Illinois · Nonprofit
BRIDGE TRUST-USA INC
BRIDGE TRUST-USA INC (Illinois) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $666,933 to it, the largest being MINERD FOUNDATION INC ($258,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $667k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Bridge Trust-Usa Inc does
Mission
To promote christian/muslim dialogue and relationship through support of a college in bangladesh, support of center of muslim and christian studies at colleges of oxford university in england; universities in houston tx; and online courses attended by students all over the world; with an interest to expand into bible colleges in other areas.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Support for the center for muslim and christian studies, houston (cmcsh) which promotes christian and muslim studies through local meetings, teaching online, and teaching at universities and seminairies as invited. Cmcsh brings muslims and christians together to study each others scriptures in an atmosphere of respect that builds understanding and promotes truth. In 2024, cmcsh because affiliated with the association of theological schools. Six different online classes were offered and we reached a total of 250 different students from 30 different countries around the world. The first students were enrolled in the new certificate in muslim-christian studies.
$268,366 spentof which $9,500 as grants49% of program spendingSupport for the oxford center for muslim christian studies (cmcso) which promotes christian/muslim studies within colleges of oxford university in england. Cmcso offers seminars, lectures, graduate advising, and tutoring. A number of books, papers, laymen guides, and other publications have been published. Cmcso recently surveyed 1,500 people with who had contact over the past year. The 200 responses came from 27 countries and showed that the greatest impact of the centers activities is amongst muslims and those in the majority world.
$147,686 spentof which $160,386 as grants27% of program spendingSupport of the institute for classical languages (icl), a bible college in bangladesh which promotes christian and muslim relations through textual biblical and historical studies in muslim language bangla, both in class and online. During this academic year, 243 students took courses at icls 10 centers spanning the country. Icl also continued creating certificate and diploma level courses to pursue international accreditation.
$127,028 spentof which $122,090 as grants23% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $543,080.
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 2023 to 2024, from $161k to $1.4M (+774%).
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.
99% of BRIDGE TRUST-USA INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $197k → $40k.
6 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 TRUST-USA 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.
How concentrated its funding is
BRIDGE TRUST-USA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
54% 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 TRUST-USA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 36% · 2019 67% · 2020 52% · 2021 83% · 2022 86% · 2023 38% — 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
43% of BRIDGE TRUST-USA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 80% 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
54% of BRIDGE TRUST-USA INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $305k that is directly attributable, 92% of it comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $362k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 TRUST-USA INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,394 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,394 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like BRIDGE TRUST-USA 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.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 9 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BRIDGE TRUST-USA 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 TRUST-USA INC?
- BRIDGE TRUST-USA INC (Illinois) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $666,933 to it, the largest being MINERD FOUNDATION INC ($258,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BRIDGE TRUST-USA INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $666,933 in grants to BRIDGE TRUST-USA INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRIDGE TRUST-USA INC?
- MINERD FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $258,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRIDGE TRUST-USA 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 10 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