EIN 45-0492824

Brightways Learning

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
18
State
Year formed
2002
Most recent tax filings
2023-09-01
NTEE code, primary
Description
Brightways Learning provides resources and support to students, educators, and parents to improve learning and achievement. As a K-12 educational nonprofit, they believe that every student deserves a great education and a web of support, regardless of where they live. They offer web-based tools, training, and personalized attention to fill gaps in educational needs, especially in rural and remote settings. During the 2020-2021 fiscal year, Brightways Learning continued to focus on their goal through collaborative engagement and technology solutions. They are located in Missoula, MT.
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Total revenues
$1,488,865
2023
Total expenses
$1,445,675
2023
Total assets
$1,765,984
2023
Num. employees
18
2023

Program areas at Brightways Learning

During the 2021-2022 fiscal year, Brightways Learning continued the organization's momentum and focus of its goal to fill gaps in educational needs of k-12 students and the people who support them through collaborative engagement and technology solutions. Brightways Learning specializes in rural and remote educational settings and communities, because every child, no matter where they live, deserves a great education and a bright future.brightways Learning continued to vigorously engage our team after covid-19 created the need for social distancing and isolation, to re-vamp our services delivery to best meet the social, emotional, and resiliency needs of students, and the families and the schools that serve them. Brightways developed additional robust and engaging virtual resources to provide support and connection to and with our client students, educators, and school systems. We also saw a significant increase in requests for distance-based schooling support through our Brightways global academy services. We were pleased to be able to increase our charitable offerings to provide many resources at no cost to families, students, and schools. Many of these resources can be found on our website at: httpswwwbrightwayslearningorgcovi... organization continues to receive excellent reviews from school districts and other clients for its competency, personalized caring and attention, and collaborative abilities. As one superintendent at a rural school district recently said, "the staff members at Brightways Learning help solve problems. When we have an idea that we want to develop or want to make a change in our system that better suits our needs, they spend the time with us to make sure they fully understand what we want and then figure out how to make that happen. "a primary Brightways mission is to assist students and educators by increasing the quality and quantity of their connections with their families, school personnel, and other community members. Strong adult relationships are proven tools to decrease a student's life-long risks associated with childhood poverty and trauma. These tools are particularly critical for students facing our greatest current challenge, covid-19. Through our unique, proven web of support framework and supporting services, we help improve immediate and lifelong resilience, wellbeing, and academic potential through building healthy relationships and growing protective factors for students and educators.brightways Learning continues to support families who are schooling their children via distance Learning and homeschooling through the cognia-accredited Brightways global academy. Enrollment in this academy increased in the 2021-2022 school year, with most students living overseas and being schooled at home by their parents, who are stationed abroad through the department of state and department of defense. Brightways began serving a group of students and their parents who enrolled from greece to receive distance education support for their schooled-at-home students.brightways Learning supports educator professional development and ongoing collaborative observation and evaluation by their supervisors through our classbright evaluate web-based application. We increased school users in 2021-22 to include three new clients. Current classbright evaluate collaborative educator development and evaluation system users incude:alaska gateway school districtaleutians east borough sdbrightways learningbristol bay borough school districtiditarod area school districtketchikan gateway borough sdlower kuskokwim school districtsoutheast island school districtum education dept.wrangell public schoolsin addition to providing our Brightways student management system to our Brightways global academy students and their families, multiple school districts in alaksa also use the system to manage student information and personalized Learning data. We added one new client in 2021-22 school year. The Brightways student management system users include:brightways sms customers ([name], [current year], [current enrollments count])ak-trailsalaska homeschoolbrightways global academybristol bay boroughfairbanks best homeschoolfasttrack, 2023-24iditarod area school district / iditarod distance Learning center, 2023-24raven homeschool, 2023-24upstream Learning, copper river school district, 2023-24yakutat school district, 2023-24brightways Learning offered the first ever resilent administrators workshop in june 2021 and it was supported by grant funding to help build resiliency, trauma-engaged skills, and wellbeing skills for school administrators so that they can better support their educators and students. The workshop was attended by approximately 50 in-person and virtual attendees. All of whom found the workshop extremely valuable and helpful based on evaltations of the workshop.out ongoing goal is to raise awareness of, understanding of, and support for robust webs of support for youth and the educators that serve them. We carry on with joy with this mission in our hearts and in our daily efforts to engage and support all youth.

Who funds Brightways Learning

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Earth ForceRise Challenge Subaward$42,847
First Interstate BancSystem FoundationGeneral Operating Support$2,500
AmazonSmile FoundationGeneral Support$119

Personnel at Brightways Learning

NameTitleCompensation
Jennifer LuteyExecutive Director$81,690
Rhonda KnudsenSecretary and Treasurer / Director$0
Kim TuckerPresident / Director$0
Rodney SveePresident$0
Brenda HayesSecretary and Treasurer$0
...and 1 more key personnel

Financials for Brightways Learning

RevenuesFYE 09/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$179,058
Program services$1,291,876
Investment income and dividends$17,931
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$1,488,865

Form 990s for Brightways Learning

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-092024-08-14990View PDF
2022-092023-08-14990View PDF
2021-092023-04-11990View PDF
2020-092021-09-03990View PDF
2019-092021-02-26990View PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s

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Data update history
September 23, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
May 18, 2024
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $42,847 from Earth Force
October 9, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
June 16, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
June 13, 2023
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $41,925 from Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation
Nonprofit Types
SchoolsEducational service providersCharities
Issues
Education
Characteristics
Receives government fundingManagement and technical assistanceTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
3700 S Russell 114
Missoula, MT 59801
Metro area
Missoula, MT
County
Missoula County, MT
Website URL
brightwayslearning.org/ 
Phone
(406) 542-9994
IRS details
EIN
45-0492824
Fiscal year end
September
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2002
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
B90: Educational Services
NAICS code, primary
611710: Educational Support Services
Parent/child status
Independent
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