Minnesota · Nonprofit
BRIDGEMAKERS
BRIDGEMAKERS (Minnesota) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,057,455 to it, the largest being PROPEL NONPROFITS ($1,600,955). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $329k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $80k
What Bridgemakers does
Mission
Bridgemakers is a movement of young professionals, entrepreneurs, community organizers and leaders ages 14-30 dedicated to making positive community change. Bridgemakers supports at-risk and opportunity youth with building a sense of belonging, purpose and leadership while learning practical skills through real-world application. We operate through our Bridgemakers leadership academy (bla) programming and a series of community building that include the innovators' exchange, exhibition of youth excellence, and young bosses ball.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
During the year, the organization implemented a strategic transition to focus its activities on direct delivery of leadership and workforce development programming for young people. This included consolidating program offerings under the Bridgemakers leadership academy and discontinuing or pausing activities not aligned with this focus.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Community engagement & youth development initiatives:Bridgemakers conducts regular convenings and maintains a presence at other community events to strengthen peer networks, expand access to programming, and connect young people to leadership and economic opportunities.during the year, the organization hosted the youth excellence expo, convening 232 community members to celebrate and showcase the work of young entrepreneurs, artists, and organizers. The event featured a youth-led fashion show with emerging clothing designers, a panel of young entrepreneurs, and an exhibition space highlighting youth-led businesses and nonprofit organizations. The expo also included the inaugural youth excellence awards, where three individualsone entrepreneur, one organizer, and one artistwere recognized based on nominations from peers and community members.the organization also launched the innovators' exchange, a recurring networking event for young entrepreneurs and professionals ages 1830. A total of 5 events were held, engaging approximately 115 participants. These events provided structured opportunities for participants to build professional relationships, develop skills, and advance their…
$349,293 spentof which $13,746 as grants60% of program spendingBridgemakers leadership academy (bla) delivers cohort-based leadership and workforce development programming for young people, with a primary focus during the year on the bridge 2 success (b2s) entrepreneurship fellowship serving young adults ages 1825 in ramsey county starting new companies and products to address unique problems.during the year, 9 participants launched new companies and 11+ products & services. 100% registered their businesses and opened business bank accounts, 88% developed a product or service, 70% generated early revenue, and 24% were able to fully replace the income from their jobs through their business. Each participant received an average of 145 hours of instruction and work time, plus individualized coaching for specific business needs and workshops covering tax, intellectual property, leadership, and team management. The organization provided $109,800 in direct cash support to the founders and approximately $100,000 in additional non-cash and in-kind support.the program culminated in the young bosses ball, a public graduation and business showcase attended by 142 individuals, including investors, corporate leaders, and government representatives. At…
$236,533 spent40% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $585,826.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $49k to $454k (+829%).
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 8% · 2024 23% · 2025 67%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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
Walter Cortina Martinez
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $237k → $673k.
1 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 BRIDGEMAKERS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 7 of 8 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
BRIDGEMAKERS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
88% 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 BRIDGEMAKERS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 51% · 2022 100% · 2023 94% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
Where its funders are
99% of BRIDGEMAKERS's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $152k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like BRIDGEMAKERS
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BRIDGEMAKERS: 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 BRIDGEMAKERS?
- BRIDGEMAKERS (Minnesota) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,057,455 to it, the largest being PROPEL NONPROFITS ($1,600,955). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BRIDGEMAKERS have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $2,057,455 in grants to BRIDGEMAKERS, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRIDGEMAKERS?
- PROPEL NONPROFITS is the largest funder on record, with $1,600,955 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRIDGEMAKERS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 8 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