Illinois · Nonprofit
BRIDGE MINISTRIES OF ROCKFORD INC
BRIDGE MINISTRIES OF ROCKFORD INC (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being Rydell Family Foundation ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $33k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $9k
What Bridge Ministries of Rockford Inc does
Mission
Networking among churches of varying ethnic and culture.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Expansion of networking of churches of varying ethnic and cultural backgrounds in order to build relationships within the city among these churches.
$15,350 spent50% of program spendingNetworking among non-church leadership within the city in order to draw attention to needs and divisions among ethnic groups within the city
$15,350 spent50% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $30,700.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $21k to $9k (−60%).
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.
66% of BRIDGE MINISTRIES OF ROCKFORD INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Gary Schwerin
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of BRIDGE MINISTRIES OF ROCKFORD INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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.
Where its funders are
100% of BRIDGE MINISTRIES OF ROCKFORD INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Against its field
BRIDGE MINISTRIES OF ROCKFORD INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,869 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,869 religion nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like BRIDGE MINISTRIES OF ROCKFORD INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BRIDGE MINISTRIES OF ROCKFORD INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BRIDGE MINISTRIES OF ROCKFORD INC?
- BRIDGE MINISTRIES OF ROCKFORD INC (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being Rydell Family Foundation ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BRIDGE MINISTRIES OF ROCKFORD INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,000 in grants to BRIDGE MINISTRIES OF ROCKFORD INC.
- Who is the largest funder of BRIDGE MINISTRIES OF ROCKFORD INC?
- Rydell Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRIDGE MINISTRIES OF ROCKFORD INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 1 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing