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BRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION INC

BRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,820,652 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,288,000). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.7M
Funders on record
48
Grants received
$3.8M
Net assets
$2.5M
21/48 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 66%
01What it does

What Bridge Builders Foundation Inc does

Mission

Focus of mission is on uplifting and empowering young minority men through education, mentoring, and scholarships for college education.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Thriving under the influence program -expand opportunities and resource for programs that keep youth out of criminal justice system and help those in the system successfully transition back into the community.

    $276,336 spent$355,350 earned by the program
    26% of program spending

  2. Scholars and mentor program -educational scholarships for inner-city minority male high school seniors based on their academic achievement and civic and community involvement. Provide mentoring, coaching and support services designed to help student persist and graduate from college.

    $213,300 spentof which $213,300 as grants$557,035 earned by the program
    20% of program spending

  3. Ee just youth science program-exposes middle school minority youth and high school students to stem disciplines and careers.

    $57,435 spent$57,000 earned by the program
    5% of program spending

  4. Annual salute & scholarship awards fundraising event to raise additional funds for various program services offered by foundation as part of their mission statement.

    $135,743 spent$341,060 earned by the program
    13% of program spending

  5. Additional program services expenses including stem programs $105,911, grants to domestic organizations $12,755

    $127,259 spentof which $12,755 as grants$258,710 earned by the program
    12% of program spending

  6. Payroll expenses and contracted services expenses to perform program services offered by the foundation as part of their mission statement.

    $265,003 spent$16,516 earned by the program
    25% of program spending

The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,075,076.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($286k) Expenses 100 ($259k) Net assets 100 ($89k)2018 Revenue 105 ($300k) Expenses 122 ($317k) Net assets 147 ($131k)2019 Revenue 138 ($395k) Expenses 138 ($358k) Net assets 189 ($169k)2020 Revenue 388 ($1.1M) Expenses 201 ($521k) Net assets 850 ($761k)2021 Revenue 470 ($1.3M) Expenses 196 ($509k) Net assets 1779 ($1.6M)2022 Revenue 676 ($1.9M) Expenses 472 ($1.2M) Net assets 2572 ($2.3M)2023 Revenue 494 ($1.4M) Expenses 501 ($1.3M) Net assets 2671 ($2.4M)2024 Revenue 772 ($2.2M) Expenses 723 ($1.9M) Net assets 2906 ($2.6M)2025 Revenue 578 ($1.7M) Expenses 695 ($1.8M) Net assets 2796 ($2.5M)
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Revenue (578)Expenses (695)Net assets (2796)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $765k to $1.6M (+108%).

$89k
$153k
$172k
$765k
$1.6M
$2.3M
$2.4M
$2.7M
$2.9M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

75% of BRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,360 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$27k
’17
−$18k
’18
$38k
’19
$590k
’20
$835k
’21
$710k
’22
$113k
’23
$333k
’24
−$146k
’25
15
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

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Listed10101111108131416
Joined·+0+7+0+0+0+5+3+4
No longer listed·06012022
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 16 funders, grant income rose $1k → $338k.

Funder
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total
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$356k
funders
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12 of 48 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of BRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 48 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

BRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 34% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

57% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION INC.

34%
largest funder
52%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 50% · 2019 45% · 2020 65% · 2021 25% · 2022 50% · 2023 30% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

25% of BRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

74% of BRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from California funders.

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MI
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MA
OH
CA
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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−9% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve14.7mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)25% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like BRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION INC

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In California

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Nationally

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

60% of spending goes to programs.

Program 60%Management 30%Fundraising 11%

Governance

16
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

93%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds BRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION INC?
BRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,820,652 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,288,000). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 48 organizations giving $3,820,652 in grants to BRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION INC?
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,288,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BRIDGE BUILDERS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 48 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing