- Revenue 2024
- $635,170
- Expenses 2024
- $596,518
Program services were 82.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- L11
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 11923 OAK TRAIL WAY
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
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.
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BRIGHT COMMUNITY TRUST'S FOCUS IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CONSTRUCTION HOMES FOR RENT OR SALE TO WORK FORCE AND LOWER INCOME FAMILIES. UTILIZING A COMMUNITY LAND TRUST THE PROPERTIES STAY AFFORDABLY ATTAINABLE FOR GENERATIONS. EDUCATION AND ONGOING MENTORSHIP IS PROVIDED TO THE HOMEBUYER/HOMEOWNER.
Expenses $492,771 · Revenue $107,236
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.
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Thomas ShellyTHOMAS SHELLY
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Dr Robert ArnoldDR ROBERT ARNOLD
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Clive Kofi HuntCLIVE KOFI HUNT
AT-LARGE
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Julie LawrenceJULIE LAWRENCE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Eddie PelhamnEDDIE PELHAMN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Shaniqua RoseSHANIQUA ROSE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Irvin SimpsonIRVIN SIMPSON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Francis WellsFRANCIS WELLS
CEO/PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $157,036
- From this org
- $138,239
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $18,797
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $138,239
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $18,797
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $157,036
-
Renee WelchRENEE WELCH
CFO
- Total calculated
- $128,535
- From this org
- $108,493
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $20,042
- 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. 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
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2024
- Revenue
- $635,170
- Expenses
- $596,518
- Contributions
- $498,524
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2024
- Revenue
- $550,758
- Expenses
- $361,395
- Contributions
- $430,798
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2023
- Revenue
- $2,078,755
- Expenses
- $1,169,719
- Contributions
- $885,111
- Grants paid
- $0
-
2022
- Revenue
- $1,307,420
- Expenses
- $1,700,150
- Contributions
- $417,608
- 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
- $2,241,118
- Expenses
- $1,192,616
- Assets (EOY)
- $17,021,807
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,281,633
- Expenses
- $1,452,723
- Assets (EOY)
- $16,614,843
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,223,598
- Expenses
- $2,386,236
- Assets (EOY)
- $16,422,065
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $853,583
- Expenses
- $1,159,757
- Assets (EOY)
- $17,688,680
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,130,478
- Expenses
- $1,076,957
- Assets (EOY)
- $17,835,724
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $814,040
- Expenses
- $1,092,349
- Assets (EOY)
- $18,231,440
-
2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,026,131
- Expenses
- $911,520
- Assets (EOY)
- $17,603,168
-
2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,414,559
- Expenses
- $1,441,979
- Assets (EOY)
- $15,881,545
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $45,913
- Assets (EOY)
- $14,627,566
-
2011 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $28,789
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,771,613
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.
Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2008
- Tax period
- 1 October 2008 to 30 September 2009
- Principal officer
-
Anthony M Jones
- Mailing address
- 600 Cleveland Street Suite 800Clearwater FL 33755
As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.
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
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2022 SPECIFIC PROGRAM
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2023 CAPACITY BUILDING
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$10,000
2022 DAF
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2023 BRIGHT COMMUNITY TRUST WELLNESS GRANT
Taxable family
From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.
Disregarded entities on its 2022 return
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BRIGHT CENTRAL FLORIDA LLC
MANAGEMENT OF THIRD-PARTY HOUSING TRUST · FL · income $35,650 · assets $9,729
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BRIGHT SOUTHWEST FLORIDA LLC
EXPAND SERVICES TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA REGION · FL · income -$291,200 · assets $34,338
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 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.