Program areas at Bright Blessings
Bless-A-Baby: provides mothers of newborn children a basket with diapers, formula, wipes, stuffed animals and bottles.
Gift of Care: provide hygiene kits and gifts of care for homeless and impoverished students. Also, Bright Blessings provides snacks, backpacks and stuffed animals
Bless-A-Birthday: provide birthday celebrations and enrichment programs at local area shelters offering presents, activities, food, goodie bags, cake and juice. Each child receives two new books as a part of the Gift of Literacy program or a child receives an anonymous birthday celebration providing a gift, birthday snack bag to elementary students. The program also provides hygiene sets along with a "party-to-go" so that middle and high school students can celebrate with their families. Each birthday child receives a blanket and critical care items for hygiene.
Community Education & LKN Gen Ops
Gift of Literacy
Who funds Bright Blessings
Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
Personnel at Bright Blessings
| Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
|---|
| Tisha Henderson | Executive Director | | 2023-09-19 |
| Tisha Margraves | Past Executive Director | $68,117 | 2022-12-31 |
| Brianna McRae | Board Member | $0 | 2023-05-15 |
| Russell Norris | Chairperson | $0 | 2022-12-31 |
| John Cervantes | Treasurer | $0 | 2022-08-30 |
| ...and 5 more key personnel |
Financials for Bright Blessings
| Revenues | FYE 12/2022 | FYE 12/2021 | % Change |
|---|
| Total grants, contributions, etc. | $881,341 | $731,744 | 20.4% |
| Program services | $0 | $0 | - |
| Investment income and dividends | $0 | $45 | -100% |
| Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
| Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
| Miscellaneous revenues | $0 | $0 | - |
| Total revenues | $881,341 | $731,789 | 20.4% |
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| Youth Shelters and Family Services | 501(c)(3) | Santa Fe, NM | $3,447,216 |
| Boys Hope Girls Hope | 501(c)(3) | Saint Louis, MO | $3,587,104 |
| Family Promise of Grayson County | 501(c)(3) | Sherman, TX | $388,588 |
Data update history
November 12, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
November 8, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
August 8, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
Nonprofit Types
Human service organizationsYouth service charitiesHeadquarter / parent organizationsCharities
Issues
Human servicesChildrenHomelessness
Characteristics
Fundraising eventsCommunity engagement / volunteeringGala fundraisersFundraising races, competitions, and tournamentsTax deductible donations
General information
- Address
- 1150 Crews Rd
- Matthews, NC 28105
- Metro area
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
- County
- Mecklenburg County, NC
- Website URL
- brightblessingsusa.org/Â
- Phone
- (704) 846-2329
IRS details
- EIN
- 35-2324487
- Fiscal year end
- December
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 2008
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- Yes
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- P30: Childrens and Youth Services
- NAICS code, primary
- 624110: Child and Youth Services
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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