New York · Nonprofit
BRIDGES TO COMMUNITY INC
BRIDGES TO COMMUNITY INC (New York) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,677,656 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($565,819). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $548k
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $365k
What Bridges to Community Inc does
Mission
To build a more just and sustainable world through service, learning, and community development.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Housing: bridges to community builds sturdy concrete-and-cinderblock homes that earthquake- and fire-resistant and are designed to withstand heavy tropical winds and rain. These homes are built for and transferred to needy families in the communities in which bridges to community is present the dominican republic. We work to secure land titles for prospective home owners so that each family will have good ownership of a place to call their own for generations to come.
$269,166 spent65% of program spendingEducation: the scholarship program provides higher education funding for 9 young adults from our partner communities, covering costs such as transportation, enrollment fees, school supplies, a modest food stipend, thesis expenses, and graduation fees. In addition to financial support, the program tracks scholars' academic progress and involves them in cultural exchanges with btc volunteer groups. Through these interactions, scholars are encouraged to become agents of change, promote community service, and serve as role models within their communities. The program was developed to address the challenges faced by high school graduates in bridges' partner communities. While public universities offer tuition-free education, students from remote areas face high transportation costs to reach campuses in san juan. Many cannot afford the frequent travel, and those who do enroll often limit their courses to attend only once or twice a week, extending the time needed to complete their degrees and compounding barriers to their education and future success. The bridges to community scholarship program seeks to alleviate these financial burdens, empowering motivated students to pursue higher…
$101,733 spentof which $10,374 as grants25% of program spendingHealth: bridges to commuity's health program strives to remove the obstacles that impoverished families face as they try to achieve a better future. With a focus on preventative care as well as improvements to infrastructure, our projects range from education workshops to the construction and repair of health centers. We improve family living standards, reducing disease and child mortality. We design and build hygienic bathrooms to improve sanitation and promote agricultural and environment protection projects to diversify diete and reduce illnesses.
$40,166 spent10% of program spendingEconomic development
$560 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $411,625.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $167k to $280k (+68%).
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: 2021 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
Paula Mulhair
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 14 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $188k → $216k.
12 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 COMMUNITY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 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 TO COMMUNITY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 34% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
70% 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 COMMUNITY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 36% · 2019 35% · 2020 37% · 2021 27% · 2022 36% · 2023 60% — 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.
How long its funders stay
43% of BRIDGES TO COMMUNITY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
69% of BRIDGES TO COMMUNITY 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 $522k that is directly attributable, 61% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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.
Organizations like BRIDGES TO COMMUNITY 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BRIDGES TO COMMUNITY INC?
- BRIDGES TO COMMUNITY INC (New York) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,677,656 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($565,819). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BRIDGES TO COMMUNITY INC have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $1,677,656 in grants to BRIDGES TO COMMUNITY INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRIDGES TO COMMUNITY INC?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $565,819 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRIDGES TO COMMUNITY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 31 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