The Brightwater Fund is a 501(c)(3) private grantmaking foundation.
Financial Statistics
Total Assets
Total Revenue
Total Expenses
| Year | Total Assets | Total Revenue | Total Expenses | Filing |
|---|
| 2025 | $2,333,539 | $807,778 | $666,615 | View |
| 2024 | $2,201,514 | $561,546 | $904,993 | View |
| 2023 | $2,482,952 | $80,230 | $594,905 | View |
| 2022 | $2,774,917 | $676,186 | $699,381 | View |
| 2021 | $3,063,574 | $798,406 | $544,270 | View |
Prior year filings: 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012
Employee Compensation
Highest Earning Employees
| Employee | Title | Total Compensation |
|---|
| AnnChristine Gormley | Secretary / Treasurer | $56,240 |
Grant Activity
All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:
- Total Grant Value: $17,050,662
- Number of Grants: 519
- Number of Recipients: 138
Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:
| Amount | Year | Funder | Subject |
|---|
| $270,000 | 2024 | Falconwood Foundation | General Use |
| $200,000 | 2020 | Robin Hood Foundation | General Use |
| $125,000 | 2020 | The Eisenhower Project Inc | General Use |
| $100,000 | 2025 | Global Impact | General Use |
| $90,000 | 2024 | Goodnation Foundation | General Use |
| $87,500 | 2022 | American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc. | General Use |
| $77,500 | 2021 | American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc. | General Use |
| $50,000 | 2025 | The New York and Presbyterian Hospital | General Use |
| $50,000 | 2025 | Weill Medical College of Cornell University | General Use |
| $50,000 | 2024 | The New York and Presbyterian Hospital | General Use |
| $50,000 | 2023 | The New York and Presbyterian Hospital | General Use |
| $50,000 | 2022 | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center | General Use |
| $50,000 | 2022 | The Eisenhower Project Inc | General Use |
| $50,000 | 2022 | The New York and Presbyterian Hospital | General Use |
| $45,000 | 2025 | White Plains Hospital Medical Center | General Use |
| $45,000 | 2024 | White Plains Hospital Medical Center | General Use |
| $45,000 | 2023 | White Plains Hospital Medical Center | General Use |
| $45,000 | 2022 | White Plains Hospital Medical Center | General Use |
| $42,500 | 2021 | Goodnation Action | General Use |
| $40,000 | 2025 | American Civil Liberties Union | General Use |
| $40,000 | 2025 | New Yorkers For Children Inc. | General Use |
| $40,000 | 2024 | New Yorkers For Children Inc. | General Use |
| $40,000 | 2023 | American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Inc. | General Use |
| $40,000 | 2023 | New Yorkers For Children Inc. | General Use |
| $35,000 | 2024 | Port Chester Carver Center Inc | General Use |
