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Screen a listBridge Steps
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$13Mrevenue
FY2025 · +4% in 3 yrs163staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−2.4%
Months of reserve3.7mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+4.0%
Middle half of peersMedianBridge Steps
Where the money goes FY2025 · $13M spent
Programs$11M83%Management and general$1.6M12%Fundraising$563k4%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 3 of the last 3 years
−$752k in FY2023, −$465k in FY2024 and −$307k in FY2025. Cash covers 3.7 months, above the peer median of 1.2.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor2
Strong governance
11 of 11 board members independent. Conflict-of-interest and whistleblower policies, audited financial statements, board reviews the 990.
990 Part VIA history of government grants
Government grants on 9 of its 9 returns, 35% of revenue in FY2025. $4.9M is traced federal awards from Department of Housing and Urban Development.
990 Part VIII · USAspending72funders
$1.3Ma year, last 3 years
31%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Housing ForwardSince FY2021$16k$492k$690kTaste of the SouthStopped after FY2021$47k$248k–The Moody FoundationStopped after FY2021$125k$50k$100k–United Way of Metropolitan Dallas IncOn and off$12k$79k$46k$80kDavid M Crowley FoundationStopped after FY2019$100k$50k$50k–Meadows Foundation IncStopped after FY2020$161k$1k–Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$75k$314k$385k$435k$442k$304k$756k42 other fundersUp to $150k a year each$67k$29k$26k$132k$228k$161k$284k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped