BRIGHTSIDE FOREVER FOUNDATION
Bringing Awareness to Special Abilities Employment
Brightside Forever Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a brighter, more inclusive future by empowering individuals with special needs.
Through advocacy, education, and initiatives, we aim to break barriers, celebrate differences, and provide resources that foster independence, purpose, and belonging for all.
Why Donate to Brightside Forever Foundation
Come learn about what Brightside Forever Foundation and Brightside Cafe is doing for our community.
What does Brightside Forever Foundation Do?
Special Ability Employment Opportunity Awareness
To empower adults with special needs by creating job opportunities at Brightside Cafe, promoting inclusive workplace environments, and educating other employers about the value of hiring individuals with diverse abilities.
Scholarship for Life Skills Programming
Empowering students with special needs by providing financial support to attend specialized college programs that cater to their unique educational, social, and career development needs. Our goal is to ensure that every student, regardless of their challenges, has access to higher education opportunities that nurture their potential and open doors to future success.
Scholarship for Future Special Educators or related fields
To provide scholarships and financial support to students pursuing degrees in special education, fostering a future where every child with special needs receives a quality education.
Connect the community with the mission
Build bridges between the local community and Brightside Café with a focus on creating spaces for connection, learning, and mutual support. Through events, outreach programs, and collaborative initiatives, this will enable the public to interact with the café, promoting inclusion, empowerment, and u...
Brightside Premier Sponsor Program
Brightside Premier Champion
Join Brightside Forever Foundation as a top tier level sponsor and help make a difference in the special abilities' community! At the Champion level you will get "presenting" privileges to one of our main events and all the VIP treatment!
Premier Champion SponsorBrightside Premier Hero
Join Brightside Forever Foundation as a top tier level sponsor and help make a difference in the special abilities' community! At the Hero level you will receive VIP status and be recognized as a VIP sponsor at all Brightside events.
Premier Hero SponsorBrightside Premier Legend
Join Brightside Forever Foundation as a top tier level sponsor and help make a difference in the special abilities' community! At the Legend level you will receive VIP status and be recognized as a VIP sponsor at all Brightside events.
Premier Legend SponsorJOIN THE MOVEMENT FOR SPECIAL ABILITIES EMPLOYMENT
Come be a part of the Brightside Coffee Club
What makes a Coffee Club Member?
Whether you donate with a one-time gift or a monthly donation to support the Brightside movement, you are providing opportunities for employment for our friends with special abilities. Through your donation you will provide opportunities to spread awareness for special abilities employment, scholarships for life skills programs, and future special educators, and hours of work for our Brightside employees.
We hope that you will join the movement and give opportunities for success and purpose.
Other Ways to Help - Scholarships
LIFE SKILLS PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIP Application
The Brightside Forever Life Skills Program Scholarship will be given yearly. The scholarship will go to a person who has graduated grade school and who is pursuing post grad school in the area of LIFE SKILLS. Programs include but not limited to: Clemson Life, GT Excel, Destination Dawgs, etc. Applic...
FUTURE Special Educator SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
The Brightside Forever Future Special Educator Scholarship will be given yearly. The Scholarship will go to a student pursuing a degree in Special Education or a field that will impact the life of a person with special abilities. The student must be accepted into a program to apply.
Applications Available Jan 1-March 31, 2026
Due by: March 31
Email: [email protected]