Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
BRIDGES TO BURKINA INC
BRIDGES TO BURKINA INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $252,650 to it, the largest being DEENA HATCH FOUNDATION ($138,900). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $230k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $253k
- Net assets
- $425k
What Bridges to Burkina Inc does
Mission
The organization operates exclusively for the relief of poverty and the provision of advancement of education through religion in burkina faso, west africa. The organization aims to support, in particular, the means and construction of buildings for education in burkina faso, west africa for underprivileged children and orphans without distinction of religion, nationality, and public opinion apart from any consideration of race, gender, belief and political opinion, through the construction of schools and a craft learning center such as sewing, carpentry, farming and a medical center for the minimum care of students and is open to the public at their expense.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Integrated agriculture and livestock farming program - this program operates in a couple of villages in the burkina faso, west africa. The program includes water sourcing, area fencing and labor [as needed], seeds, fertilizer, tools and other materials, and housing and storage for the crops that are grown. The women will sell a portion of their harvest in the local market. The program provides hope along with the skills needed in agriculture. One particular focus is on intentionally displaced people fleeing insurgent-controlled areas.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The school the organization operates for children is at tanghin-dassouri, burkina faso, called the "kouka mary academy." by law, education is free in burkina faso, but the government is not able to provide resources to guarantee free primary education. The organization, through the kouka mary academy, delivers quality education by following the national curriculum in core subjects such as reading, writing, and mathematics, while also offering enriched programs including technology, english, and hands-on garden initiative that teaches agriculture, livestock care, and practical life skills.
$59,134 spent$7,974 earned by the program85% of program spendingSustainable farming program - this program operates in a couple of villages in the burkina faso, west africa. The program includes water sourcing, area fencing and labor [as needed], seeds, fertilizer, tools and other materials, and housing and storage for the crops that are grown. The women will sell a portion of their harvest in the local market. The program provides hope along with the skills needed in agriculture. One particular focus is on intentionally displaced people fleeing insurgent-controlled areas.
$5,628 spent8% of program spendingCarpentry program - this program began in 2025 and is an entrepreneurial program to assist in providing essential skills, knowledge, and conducting a business in carpentry. The program has been used to build chairs and desks for the academy.
$2,945 spent4% of program spendingSustainable livestock program - this program is designed to provide women with 75% of the cost of two livestock animals [such as goats or lambs], access to veterinary care at a minimum cost, and training in nourishing and feeding the animals. The women will provide the remaining 25% as their investment so as to have a personal interest and responsibility in the success of the program. The women will nourish and feed the animals for at least six months and then sell them when the market value is profitable. The organization's original investment plus 5% of the profit will be returned to the organization.
$1,639 spent2% of program spendingLiving above the dirt - this program is designed to help families obtain concrete flooring in their homes for better health and to help build their self-esteem. The parasitic insect, name "bouglee" in the native language, lives in the dirt and feeds on live flesh. Sleeping on the dirt floor of their mud brick homes, the people are regularly subjected to the insects boring into their skin, causing both pain and infection and requiring frequent trips to the hospital. The organization provides cement and the village people provide the sand and gravel needed to create a strong concrete mix. They also provide all the labor for mixing and pouring the concrete.
$445 spent1% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $69,791.
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. 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 2024 to 2025, from $299k to $429k (+43%).
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.
94% of BRIDGES TO BURKINA INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $8k → $32k.
4 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 TO BURKINA 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
BRIDGES TO BURKINA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
45% 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 TO BURKINA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 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
BRIDGES TO BURKINA INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $114k 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
BRIDGES TO BURKINA INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,468 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,468 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BRIDGES TO BURKINA 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 BRIDGES TO BURKINA INC?
- BRIDGES TO BURKINA INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $252,650 to it, the largest being DEENA HATCH FOUNDATION ($138,900). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BRIDGES TO BURKINA INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $252,650 in grants to BRIDGES TO BURKINA INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRIDGES TO BURKINA INC?
- DEENA HATCH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $138,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRIDGES TO BURKINA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 5 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