About Brighthouse Financial Foundation
Brighthouse Financial Foundation makes a small number of relatively large, unrestricted operating grants to locally focused civic institutions that strengthen community stability in the Charlotte/Western North Carolina region. Their support concentrates on practical infrastructure and service organizations—digital access, housing, food security—and on university-community partnerships and place-based healing/faith-led initiatives. Grants are pragmatic, general operating gifts intended to sustain core capacity rather than fund narrowly defined projects.
Focus Areas
Digital inclusion and closing the digital divide in the Charlotte regionAffordable housing and homeownership support in greater Charlotte (Habitat programs)University–community engagement and capacity-building (UNCC-centered initiatives)Food security and regional emergency food systems (Manna Food Bank)Community healing, racial justice and faith-based community organizing (Beloved Asheville)
Giving Approach
Concentrated regional giving with a small number of sizable (~$100k) unrestricted operating grants; no evidence of many repeat payments but consistent emphasis on core-capacity support for place-based service and civic partners.
About Brighthouse Financial Foundation
Brighthouse Financial Foundation’s recent giving is marked by a $140,000 general operating grant to E2d - Eliminate the Digital Divide, a signal that digital access is one of its central priorities. The foundation gives unrestricted support in relatively large amounts, with several grants at $100,000 and $60,000, and it does so mainly for locally rooted organizations in the Charlotte and Western North Carolina region. Its portfolio points to practical, place-based support for community stability: housing, food security, digital inclusion, youth services, and community healing. That pattern appears across organizations with different missions but similar local reach. Manna Food Bank received $100,000 for general operating purposes, while Beloved Asheville also received $100,000. In Charlotte, the foundation backed Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region with $100,000, and it has also supported groups such as Heart Math Tutoring, Time Out Youth, and Freedom School Partners with operating grants. The foundation’s grantmaking is corporate in structure and focused on nonprofit organizations that strengthen Brighthouse communities and advance financial security.
What Brighthouse Financial Foundation Funds
Digital inclusion is a clear through line in the foundation’s recent grants. E2d - Eliminate the Digital Divide received $140,000 for general operating purposes, and Digi-bridge received $35,000 in both 2024 and 2023. Those gifts align with a stated focus on closing the digital divide in the Charlotte region. Housing is another recurring area. Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region received $100,000 for general operating purposes, and Habitat Charlotte Region also received $100,000 in 2023. Food security appears through a $100,000 general operating grant to Manna Food Bank Inc in Mills River. The foundation also backs community-serving institutions tied to youth and learning, including Heart Math Tutoring and Discovery Place, each supported with general operating gifts.
How Brighthouse Financial Foundation Gives
The foundation’s typical grant size sits at $25,000 at the 25th percentile, $50,000 at the median, and $60,000 at the 75th percentile, showing a cluster of mid-sized operating grants with some larger awards above that range. Its recent grants are repeated across years for several recipients: Heart Math Tutoring, Time Out Youth, Discovery Place, and Digi-bridge each appear in more than one year, suggesting ongoing relationships rather than isolated gifts. The foundation is a corporate foundation launched by Brighthouse Financial in August 2018, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. Grants are general operating support, and unsolicited applications are not accepted.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$808K
Total Assets
$11.2M
Total Revenue
$820K
Total Expenses
$866K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $25K and $60K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$25K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$60K
Geographic Reach
Regional8 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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