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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by BRIGHT COMMUNITY TRUST INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,307,420
Total expenses
$1,700,150
Contributions and grants received
$417,608
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$871,812
Investment income
$17,070
Other revenue
$930
Total assets, end of year
$16,706,810
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,479,596
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$13,227,214
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$900,375
Management and general expenses
$659,941
Fundraising expenses
$139,834
Program service expenses (Part III)
$900,375

Program services were 53.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $353,750

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $63,858

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $49,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RENT REVENUE

    total $552,921 · related or exempt $552,921

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

    total $190,535 · related or exempt $190,535

  • 2c · Program service revenue: LAND LEASE INCOME

    total $52,601 · related or exempt $52,601

  • 2d · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $35,833 · related or exempt $35,833

  • 2e · Program service revenue: FEES FOR SERVICES

    total $20,482 · related or exempt $20,482

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $19,440 · related or exempt $19,440

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $319 · excluded $319

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $350,000

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $333,249

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $16,751

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $16,751 · related or exempt $16,751

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $930 · related or exempt $930

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $930

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $398,819 · program services $186,292 · management and general $90,145 · fundraising $122,382

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $56,872 · program services $26,565 · management and general $12,855 · fundraising $17,452

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $13,244 · program services $13,244

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $37,245 · program services $37,245

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,750 · management and general $24,750

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $34,025 · management and general $34,025

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,885 · management and general $13,885

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $12,924 · management and general $12,924

  • 20 · Interest

    total $110,104 · program services $110,104

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $158,276 · program services $158,276

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $20,019 · management and general $20,019

  • 24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $447,710 · management and general $447,710

  • 24b · Other expenses: REHABILITATION OF PROPE

    total $301,914 · program services $301,914

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONSULTING FEES

    total $66,735 · program services $66,735

  • 24d · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $3,628 · management and general $3,628

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $117,620 · end of year $284,663

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $111,859 · end of year $42,308

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $460,297 · end of year $20,550

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $10,099 · end of year $0

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $17,570,638

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,214,149

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $16,318,756 · end of year $16,356,489

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,176 · end of year $2,800

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $416,542 · end of year $419,354

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $2,985,321 · end of year $3,060,242

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,619,944 · end of year $13,227,214

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO UTILIZE LAND TRUSTS AS A VEHICLE TO FACILITATE THE OWNERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

UTILIZE LAND TRUSTS AS A VEHICLE TO FACILITATE THE OWNERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

  • BRIGHT COMMUNITY TRUST FOCUS IS THE DEVELOPMENT AND REHABILITATION OF DISTRESSED AND FORECLOSED HOMES FOR RENT OR RESALE TO WORK FORCE AND LOWER INCOME FAMILIES. UTILIZING A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST THE PROPERTIES STAY ATTAINABLE FOR GENERATIONS. AS A CERTIFIED HUD COUNSELING AGENCY, EDUCATION AND ONGOING MENTORSHIP IS PROVIDED PREPARING RESIDENTS FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP.

    Expenses $518,276 · Revenue $681,277

  • BRIGHT SERVES AS THE MANAGEMENT AGENT FOR A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST WITH CENTRAL FLORIDA REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST, INC. (CFRHT). UNDER THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT, BRIGHT IS GOVERNED BY THE CFRHT BOARD PERTAING TO THE OPERATION, DIRECTION, MANAGEMENT, AND SUPERVISION OF CFRHT AND THE HOUSING TRUST PROPERTY. BRIGHT WILL MANAGE THE CURRENT AND FUTURE PROPERTY OF CFRHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MISSION OF BOTH ORGANIZATIONS AND THE OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WHICH IS TO PROVIDE HOUSING THAT IS SAFE, SECURE, AND AFFORDABLE IN PERPETUITY. CFRHT IS NOW DOING BUSINESS AS HOUSD. AS OF NOVEMBER OF 2022, THIS AGEEMENT IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT AND BRIGHT COMMUNITY TRUST NO LONGER HAS ANY ASSOCIATION WITH CFRHT.

    Expenses $382,099 · Revenue $190,535

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Thomas Shelly

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jillian Bandes

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr Robert Arnold

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Clive Kofi Hunt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Francis Wells

    CEO/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $147,101
    From this org
    $132,462
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,639
    Hours/week
    40
  • Renee Welch

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $131,799
    From this org
    $115,088
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,711
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • BRIGHT CENTRAL FLORIDA LLC

    MANAGEMENT OF THIRD-PARTY HOUSING TRUST · FL · income $35,650 · assets $9,729

    Directly controlled by BRIGHT COMMUNITY TRUST INC

  • BRIGHT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA LLC

    EXPAND SERVICES TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA REGION · FL · income -$291,200 · assets $34,338

    Directly controlled by BRIGHT COMMUNITY TRUST INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 September 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202312649349301676

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