Grants awarded
Who does Brightwater Fund fund?
Brightwater Fund has awarded $2.9 million across 163 grants to 49 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in health care. Its typical grant is $10,000, with most between $5,000 and $25,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $10,000 versus $7,500 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$2.9M
Typical grant
$10K
Grantees
49
Grants
163
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F Falconwood Foundation INC | $270K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| A ACLU | $245K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
The New York and Presbyterian Hospital
|
$200K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| W White Plains Hospital | $200K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
New Yorkers for Children INC
|
$175K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| C Carver Center | $135K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TX | |
| T The Goodnation Foundation | $132K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Planned Parenthood Federation of America INC
|
$125K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| W Weill Cornell Medical College | $125K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $120K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | $100K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Eisenhower Project INC | $79K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
| I Iona College | $60K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Coalition for the Homeless | $55K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
|
|
$50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| I Ifco Alliance for Families Justice | $50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
|
|
$50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| N Nantucket Cottage Hospital | $50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| V Vera Institue of Justice | $50K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
|
|
$45K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| W Wnet - Channel 13 | $45K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital | $40K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Bigger Picture Community Fund INC | $40K | 2 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | VT | |
Innocence Project INC
|
$40K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
|
|
$32K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MD | |
| R Reform Alliance | $30K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
|
|
$25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Marshall Project INC
|
$25K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Drug Policy Alliance
|
$25K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| F Fool Proof Foundation | $22K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Brennan Center for Justice | $20K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| R Remote Area Medical Foundation | $20K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Rutgers University Foundation
|
$20K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NJ | |
| S Smiletrain | $15K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Public Theater | $15K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| E Environmental Work Group | $13K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $12K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Woods Foundation | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Truthout
|
$8K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
|
|
$8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | DC | |
| C Childfund International | $7K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| V Voice of the Kids | $2K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| P Place of Hope INC | $2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S Shriner's Hospital | $2K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
|
|
$1K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| I Individual recipient | $200 | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Explore
More on 990 Scout
Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & Business Master File. A 990 shows how an
organization is run and funded — not its real-world outcomes. Figures are presented without evaluation;
we do not rate, score, or rank organizations. · philanthropy.org