Nonprofit · EIN 84-2925337
BRIGHT SPOT NETWORK
Tax-exempt · ALAMEDA, CA 94501
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $662,260 | $632,287 | $29,973 | $106,550 | $104 | $106,446 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $532,167 | $497,330 | $34,837 | $101,632 | $25,409 | $76,223 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $534,865 | $607,460 | -$72,595 | $67,317 | $25,931 | $41,386 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $660,117
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $2,143
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $207,631
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $120,754
- Other salaries and wages
- $93,305
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $232,011
- Professional fundraising fees
- $2,249
- Accounting fees
- $2,080
- Travel
- $5,565
- Program services (functional)
- $495,112
- Management and general (functional)
- $71,307
- Fundraising (functional)
- $65,868
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $101,632
- Total assets, end of year
- $106,550
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $104
- Net assets, end of year
- $106,446
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $106,446
- Gross receipts
- $662,260
- Employees
- 3
- Volunteers
- 40
- Year formed
- 2019
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haley Pollack | Executive Dir. Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $120,754 |
| Orli Cotel | President Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| Jakub Zielkiewicz | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Jamie Callahan | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 |
| Aimee Barnes | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Niya Kight | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
| Sandy Brine | Director Trustee or director | 5 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 7 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haley Pollack | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $116,592 |
| Aimee Barnes | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| Jakub Zielkiewicz | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Jamie Callahan | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Orli Cotel | President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Niya Kight | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Sandy Brine | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 5 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haley Pollack | Executive Dir. Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $115,000 |
| Aimee Barnes | President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| Jakub Zielkiewicz | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 |
| Jamie Callahan | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| Orli Cotel | Director Officer | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 3090, ALAMEDA, CA 94501-8390
- In care of
- % AIMEE BARNES
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Haley Pollack, PO Box 3090, Alameda, CA 94501
- Signed the 990
- Haley Pollack, Executive Director
- Phone
- (608) 335-8650
- Website
- www.brightspotnetwork.org
- Return prepared by
- Elizabeth K Steppe
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 84-2925337 or by the name BRIGHT SPOT NETWORK.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
Provide young cancer survivors who are parents of small children with a safe space for individual and familial healing, recovery and reconnection.
Program accomplishments
- 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.Expenses $206,755 · grants $151,000
- 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.Expenses $97,416 · grants $28,851
- 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.Expenses $72,941
- 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.Expenses $67,811 · grants $27,780
- 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.Expenses $50,189
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 84-2925337
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2019
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Voluntary health associations and medical disciplines (G30)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $106,550
- Income (IRS master file)
- $662,260
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $662,260 | $632,287 | $106,550 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | $532,167 | $497,330 | $101,632 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $534,865 | $607,460 | $67,317 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $386,377 | $413,279 | $98,264 | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-EZ | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 84-2925337).
Questions about BRIGHT SPOT NETWORK
- What is the EIN of BRIGHT SPOT NETWORK?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of BRIGHT SPOT NETWORK is 84-2925337.
- Is BRIGHT SPOT NETWORK tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2019.
- Are donations to BRIGHT SPOT NETWORK tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does BRIGHT SPOT NETWORK file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of BRIGHT SPOT NETWORK due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did BRIGHT SPOT NETWORK last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of BRIGHT SPOT NETWORK?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Haley Pollack.
- Who are the officers and directors of BRIGHT SPOT NETWORK?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 7 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $120,754 (Haley Pollack, Executive Dir.).
- How much revenue does BRIGHT SPOT NETWORK have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $662,260, expenses of $632,287 and total assets of $106,550 at year end.
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