2017 Annual Report

Phew! What a year.

We needed you, and you were there. 100% of your donation

was put towards supporting a child’s education. The impact of

your donation is very real and tangible, in the lives of the

children, their families and the community.

We achieved our goal to sponsor the education of 300 children.

No, it wasn’t easy. We faced many obstacles this past year,

and we don’t expect it will get any easier. However, knowing

the amazing impact we have on a child who has received our

annual scholarship makes the effort SO much more worth it.

In the coming year, Brighter Children will focus on creating

sustainable, lasting impact by investing heavily into our

organization’s foundation and annual scholarship program.

We may not individually be able to solve all of the world’s

problems, but your ongoing support gets us so much closer.

Kunal Doshi

Founder & Executive Director

A NOTE TO OUR DEDICATED SUPPORTERS

Our Story

OUR VISION?

Universal Primary Education.

WHO WE ARE

Brighter Children works with school

partners in impoverished communities

across the world. We provide children

who are at risk of dropping out of

school annual scholarships and

access to quality education.

WHY WE EXIST

With 60 million children out of

school but 250 million children

unable to read, write and do

basic mathematics, the root

cause of the problem is not

only lack of funding but also

delivery of quality education.

Screen and select the best schools

to maximize the impact of each

dollar invested

Vet and

Authenticate

Fund at-risk

Students

Deliver Quality

Education

Monitor and

Evaluate

OUR MODEL

Fund the education of those

students who are at risk of dropping

out due to lack of funding

Reduce the fundraising burden of

schools to allow them to focus on

delivering quality education

Monitor progress of partner schools

to ensure accountability for funds

contributed by our donors

Our Impact

In the past year alone we

sponsored the education

of 300 children.

Number of

Awesome

Supporters

356

Number of

Students

Sponsored

300

Education

Hours

Delivered

Literacy

Tests

Administered

Student

Pass

Rate (%)

98

Student

Dropout

Rate (%)

<1

Teacher

Attendance

Rate (%)

99

Student

Attendance

Rate (%)

97

OUR RESULTS

520K 2.6K

Columbia Business School

students visited our partner

school in Santa Marta,

Colombia to study and quantify

the impact of our work.

“The violent gang members in Honduras outnumber the

lawyers, doctors, and engineers in our neighborhood. Thanks to

Brighter Children, we will be reversing that trend at Villa

Soleada, Honduras within one generation.”

Shin Fujiyama

Founder of Students Helping Honduras

“So very thankful for our partnership with Brighter Children. The

sponsored children no longer miss classes because their tuition

is paid. We can now pay our teachers more and purchase

additional learning materials and textbooks. These are factors

that help our children improve in literacy and have excellent test

scores on national exams.”

Margaret Lewis

Founder of Village Project Africa

“Thanks to Brighter Children, we are able to provide our

students with high quality education – our partnership with

Brighter Children has been an amazing success.”

David Taylor

Founder of Colombia ChildCare

“We believe that every child, regardless of his or her economic

status, has a right to quality education. Thanks to our

partnership with Brighter Children, Akanksha provides children

in Mumbai and Pune with the tools and skills to be successful.”

Gouri Sadhwani

Executive Director of The Akanksha Fund

Our Champions

153 inspiring

guests attended

our annual benefit

in New York City

to sponsor the

education of 60

children.

153 awesome

guests attended

our annual benefit

in New York City

to sponsor the

education of 60

children.

Alison and Ben tied the

knot! Woohoo! To

celebrate, they sponsored

the education of 4 children.

Alyssa, Chase, Greg and Rachel

volunteered at a happy hour in San

Francisco and donated their cash tips to

send 3 children to school. Talk about

doing good while having a great time!

1,107 visitors from

104 countries

follow our story

30,739 friendly guests

visited our website to

read about our impact

152,527 fans viewed,

liked, shared or

tweeted our content

152k31k1k

Our Family

BC TeamOur team grew in all sorts of

extraordinary ways. We now have

over 25 dedicated professionals.

The Brighter Children team

spent 5 days with our partner

school in El Progreso,

Honduras to learn more about

the students we sponsor.

Board

Amanda Cowen

Mike Kenny

Jen McClure

Jeff McDermott

Mike Norton

Rob Schultz

Idan Shpizear

Colin Smith

Ian Swanson

Directors

Kevin Bogdanov

Kunal Doshi

Kyle Emory

Suzy Peng

Richie Peyser

William Reynolds

Sarah Seo

Prerna Talreja

Ben Travis

Becca Wolin

Team

Kunjisha Ahuja

Nick Angelis

Garrett Bewkes

Martha Byrd

Kevin Condon

Ross DiBetta

Allan Kaganov

Snigdha Kanala

Taylor March

Nitila Patel

Dylan Rosenberg

Teela Rumfelt

Jaskamal Singh

Shawn Small

“Alone we can do so little,

together we can do so much.”

– Helen Keller

Our Financials

12

60

150

300

2013 2014 2015-16 2017

$4,212

$19,100

$40,000

$83,265

2013 2014 2015-16 2017

Growth in funds

distributed to schools2x Increase in number of

students sponsored 100%

88%

9%3%

50%

21%

13%

16%

All of our operating costs are sponsored

by board members and private donors100% of all public donations are used

to sponsor the education of children

Use of Funds*

Individual Special Events

Institutional Restricted Funds & Other

Source of Funds*

Student Sponsorship Program

Fundraising Administrative

*Includes $5,000 in funds sourced by Brighter Children from donor and directly donated to partner organization in India.

$95,539 $95,539

FINANCIAL EFFICIENCY SCORE

Based on Charity Navigator Guidance

Brighter Children Financial Metrics Charity Navigator Score

Note: Charity Navigator only rates organizations which generate at least $1 million in revenue.

*All calculations are based on guidance provided by Charity Navigator to measure a charity’s Financial Efficiency.

88 9 3 0.11

Program

Expense (%)*

Fundraising

Expense (%)*

Administrative

Expense (%)*

Fundraising

Efficiency ($)*

10/10 10/10 10/10 8/10

$2,500+

GiveBack Foundation

Greentech Capital

Ian Swanson

$1,000+

Belinda Metzger

Jennifer McClure

Kunal Doshi

Mehul Nariyawala

Mike Kenny

Olga Shevorenkova

Rakesh Bhalla

Tadas Nikulin

Theresa Emory

$500+

Albert Mah

Allan Kaganov

Andrew Altman

Cynthia Kam

Howard Boyce

Jeanne Franklin

Komal Bajaj

Kevin Bognadov

Melis Ozdogan Tanlay

Michele Parsons

Nan Strader

Ronald DiBetta

Ross DiBetta

Sudhir Doshi

$250+

Amanda Cowen

Angelica Nikolausson

Apoorv Joshi

Ben Chevron

Cathy Rosenberg

Celeste Risimini-

Johnson

Daniel Hatola

Darren Palestine

David Roberson

Denise & Jason

Rosenberg

Jennifer Tung

John Aslinger

John Flood

Jon Kucera

Juan Rogers

Kathy Gentilozzi

Nick Angelis

Niki Doshi

Patricia Simigran

Patti Woodson

Richard Peyser

Sanjay Madhusudan

Shelly Himmelrich

Stephanie Sobel

Sylvain Grande

Temur Khan

Ting Hu

Vinay Agrawal

William Reynolds

Zahir Babvani

$100+

Ali Unger

Amit Madden

Anar Shah

Anju Ahuja

Bethel Habte

Betty Quinn

Bonnie Bridges

Chip Edgington

David McMasters

David Reinke

Doug & Adam Sikora

Dylan Rosenberg

Edward Condon

Edwin Cherian

Elisabeth Cousin

Ellie Stanton

Gaurav Khantwal

Greg Stevens

Guldar Sekhon

Jamie Cioe

Joanne Pipkin

Julia Slyunkova

Kevin Condon

Kimberly Fisher

Laura Manno

Marc Wolin

Martha Byrd

Michael Norton

Michael Small

Natalie Zelubowski

Nate Emory

Samara Strauss

Sara Delach

Shawn Small

Shivin Agarwal

Smita Mody

Snigdha Kanala

Sonny Travis

Suzanne Becker

Suzanne Wouk

Taylor Bucholtz

Taylor March

Vishal Talreja

Zack D

Zeliha Arda

$75+

Alex Angelis

Amit Madaan

Andrew Forman

Asher Siboni

Ashley Groves

Ben Davis

Benjamin & Celeste

Rose

Brian Stuckelman

Chris Morgan

Christina Peng

Daniel Blessing

Daniel Serata

David Neuman

Diane Angelis

Douglas Reynolds

Eve Marcus

Eytan Finkelstein

Gouri Sadhwani

James Bohrer

James Klein

Jan Isaksen

Jess Kaminsky

Jodi Sherman

John Angelis

Joshua Gammer

Karim Sirgi

Kate LeSaffre

Kaylee DiBetta

Kunjisha Ahuja

Kyle Emory

Lauren Hyman

Mary Hughes Skinner

Mike Silvey

Mike Travis

Paul Tarvin

Phil Tee

Rachita Arya

Ray Webb

Regina Hahn

Richie Peyer

Ron Barel

Sarah Ho

Savo Majstorovic

Shamala

Balasubramaniam

Susan Elliott-Bocassi

Taylor Gramps

Tiffany Lo

Tom Reksten

Winston Dimaano

…because none of

this could have been

possible without you!

WITH GRATITUDE

BRIGHTERCHILDREN.ORG

THANK YOU!