Massachusetts · Nonprofit
BRIDGES HOMEWARD INC
BRIDGES HOMEWARD INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,508,173 to it, the largest being LIBERTY MUTUAL FOUNDATION INC ($635,000). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.0M
- Funders on record
- 53
- Grants received
- $3.5M
- Net assets
- $7.5M
What Bridges Homeward Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to provide high-quality support and advocacy for children, adults and families to develop and nurture safe, permanent relationships and maximize individual growth.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Developmental disabilities program (ddp) - bridges homesward provides a wide range of individualized in-home and other supports to children and adults with developmental disability, and their families. The range of programs offered seek to ensure that the family member with a disability can be maintained within their home and family setting, and that the individual can maximize his or her potential to function independently in the community. The organization is the dds family support center for charles river west catchment area which offers information & referral, parent groups, young adult groups and social activities to all dds clients living in our catchment area. In total, the organization provided case management, skills trainers, and other support to over 800 individuals in fy25.
$1,828,587 spent$1,986,193 earned by the program32% of program spendingYoung adult supported living (yasl) - bridges homeward provides services for transition age youth, those aging out of foster care in the custody of the ma department of children and families. The organization operates an independent living program. The organization offers individualized one-on-one planning for independence. Each apartment provides a safe place for a young adult to live while going to school, working and strengthening life long permanent connections.
$652,596 spent$888,364 earned by the program11% of program spendingComprehensive foster care (cfc) - bridges homeward provides therapeutic foster care to children up to age 21 who have been taken into custody of the massachusetts department of children and families (dcf). Our team of foster parents and social workers provides specialized, round the clock care, support and guidance for the children. The team supports each child's successful transition into permanent placement: reunification, guardianship, kinship, adoption or young adult supported living. Foster children receive weekly visits from a licensed social worker in their foster home; foster parents training continues to be a primary focus including sessions for new applicants. The organization continuously seeks new foster homes. The intent of which is to provide additional homes for thousands of children brought into dcf care each year.
$1,081,585 spent$1,174,807 earned by the program19% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$2,121,161 spent$2,124,463 earned by the program37% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,683,929.
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 2019 to 2020, from $9.6M to $10M (+8%).
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: 2020 43%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
8% of BRIDGES HOMEWARD INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Yoyo Yau
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Debjani Banerji
President & chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose $185k → $504k.
12 of 53 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 BRIDGES HOMEWARD INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 53 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
BRIDGES HOMEWARD INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% 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
51% 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 BRIDGES HOMEWARD INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 29% · 2019 22% · 2020 29% · 2021 21% · 2022 21% · 2023 21% — 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
59% of BRIDGES HOMEWARD INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
96% of BRIDGES HOMEWARD INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $913k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
BRIDGES HOMEWARD INC's funding base is broadening — from 9 funders to 28 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding BRIDGES HOMEWARD INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20.9M on record.
- (MM) PURCHASED CLIENT/PROGRAM SVCS$20.9M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BRIDGES HOMEWARD 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BRIDGES HOMEWARD INC?
- BRIDGES HOMEWARD INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,508,173 to it, the largest being LIBERTY MUTUAL FOUNDATION INC ($635,000). 37 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BRIDGES HOMEWARD INC have?
- IRS filings report 53 organizations giving $3,508,173 in grants to BRIDGES HOMEWARD INC, 37 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRIDGES HOMEWARD INC?
- LIBERTY MUTUAL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $635,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRIDGES HOMEWARD INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 53 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