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Bright Schoolhouse

Tax-deductible

West Linn, OR501(c)(3)EducationEIN 93-1599825

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The mission of Bright Schoolhouse is to operate a Kindergarten through fifth grade microschool for up to 30 students. However, over the course of 2025 it was recognized that this concept was not going to work and the market would not support it. We are in the process of winding-up the operations of Bright Schoolhouse and we will be permanently closing down in the first half of 2026. In the second half of 2025 we were able to find a replacement tenant that the landlord signed a direct lease with, so Bright Schoolhouse no longer has a lease obligation. We were also able to negotiate reduced interest on a loan and then pay off the principal of that loan. Additionally, we sold off all of Bright Schoolhouse's FF&E. These funds, along with significant new funds donated by Nicholas Morton and Allison Morton, who are officers and board members of Bright Schoolhouse, were used to pay off all outstanding liabilities and as of the end of 2025, Bright Schoolhouse has no liabilities.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
100¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Spent on programs
100%
of spending
Looks good: 100% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Named funders
1
named funder · $7K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$304K
+98% vs prior year
Spent
$95K
To programs
100%
Net assets
$156
By yearFY2024–FY2025
Revenue
$304K
FY2025▲ +98%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2024$153K
FY2025$304K
Net assets
$156
FY2025▼ -100%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2024$69K
FY2025$156

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 2024.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

100 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 100% · $95K Management & general 0% · $90

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

3 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Nicholas Morton
Treasurer and Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Programs and updates

Operates a small elementary school, now winding down operations.

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Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
The Swigert Foundation C/O Shawn M DuburgFY2024$7K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$7K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$304K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$306K
Money outPt IX
$95K
Ln 25
Programscol B$95K
Managementcol C$90
Owns and owesPt X
$156
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$156
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$306K
Total revenueLn 12$304K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$156
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$156
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $304K$95K$209K$156 990 PDF
FY2024 $153K$69K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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