Indiana · Nonprofit
BRIDGE OF GRACE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES CENTER INC
BRIDGE OF GRACE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES CENTER INC (Indiana) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,821,055 to it, the largest being SURACK FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($1,625,000). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.4M
- Funders on record
- 36
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $20M
What Bridge of Grace Compassionate Ministries Center Inc does
Mission
To empower people to build on their god-given strengths and live life with purpose. To break the cycle of poverty by building thriving and sustainable neighborhoods in southeast fort wayne.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community development: we provide volunteers and services to enhance the social, environmental, and economic dynamics of the mt. Vernon neighborhood. Furthermore, we provide volunteers and materials to enhance the housing opportunities of those desiring to repopulate to the mt. Vernon neighborhood with affordable ownership. We offer hands-on training, skill development, and employment experience that aligns directly with our mission by empowering people to build on their god-given strengths and live life with purpose. The lawn care services we offer provide these skills and build thriving and sustainable neighborhoods in southeast fort wayne.
$1,335,828 spent$999,290 earned by the program60% of program spendingEducation and enrichment: we underwrite summer camps for neighborhood youth. Camps are led by city police and firemen. We also provide volunteers and staff for after-school tutoring for local students and other life skills education programs for young adults. Other programs we support include the building bridges program.
$445,276 spent20% of program spendingEarly childhood education: this initiative seeks to maximize the potential of children by ensuring their wellbeing and optimal development in the first three years of life. Development of the whole child includes cognitive, social, emotional, physical and spiritual development. This has a huge impact on children's success in kindergarten and beyond.
$333,957 spent15% of program spendingCrime prevention. Volunteers serve to remove trash, create lighting, and assist residents in safeguarding their homes. Other program services 5: community health initiatives. In order to assist our community in the difficulties of the covid19 pandemic, we initiated a system of food distribution as well as provided access and education to those who depended on technology to look for employment and maintain contact with isolated loved ones.
$111,319 spent5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,226,380.
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 $2.9M to $13M (+358%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2023 31% · 2024 1% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
73% of BRIDGE OF GRACE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Chief executive
Javier Mondragon
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $39k → $2.8M.
6 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 OF GRACE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 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 OF GRACE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES CENTER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
42% 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 OF GRACE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 37% · 2019 21% · 2020 29% · 2021 83% · 2022 39% · 2023 29% — 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
69% of BRIDGE OF GRACE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% give in more than one year at all.
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
81% of BRIDGE OF GRACE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES CENTER INC's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.
Against its field
BRIDGE OF GRACE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,349 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like BRIDGE OF GRACE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES CENTER 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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Mvp Park Landscaping LLC · disregarded
- Mt Vernon Park Development LLC · disregarded
- Early Years Academy LLC · disregarded
- Bridge of Grace Support Corporation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BRIDGE OF GRACE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES CENTER INC?
- BRIDGE OF GRACE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES CENTER INC (Indiana) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,821,055 to it, the largest being SURACK FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($1,625,000). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BRIDGE OF GRACE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $11,821,055 in grants to BRIDGE OF GRACE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES CENTER INC, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRIDGE OF GRACE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES CENTER INC?
- SURACK FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,625,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRIDGE OF GRACE COMPASSIONATE MINISTRIES CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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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 36 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