Bright Promises Foundation

The Bright Promises Foundation is a nonprofit organization providing services to disadvantaged children in Illinois.

[1] It was founded by Edwin Lee Brown and John Clark Dore with the help of George T. Angell, president of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

In the 1870s, the Society investigated animal cruelty at the Union Stock Yards which resulted in arrests of individuals who did not feed or water livestock.

[1] In 1893 friends of the organization, including Marshall Field, Philip Armour, and George Pullman, purchased a home in Chicago to serve as the Society's headquarters.

[5] As one of the first agencies in the United States to deal with abused and neglected children, the organization advocated for legislation to address child protection in the workplace and society.

[1] It advocated for the registration of newborn infants, and crusaded against "distillery dairies" to ensure adequate supplies of wholesome milk.