Florida · Public charity
The Bridge Fund
To assist people with basic and critical needs that are experiencing personal crises and support education needs in our local communities, particularly needs not met by other agencies. Needs included shelter, food, medical, transportation, etc.
- $819k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $183k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $33,459
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $56,270
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 9
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Bridge Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $183k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $200k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $201k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $167k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $150k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $174k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cafe of Life Inc | $319,774 | 6 | 8% |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $240,643 | 6 | 0% |
| The Foundation for Lee County Public Schools Inc | $146,224 | 5 | 2% |
| Evas Foundation Inc | $95,620 | 5 | 17% |
| Redlands Christian Migrant Association Inc | $86,214 | 4 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $67,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Community Cooperative Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Meals of Hope Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Martin de Porres Outreach Community Ministries Inc | $9,625 | 1 | 2% |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of Venice Inc | $8,750 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cafe of Life Inc | $319,774 | 6 | 8% |
| Blessings in a Backpack Inc | $240,643 | 6 | 0% |
| The Foundation for Lee County Public Schools Inc | $146,224 | 5 | 2% |
| Evas Foundation Inc | $95,620 | 5 | 17% |
| Redlands Christian Migrant Association Inc | $86,214 | 4 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $67,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Community Cooperative Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Meals of Hope Inc | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| St Martin de Porres Outreach Community Ministries Inc | $9,625 | 1 | 2% |
| Catholic Charities Diocese of Venice Inc | $8,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Beacon of Hope Pine Island Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 2% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Bridge Fund supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The United Way of Lee County Inc · Collier Community Foundation Inc · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida Inc · Suncoast Credit Union Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Bridge Fund
- How much does The Bridge Fund give?
- The Bridge Fund reported 6 itemized grants totaling $183,354, out of $819,243 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Bridge Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (32%), Housing & Shelter (30%), Human Services (25%).
- Who are The Bridge Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Cafe of Life Inc ($320k), Blessings in a Backpack Inc ($241k), The Foundation for Lee County Public Schools Inc ($146k).
- Does The Bridge Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Bridge Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The United Way of Lee County Inc, Collier Community Foundation Inc, The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation.
- Where is The Bridge Fund based?
- The Bridge Fund is based in FL.
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