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Dewayne and Linda Bridges Family Foundation at a glance

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Dewayne and Linda Bridges Family Foundation

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.

$27k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$44kHealth$23kHuman Services$7kHousing & Shelter$6kAnimals$6kFood & Nutrition$4kPhilanthropy$1kReligion$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$207k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$5,000
Individual grant recipient$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
THE SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN$1,000
SPICEWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH$1,000
SHAWNEE COMMUNITY SERVICES$1,000
CITY UNION MISSION INC$1,000
WOUNDED WARRIORS$1,000
SHELTER KC A KANSAS CITY RESCUE MISSION$1,000
HARVESTERS THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK$1,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$1,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS$1,000
THE SALVATION ARMY$1,000
ONE LOVE MEDICAL MISSION$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 55% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%BOYS TOWN: $1k → 12%SHAWNEE COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1k → 5%BOYS TOWN: $500 → 12%SOAR SPECIAL NEEDS: $2k → 5%BOYS TOWN: $500 → 12%HEALING HOUSE INC: $1k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
NE
MO
VA
KS
TN
DC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$62k · 17 repeat orgs$32k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
14

Total granted

$62k
$16k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+5%

Still filing today

53%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsHousing & ShelterEducationInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • HT
    HARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK
    5× · 2017–2025 · $4k · revenue +40%
  • DI
    DETECTOGETHER INC FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE 15-40 CONNECTION INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $4k · revenue +29%
  • WW
    WAYSIDE WAIFS INC
    5× · 2017–2025 · $4k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • LL
    LEUKEMIA & LYMPHONA SOCIETY
    one grant, 2023 · $2k
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
2
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The children's hospital of philadelphia, the oldest hospital in the united states dedicated exclusively to pediatrics, strives to be the world leader in the advancement of health care for children by integrating excellent patient care,…

Health
3
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
4
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
5
Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals

Methodist le bonheur healthcare, in partnership with its medical staffs, will collaborate with patients and their families to be the leader in providing high quality, cost-effective patient-and family-centered care. services will be…

Health
6
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
7
Children's Hospital & Research Center At Oakland

The mission of children's hospital & research center at oakland is to protect and advance the health and well-being of children through clinical care, teaching and research.

Health
8
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
9
Stc Healthcare Partners Llc

Website: https://towerhealth.org/locations/st-christophers-hospital- children stc opco, llc (st. christopher's hospital for children) provides a full range of high-quality healthcare services to all children and youth up to age 21 who seek…

Health
10
East Tennessee Children's Hospital Association Inc

East tennessee children's hospital is a free-standing, independent, not-for-profit pediatric health care system which serves the east tennessee region. children's hospital is certified by the state of tennessee as a comprehensive regional…

Health
11
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation

Phoenix children's hospital foundation supports phoenix children's hospital through fundraising ensuring that the hospital continues to stay on the leading edge of pediatric medicine and is equipped to fulfill its mission to advance hope,…

Health
12
Kansas City Hospice Inc

To bring expert care, peace of mind, comfort, guidance and hope to people who are affected by serious illness or by grief.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Shriners Hospitals for Children; the most unlike its peers is Cedar Cove Feline Conservation Park. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 41 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
16/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSHELTER KC A KANSAS CITY RESCUE MISSION: $3,500 · OtherSHELTER KC A KANSAS CITY RESCUE MISSIONIndividual grant recipient: $2,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,500 · OtherLEUKEMIA & LYMPHONA SOCIETY: $2,000 · Other+10 more: $9,400 · Other+10 moreBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $6,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED…DETECTOGETHER INC FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE 15-40 CONNECTION INC: $4,000 · HealthDETECTOGETHER INC F…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S …The Children's Mercy Hospital Foundation: $1,000 · HealthThe Children's Merc…THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 · HealthTHE SHRINERS' HOSPI…SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS …MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 · HealthMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY …+1 more: $500 · HealthWAYSIDE WAIFS INC: $3,900 · AnimalsKANSAS CITY PET PROJECT: $1,000 · AnimalsCedar Cove Feline Conservation Park: $1,000 · AnimalsFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $2,000 · Human ServicesSOAR SPECIAL NEEDS: $1,500 · Human ServicesCommunity Center of Shawnee Inc: $1,000 · Human ServicesHEALING HOUSE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $4,100 · Food & NutritionCity Union Mission: $2,100 · Housing & ShelterSHELTER KC: $600 · Housing & ShelterSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Education
Other$57,400Health$16,500Animals$5,900Human Services$5,500Food & Nutrition$4,100Housing & Shelter$2,700Education$1,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHARVESTERS - THE COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK: $4,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDETECTOGETHER INC FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE 15-40 CONNECTION INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWAYSIDE WAIFS INC: $3,900 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCity Union Mission: $2,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFather Flanagan's Boys' Home: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOAR SPECIAL NEEDS: $1,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $1,300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Mercy Hospital Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCedar Cove Feline Conservation Park: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHELTER KC: $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Mercy Hospital: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION SMILE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Greater Kansas City C…Servant FoundationNatl Christian Charit…The Bank of America C…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Greater Kansas City Community FoundationMO15.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Dewayne and Linda Bridges Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dewayne and Linda Bridges Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 41 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

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

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