2026-05-12T14:40:51-07:00 2025-12-31 Elizabeth K Steppe 317 Morningside Dr SE Albuquerque NM 87108 990 2025-01-01 842925337 Bright Spot Network BRIG 6083358650 PO Box 3090 Alameda CA 94501 Haley Pollack Executive Director 2026-05-12 true Elizabeth K Steppe CPA P01709690 5103750648 X 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Haley Pollack PO Box 3090 Alameda CA 94501 662260 false X www.brightspotnetwork.org X 2019 CA Provide young cancer survivors who are parents of small children with a safe space for individual and familial healing, recovery and reconnection. 7 6 3 40 0 526814 660117 0 0 5353 2143 532167 662260 167712 207631 0 205098 232011 8636 2249 65868 115884 190396 497330 632287 34837 29973 101632 106550 25409 104 76223 106446 X Provide young cancer survivors who are parents of small children with a safe space for individual and familial healing, recovery and reconnection. false false 206755 151000 Bright Grants: Bright Grants is an emergency financial assistance program that provides families where a parent or primary caregiver has cancer and is raising a child 0-6 years old with a $500 grant. Families use this money for childcare, rent/mortgage, food, utilities, medical co-pays, adjuvant therapies, and other basic necessities. We distributed grants to 295 families facing cancer, raising small children and in financial need in 2025. 97416 28851 Bright Reads: Bright Reads is a free book program providing families with age-appropriate childrens books on cancer, big emotions, grief, and loss. We also send families discussion guides paired with each book, as well as other resources to help them talk to their children about a parents cancer. We distributed books and resources to 1000 families in 2025. 72941 Bright Spot Network's virtual support groups are peer-facilitated, creating a supportive and welcoming community where parents and partners affected by a cancer diagnosis can share, listen, and connect with others who truly understand their experience. These groups are led by professionals and follow a peer-support format that empowers parents to lead with their own expertise and attend to each other's needs, helping members feel less isolated. We offer groups for parents in active treatment, stage IV, parents of color, survivorship, partners, and bereavement. 67811 27780 Bright Box: Bright Box is a free art box for families navigating a parent's cancer. Designed with kids who have a parent with cancer in mind, each box comes with everything included for simple art activities. These kits are meant to be a point of connection when a family is experiencing a medical crisis. In 2025 we distributed 1025 art kits. 50189 Bright Spot Network's virtual support groups are peer-facilitated, creating a supportive and welcoming community where parents and partners affected by a cancer diagnosis can share, listen, and connect with others who truly understand their experience. These groups are led by professionals and follow a peer-support format that empowers parents to lead with their own expertise and attend to each other's needs, helping members feel less isolated. We offer groups for parents in active treatment, stage IV, parents of color, survivorship, partners, and bereavement. Bright Spot Network's Kids Connections programming is designed to bring comfort and reduce isolation for children ages 010 who have a parent with cancer, connecting them with peers who truly understand what they're going through. Bright Circle (ages 05) welcomes young children alongside a parent for gentle, connective activities, while Bright Club (ages 510) encourages peer-to-peer interaction through play, sharing, and creative exploration. These groups are grounded in social and emotional learning to help kids build coping skills. Our kids' programming also includes pen pal-style exchanges and other activities that help children stay connected, build friendships, and feel part of a community. 118000 27780 495112 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 15 0 true 3 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 7 6 true false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true false false false false CA X Haley Pollack 6083358650 4045 Whittle Ave Oakland CA 95602 Haley Pollack Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X X 120754 0 0 Orli Cotel President 10.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Jakub Zielkiewicz Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Jamie Callahan Secretary 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Aimee Barnes Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Niya Kight Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sandy Brine Director 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 120754 1 false false false 0 660117 8000 660117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Book Sales 469 469 Credit Card Rewards 1674 1674 2143 662260 1674 469 X 0 207631 207631 0 0 120754 87008 17551 16195 0 93305 93305 0 2777 1666 555 556 15175 9105 3035 3035 0 0 2080 2080 0 2249 2249 0 93529 41688 18306 33535 24769 24769 14082 14082 0 0 0 5565 3945 1620 0 0 1940 1940 0 0 4372 4372 Postage and Shipping 24762 24537 225 Events 9408 9408 Merchant Processing Fees 5627 5627 Meetings 1588 698 890 2674 760 1914 632287 495112 71307 65868 101632 106549 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 101632 106550 25409 104 25409 104 X 76223 106446 76223 106446 101632 106550 29973 250 X true X false false false X 190323 384885 534141 526814 652117 2288280 0 0 0 0 190323 384885 534141 526814 652117 2288280 0 0 2288280 0 0 0 724 3812 2144 6680 190323 384885 534865 530626 654261 2294960 0.99710 0.99740 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false 0 0 Bright Grants 295 151000 Cash Value Emergency financial assistance Bright Reads 1000 28851 Cash Value Books Bright Box 1025 27780 Cash Value Art box Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Two board members are married. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Treasurer reviews the 990 and emails it to the Board for additional review before filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Board members are required to review, disclose, and sign on any conflicts of interest. Noncompliance with the policy may result in discliplinary action. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Governing docs and financial statements are available upon request.