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BRIGHT BEGINNINGS

EIN 84-1382420 DENVER, CO

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Revenue 2025
$1,316,845
Expenses 2025
$1,831,781

Program services were 84.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P99
Classification
2000
Street
PO BOX 7038

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 · 2025

Mission

LANTERN'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE A BRIGHT BEGINNING FOR EVERY CHILD TO REALIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. WE ARE COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING FAMILIES WITH TRUSTED INFORMATION AND CONNECTIONS TO THEIR COMMUNITY.

  • LANTERN DELIVERS TRUSTED, EVIDENCE-BASED INFORMATION TO PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS THROUGH A FREE TEXT MESSAGING PROGRAM. EACH MESSAGE PROVIDES AGE- AND DEVELOPMENTALLY-APPROPRIATE GUIDANCE, PRACTICAL TIPS, ACTIVITIES, AND CONNECTIONS TO TRUSTED RESOURCES, WITH LINKS TO LANDING PAGES WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, VIDEOS, AND COMMUNITY SERVICES. MESSAGES ARE TAILORED TO THE CHILD'S AGE AND STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT AND CAN ALSO BE CUSTOMIZED BASED ON A FAMILY'S ZIP CODE TO PROVIDE LOCAL RESOURCES, EVENTS, AND PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION. IN ADDITION TO ITS CORE AGE-BASED PROGRAM, LANTERN OFFERS SPECIALIZED CONTENT CHANNELS ADDRESSING TOPICS SUCH AS PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH, FOOD SECURITY, AUTISM, FEEDING, AND SUPPORT FOR FAMILY, FRIEND, AND NEIGHBOR CAREGIVERS. LANTERN SERVES CAREGIVERS IN ALL 50 STATES WITH TRUSTED RESEARCH-BASED CONTENT AND LOCALIZED COMMUNITY INFORMATION. DURING 2025, LANTERN PARTNERED WITH MORE THAN 100 ORGANIZATIONS AND SERVED MORE THAN 565,000 FAMILIES NATIONWIDE.

    Expenses $1,539,992 · Revenue $723,622

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

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Katherine S Richardson MD

    PRESIDENT &

    Total calculated
    $212,083
    From this org
    $194,540
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,543
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $194,540
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $3,833
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,710
    Filer's total
    $212,083

  • Jen Dale

    VP OF FINANC

    Total calculated
    $126,761
    From this org
    $116,281
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,480
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ally Pachelli

    DIRCT.OF PAR

    Total calculated
    $116,946
    From this org
    $113,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,613
    Hours/week
    40

  • Amanda Demarest

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tim McCormack

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ruben Bravo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marissa Dockendorf

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ben Seyden

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Celia E Van Lenten

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $1,316,845
    Expenses
    $1,831,781
    Contributions
    $495,417
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,225,712
    Expenses
    $2,166,208
    Contributions
    $457,796
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,221,581
    Expenses
    $2,004,545
    Contributions
    $448,074
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,654,389
    Expenses
    $1,937,651
    Contributions
    $909,424
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $2,211,448
    Expenses
    $1,764,905
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,071,779

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,050,660
    Expenses
    $1,607,463
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,546,075

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,388,358
    Expenses
    $1,677,089
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,951,175

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,791,037
    Expenses
    $1,493,287
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,165,843

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,791,037
    Expenses
    $1,493,287
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,165,843

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,406,119
    Expenses
    $1,413,973
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,015,505

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,416,334
    Expenses
    $1,283,545
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,899,607

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,209,403
    Expenses
    $1,133,038
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,723,971

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $834,272
    Expenses
    $977,274
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,339,964

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.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.