taking the next step in sobriety by providing housing, transportation, and Recovery to Workforce programming—and through Restoration Springs transitional living in Fayette, Alabama. Testimonial “Addiction is real. It’s everywhere and affects all of us. I am proud to say that my youngest son is a recovering alcoholic, who has spent time in a number of facilities, receiving help to understand his condition and addiction. Love, support, education, understanding and finding a way to survive the complexities and challenges of life. Our children are our greatest treasure. Life can be so wonderful, but it can also be so painful. That’s what makes the joy so joyful – often times, the pain you have to go through. The challenge? How to navigate without relying on different substances to help you cope...
What it reported doing in 2024
Provide financial assistance to individuals suffering from drug and alcohol addiction who do not have the means to find or pay for rehabilitation and recovery.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 68% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 74
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 67.8%; rating input score 68
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 32.7%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.14; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 20.3% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 20.1% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 67.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $329K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.