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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by BRIGHT HORIZONS FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN.

Totals

Total revenue
$708,196
Total expenses
$498,247
Contributions and grants received
$654,909
Grants paid
$345,303
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$49,195
Other revenue
$4,092
Total assets, end of year
$1,777,312
Total liabilities, end of year
$37,471
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,739,841
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$391,804
Management and general expenses
$85,875
Fundraising expenses
$20,568
Program service expenses (Part III)
$391,804

Program services were 78.6% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $200,592

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $454,317

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $49,195 · excluded $49,195

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $66,028

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $200,592

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $61,936

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $4,092 · excluded $4,092

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $204,005 · program services $204,005

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $141,298 · program services $141,298

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $27,500 · management and general $27,500

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $11,861 · program services $2,591 · management and general $9,270

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,816 · program services $1,492 · management and general $3,981 · fundraising $343

  • 17 · Travel

    total $12,980 · program services $6,306 · management and general $6,674

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,007 · management and general $7,007

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $87,780 · program services $36,112 · management and general $31,443 · fundraising $20,225

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $83,578 · end of year $134,634

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,449,473 · end of year $1,614,907

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $8,769 · end of year $12,638

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,817 · end of year $15,133

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $15,745 · end of year $37,471

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,088,947 · end of year $1,290,231

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $440,945 · end of year $449,610

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE BRIGHT HORIZONS FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN IS FOCUSED ON BRIGHTENING THE LIVES OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES IN CRISIS. WE SUPPORT A RANGE OF PROGRAMS THAT SERVE CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND NONPROFIT AGENCIES THROUGH VOLUNTEERS, GRANTS, AND RESOURCES. OUR SIGNATURE PROGRAM, BRIGHT SPACES, CREATES AND SUPPORTS PLAY AREAS THAT BRIGHTEN THE LIVES OF HOMELESS CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN CRISIS, AND SERVES MORE THAN 130,000 HOMELESS CHILDREN EACH YEAR.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SUPPORT CHILDREN AND FAMILIES BY CONNECTING THE SKILLS AND TALENTS OF OUR BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY TO THE NEEDS OF THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

  • SINCE 1999, WE HAVE OPENED MORE THAN 300 BRIGHT SPACES THAT TODAY SERVE MORE THAN 130,000 CHILDREN ANNUALLY. THESE BRIGHT SPACES PROVIDE UNIQUE HUBS OF ACTIVITY FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY, GATHER WITH FAMILIES, AND RECEIVE THE SERVICES THEY NEED IN HOMELESS SHELTERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY AGENCIES. THE FOUNDATION ALSO FOSTERS EMPLOYEE VOLUNTEERISM THROUGH BRIGHTENING LIVES ACTIVITY GRANTS AND GLEASON VOLUNTEER GRANTS. ANNUALLY, THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS PERFORM VALUABLE COMMUNITY SERVICE IN BRIGHT SPACES AND OTHER NONPROFIT AGENCIES ACROSS THE US.

    Expenses $250,506 · Grants $204,005

  • THE BRIGHT HORIZONS EMPLOYEE RELIEF FUND OFFERS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO EMPLOYEES RECOVERING FROM CALAMITOUS EVENTS BEYOND THEIR CONTROL SUCH AS NATUAL DISASTERS, EXTENDED ILLNESS/INJURY, A LOVED ONE'S DEATH, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. MONEY GOES TO HELP THESE EMPLOYEES MANAGE ESSENTIAL LIVING EXPENSES -- SUCH AS HOUSING, UTILITIES, FOOD, CLOTHING, AND OTHER BASIC NECESSITIES AS THEY STRIVE TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET.

    Expenses $141,298 · Grants $141,298

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • YVONNE LYNCH

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $471,877
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $452,150
    Other
    $19,727
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $210,258 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $55,126 related
    Other
    $0 + $186,766 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $19,727 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $471,877 related

  • ELIZABETH BOLAND

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 39.5 related

  • MARGUERITE KONDRACKE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 39.5 related

  • MARY LOU BURKE AFONSO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 39.5 related

  • STEPHEN KRAMER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 39.5 related

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J - PART II, COLUMN (B)(III) - YVONNE LYNCH
BASE COMPENSATION FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE FOUNDATION IS PROVIDED BY THE RELATED TAXABLE ENTITY, BRIGHT HORIZONS CAPITAL CORP. THIS REPRESENTS COMPENSATION FOR HER ROLE AS PRESIDENT OF THE FOUNDATION. THE OTHER COMPENSATION REPORTED IN COLUMN B (III) REPRESENTS STOCK AWARDED IN 2022 FOR PRIOR ROLE AS VICE PRESIDENT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE RELATED TAXABLE ENTITY.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202602519349301540

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