Maryland · Private foundation
Bridge the Gap Inc
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $158k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2025
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 79%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,192
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $44,205
- Organizations funded a year
- 19 to 29
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $177k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 79% of the organizations Bridge the Gap Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $56k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 29 | $158k | 76% |
| FY2024 | 19 | $83k | 79% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $104k | 64% |
| FY2022 | 29 | $195k | 66% |
| FY2021 | 28 | $189k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 26 | $123k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope Lutheran Church | $36,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Barnesville Child Day Care Center | $26,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Nourishing Bethesda Inc | $24,607 | 3 | 3% |
| Smiles on Wings Inc | $12,000 | 5 | 41% |
| Solutions in Hometown Connections | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Migrant Justice Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Manna Food Center Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| College Foundation Inc | $603 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 104 recipients with no EIN on record ($742k), not named here.
About Bridge the Gap Inc
- How much does Bridge the Gap Inc give?
- Bridge the Gap Inc reported 30 grants totaling $158,433 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 19 and 29 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Bridge the Gap Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (44%), Employment (20%), Health (16%).
- Who are Bridge the Gap Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: New Hope Lutheran Church ($36k), Barnesville Child Day Care Center ($26k), Nourishing Bethesda Inc ($25k).
- Does Bridge the Gap Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 79% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bridge the Gap Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Where is Bridge the Gap Inc based?
- Bridge the Gap Inc is based in MD.
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