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Bridges of Love NW

Bridges of Love NW (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,000 to it, the largest being GARY E MILGARD FAMILY FOUNDATION- SUNSHINE ($25,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$94k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$31k
Net assets
$138k
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Bridges of Love NW does

Mission

Mobilizing the church to transform lives and communities in the Name of Christ

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. We build relationships, educate and recruit Churches to help people in need & create Jobs for Life. We were able to provide assistance and job training to 2,614 adults and children.

    $86,283 spent
    92% of program spending
  2. Hygiene, Gas Cards and Sundries pantry for Individuals andFamilies Served

    $7,984 spentof which $7,984 as grants
    8% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $94,267.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($154k) Expenses 100 ($142k) Net assets 100 ($86k)2021 Revenue 76 ($117k) Expenses 85 ($122k) Net assets 94 ($82k)2022 Revenue 92 ($141k) Expenses 63 ($90k) Net assets 154 ($133k)2023 Revenue 67 ($104k) Expenses 60 ($85k) Net assets 175 ($152k)2024 Revenue 61 ($94k) Expenses 76 ($108k) Net assets 159 ($138k)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (61)Expenses (76)Net assets (159)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $82k to $133k (+63%).

$86k
$82k
$133k
$152k
$138k
20202021202220232024
Total assets

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of Bridges of Love NW’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,498 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$11k
’20
−$5k
’21
$51k
’22
$19k
’23
−$14k
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $4k.

Funder
'17
'18
'20
'21
total
funders
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of Bridges of Love NW’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

Bridges of Love NW leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

81%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.

“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

81% of Bridges of Love NW's grant income comes from Washington funders.

WA
OH

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’20
’21
Washington out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Bridges of Love NW's revenue fell 39% between 2020 and 2024.

Operating margin−15% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−12% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,851 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds Bridges of Love NW?
Bridges of Love NW (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,000 to it, the largest being GARY E MILGARD FAMILY FOUNDATION- SUNSHINE ($25,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Bridges of Love NW have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $31,000 in grants to Bridges of Love NW, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Bridges of Love NW?
GARY E MILGARD FAMILY FOUNDATION- SUNSHINE is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Bridges of Love NW find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 2 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