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Bridges Family Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$928k
Largest
01What you fund
0190% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Philanthropy$2.3MArts & Culture$1.2MReligion$278kYouth Development$81kRecreation & Sports$66kEducation$54kCommunity Improvement$40kHealth$21kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $100k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $675k
  • $250k+3 grants · $2.8M
$225,129
Median grant
1
States reached
$103k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRIDGES PHILANTHROPIC FUND$928,410
BRIDGES PHILANTHROPIC FUND$928,337
ROBERT & ELIZABETH BRIDGES DAF$928,264
BRIDGES PHILANTHROPIC FUND$225,129
BRIDGES PHILANTHROPIC FUND$225,129
ROBERT & ELIZABETH BRIDGES DAF$225,129
THE HOPE CENTER FOR KIDS$20,000
ABIDE NETWORK$20,000
GOOD NEWS GLOBAL$20,000
LONY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION$20,000
MY BRIDGE RADIO$20,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–22, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ENCOR: $500 → 12%ENCOR: $500 → 12%ENCOR: $500 → 12%ENCOR: $375 → 12%ENCOR: $375 → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ID
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
GA
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

14%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$570k · 38 repeat orgs$3.5M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +39% since the first grant, against -5% for the ones you funded once.

38 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2025, 36 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
3

Total granted

$570k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
-5%

Still filing today

45%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 1% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’25
ReligionEducationYouth DevelopmentHealthArts & CultureAnimalsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • FO
    FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES
    5× · 2018–2022 · $66k · revenue +100%
  • M
    MYBRIDGE
    6× · 2018–2025 · $37k · revenue +131%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION
    4× · 2019–2022 · $25k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • GU
    GRACE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue -100%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $1k
  • YG
    YOU GOTTA ASK INC
    one grant, 2022 · $600 · revenue -5%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Evangel University

Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.

Education
2
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
3
Union University

Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.

Education
4
Grand View University

Engages, equips and empowers learners to explore their vocations, fulfill their potential and serve the world.

Education
5
Union College

Union college is a seventh-day adventist community of higher education, inspired by jesus christ, and dedicated to empowering students to learn, serve, and lead.

Education
6
Mid-America Christian University Inc

Mid-america christian university prepares students through a wesleyan perspective to create, collaborate, and innovate to solve local and global problems for the glory of god through jesus christ and the good of society.

7
Bethel University

We educate and equip students to lead lives of impact through transformative academics in a christ-centered community.

Education
8
Hope International University

The mission of hope international university is to empower students through christian higher education to serve the church and impact the world for christ. the university specializes in fields offering significant influence on society…

Education
9
University of Northwestern - St Paul

See schedule o. founded in 1902, university of northwestern - st. paul is a nondenominational christian university that integrates the educational philosophy of "faith, learning and living" through two focuses: higher education and media.…

Education
10
George Fox University

George fox university, a christ centered community, prepares students spiritually, academically, and professionally to think with clarity, act with integrity, and serve with passion.

Education
11
North Greenville University

North greenville university exists to glorify god by cultivating graduates who are equipped to serve as transformational leaders for church and society.

Education
12
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hope Center for Kids Inc and the most unlike its peers is Luis Palau Association. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyFood Pantries & AssistanceChild and Family ServicesPublic University Foundatio…Community Health CentersFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Christian Missionary Organi…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 43 years old; the field is 25. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number15%8%<5yr10%8%5–10yr19%8%10–20yr15%8%20–35yr17%42%35–55yr24%27%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value15%87%<5yr10%0%5–10yr19%2%10–20yr15%3%20–35yr17%3%35–55yr24%5%55yr+

The field is 15% startups (under 5 years old) — 8% of your grantees by number, and just 87% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 8% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/29
the rest of the field
8%
1,067/14,083

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 46 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BRIDGES PHILANTHROPIC FUND — $2,307,005 · OtherBRIDGES PHILANTHROPIC FUNDROBERT & ELIZABETH BRIDGES DAF — $1,153,393 · OtherROBERT & ELIZABETH BRIDGES DAF+25 more — $333,775 · Other+25 moreHOPE CENTER FOR KIDS INC — $76,000 · Youth DevelopmentFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES — $66,150 · Youth Development+1 more — $4,500 · Youth DevelopmentMYBRIDGE — $36,500 · ReligionRELEASE INC — $8,100 · ReligionInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA — $5,500 · ReligionIN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC — $4,000 · Religion+3 more — $2,475 · ReligionUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION — $25,000 · EducationMIDLAND UNIVERSITY — $8,000 · EducationCOLLEGE OF SAINT MARY — $4,750 · EducationNORTH PARK UNIVERSITY — $4,750 · EducationColonial Williamsburg Foundation — $22,500 · Arts & CultureNEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $19,300 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $1,800 · HealthOMAHA ZOO FOUNDATION — $10,000 · AnimalsDUET FOUNDATION — $2,250 · Human Services
Other$3,794,173Youth Development$146,650Religion$56,575Education$42,500Arts & Culture$22,500Health$21,100Animals$10,000Human Services$2,250

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetHOPE CENTER FOR KIDS INC — $76,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES — $66,150 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMYBRIDGE — $36,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation — $22,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $19,300 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOMAHA ZOO FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRELEASE INC — $8,100 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMIDLAND UNIVERSITY — $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA — $5,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGE OF SAINT MARY — $4,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH PARK UNIVERSITY — $4,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLS INC — $4,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC — $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGRACE UNIVERSITY — $3,300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDUET FOUNDATION — $2,250 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION — $1,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND — $1,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLuis Palau Association — $1,375 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYOU GOTTA ASK INC — $600 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPROMISE KEEPERS — $500 over 4y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds HOPE CENTER FOR KIDS INC
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES
  • Who funds MYBRIDGE
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION
  • Who funds Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
  • Who funds ABIDE NETWORK INC
  • Who funds NEBRASKA METHODIST HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
  • Who funds OMAHA ZOO FOUNDATION
  • Who funds RELEASE INC
  • Who funds MIDLAND UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA
  • Who funds COLLEGE OF SAINT MARY
  • Who funds NORTH PARK UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds GIRLS INC
  • Who funds IN TOUCH MINISTRIES INC
  • Who funds GRACE UNIVERSITY
  • Who funds DUET FOUNDATION
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION
  • Who funds FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Hawks FoundationNE17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Hawks Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation · Kenneth (Kim) & Karen Hawkins Foundation · The Lozier Foundation · Parker Family Foundation · Cl Werner Foundation · Immanuel Community Vision Foundation · Lincoln Community Foundation Inc · The Sherwood Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Enterprise Holdings Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Bridges Family Charitable Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Bridges Family Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Bridges Family Charitable Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 46 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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