Private foundation · Rye, NY

The Brightwater Fund

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Typical grant size
$5K – $10K – $35K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
84
Repeat grantees
58
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

Annchristine Gormley
Secretary / Treasurer
$56K
Gloria Jarecki
President / Director
Nancy Jarecki
Director
Ellen B Chandler
Director
Donna M C Jarecki
Director

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2024
24.1%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
540
Total grants awarded
$17.0M
Total amount
$32K
Average grant
$750K
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$563K
30 grants
2023
$805K
37 grants
2022
$496K
32 grants
2021
$602K
30 grants
2020
$443K
34 grants
2019
$631K
35 grants
2018
$493K
34 grants
2017
$622K
40 grants
2016
$1.6M
48 grants
2015
$2.5M
69 grants
2014
$3.1M
72 grants
2013
$5.1M
79 grants

Top recipients

6 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$2.3M
12 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$940K
ACLU
8 grants · NY
$665K
9 grants · NY · ≈ likely match
$553K
4 grants · MA · ✓ Exact match
$526K
7 grants · NY · ≈ likely match
$500K
8 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$497K
9 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$466K
Wnet - Channel 13
10 grants · NY
$420K
5 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$404K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

Global Impact
General Use
DC · TY 2024
$100K
New York Presbyterian Hospital
General Use
NY · TY 2024
$50K
Weill Cornell Medical College
General Use
NY · TY 2024
$50K
White Plains Hospital
General Use
NY · TY 2024
$45K
ACLU
General Use
NY · TY 2024
$40K
New Yorkers for Children
General Use
NY · TY 2024
$40K
Bigger Picture Community Fund
General Use
VT · TY 2024
$30K
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
General Use
NY · TY 2024
$25K
Fool Proof Foundation
General Use
FL · TY 2024
$20K
Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital
General Use
TN · TY 2024
$20K
Carver Center
General Use
NY · TY 2024
$15K
Marshall Project
General Use
NY · TY 2024
$15K
Smiletrain
General Use
NY · TY 2024
$13K
Center for Study of Responsive Law
General Use
DC · TY 2024
$10K
Ifco Alliance for Families Justice
General Use
NY · TY 2024
$10K
Nantucket Cottage Hospital
General Use
MA · TY 2024
$10K
Reform Alliance
General Use
NY · TY 2024
$10K
Vera Institue of Justice
General Use
NY · TY 2024
$10K
Meals-on-wheels of White Plains
General Use
NY · TY 2024
$10K
Coalition for the Homeless
General Use
NY · TY 2024
$10K
Lifting Up Westchester
General Use
NY · TY 2024
$5K
Fisher House Foundation Inc
General Use
MD · TY 2024
$5K
Drug Policy Alliance
General Use
NY · TY 2024
$5K
Human Rights First
General Use
NY · TY 2024
$5K
Environmental Work Group
General Use
DC · TY 2024
$3K
Boston Medflight
General Use
MA · TY 2024
$3K
Truthout
General Use
CA · TY 2024
$2K
Childfund International
General Use
VA · TY 2024
$2K
Nantucket Preservation Trust
General Use
MA · TY 2024
$500
Ct Public Broadcasting
General Use
CT · TY 2024
$200
Falconwood Foundation
General Use
NY · TY 2023
$270K
The Goodnation Foundation
General Use
NY · TY 2023
$90K
New York Presbyterian Hospital
General Use
NY · TY 2023
$50K
White Plains Hospital
General Use
NY · TY 2023
$45K
New Yorkers for Children
General Use
NY · TY 2023
$40K
Carver Center
General Use
NY · TY 2023
$35K
Pelham Picture House
General Use
NY · TY 2023
$30K
Memorial Sloan-kettering Cancer Center
General Use
NY · TY 2023
$25K
Weill Cornell Medical College
General Use
NY · TY 2023
$25K
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
General Use
NY · TY 2023
$25K
Coalition for the Homeless
General Use
NY · TY 2023
$15K
Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital
General Use
TN · TY 2023
$10K
The Woods Foundation
General Use
AL · TY 2023
$10K
Metropolitan Umc
General Use
MI · TY 2023
$10K
Ifco Alliance for Families Justice
General Use
NY · TY 2023
$10K
Nantucket Cottage Hospital
General Use
MA · TY 2023
$10K
Reform Alliance
General Use
NY · TY 2023
$10K
Vera Institue of Justice
General Use
NY · TY 2023
$10K
Lifting Up Westchester
General Use
NY · TY 2023
$10K
Meals-on-wheels of White Plains
General Use
NY · TY 2023
$10K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.