HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B122

Classification

1000

Street

DBA BRIGHT MINDS FOUNDATION

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• Resources for Learning: Bright Minds has worked since its founding to remove barriers to learning and ensure students have access to resources they need to succeed. Bright Minds partners with HCPSS to provide emergency assistance and supplies to students experiencing homelessness to reduce education disruption and dropout. Bright Minds also supported investments in science and career and technical education technology, equipment, and supplies used in all high schools; the delivery of out-of-school credit recovery tutoring for at-risk students; and the distribution of 3,723 Chromebooks to families in need. Since 2020, Bright Minds has raised nearly $675,000 for critical educational resources and support that has reached students in all county schools.

  Expenses $155,408 · Grants $89,019

• Teacher Support & Development: Bright Minds Classroom Grants help educators pilot innovative instructional projects that support student success, enrich teaching practices, strengthen school communities, and pilot important projects that can be considered for broader implementation. Since 2009, Bright Minds has awarded $308,354 in grants to more than 200 educators. Bright Minds administers Teacher Externships, which provide summer workplace learning opportunities that strengthen teaching relevance and educator retention. During the last 4 years of the program, 16 externs were hosted by 10 area employers.

  Expenses $84,840 · Grants $77,573

• Early Childhood Literacy: Since 2019, Bright Minds has served as the local affiliate for Dolly Partons nationally-recognized Imagination Library. Our Read With Me-Howard County program sends participating children an age-appropriate book each month from birth through age five. The program builds emergent literacy skills, inspires a love of reading, encourages parent-child interaction, and prepares children for kindergarten. More than 4,257 county children received 91,385 books thus far.

  Expenses $52,126 · Grants $50,591

• Student Scholarships:Bright Minds administers memorial and honorary post-secondary scholarships that help make college more accessible for graduates. Bright Minds has also helped HCPSS students earn college credits and explore career options through the JumpStart dual enrollment program by providing books/course fee scholarships for students eligible for Free and Reduced Meals. Since 2015, Bright Minds has administered 25 scholarship funds and awarded $292,630 in scholarships to more than 650 students from all county schools.

  Expenses $41,206 · Grants $38,300

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $414,704

  Expenses

  $432,017

  Contributions

  $342,860

  Grants paid

  $255,483

• 2023

  Revenue

  $420,786

  Expenses

  $421,077

  Contributions

  $351,081

  Grants paid

  $248,974

• 2022

  Revenue

  $399,896

  Expenses

  $346,810

  Contributions

  $319,642

  Grants paid

  $186,171

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $336,895

  Expenses

  $277,016

  Assets (EOY)

  $195,572

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $394,129

  Expenses

  $415,468

  Assets (EOY)

  $135,693

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $224,255

  Expenses

  $205,204

  Assets (EOY)

  $168,052

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $189,710

  Expenses

  $191,204

  Assets (EOY)

  $105,627

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $123,090

  Expenses

  $217,703

  Assets (EOY)

  $107,121

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $297,963

  Expenses

  $176,168

  Assets (EOY)

  $204,129

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $158,614

  Expenses

  $132,216

  Assets (EOY)

  $87,807

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $172,417

  Expenses

  $164,559

  Assets (EOY)

  $61,195

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $113,021

  Expenses

  $124,035

  Assets (EOY)

  $61,412

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $125,963

  Assets (EOY)

  $71,349

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• HCPSS

  $78,804

  2023 · Student Learning Resources

• HCPSS

  $60,230

  2022 · Student Learning Resources

• Dolly Partons Imagination Library

  $45,355

  2023 · Early Literacy Program

• Dolly Partons Imagination Library

  $34,430

  2022 · Early Literacy Program

• Comcast Internet Essentials

  $5,118

  2023 · Family Internet Service Support

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HOWARD COUNTY INC

  $11,500

  2022 · EDUCATIONAL

• THE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC

  $10,484

  2023 · DESIGNATED AND OR GRANTED IN SUPPORT OF AGENCY PROGRAMS

• IOLA FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2022 · Improve the experience of LGBTQ+ students at school

• CASA ITALIANA LANGUAGE SCHOOL INC

  $6,000

  2023 · SUPPORT OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE CLASSES IN COUNTY SCHOOLS GRADES K TO 12

• RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND

  $5,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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