Massachusetts · Nonprofit
BRIDGES TO MALAWI
BRIDGES TO MALAWI (Massachusetts) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $199,695 to it, the largest being THE HARDY BUNCH FOUNDATION ($124,902). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $225k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $200k
- Net assets
- $74k
What Bridges to Malawi does
Mission
Improve the provision of medical care to the people of Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world; Recruit a select few American high school juniors/seniors, by means of an annual scholarship competition, to travel with one of the medical teams going to Malawi;Provide, in a holistic fashion, as many sustainable development opportunities as possible to the poor farmers of the Kasungu East District; Help prevent further malaria deaths; Help expand educational opportunities for students in Malawi; Provide new economic opportunities; Promote conservation agriculture and combat climate change
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Agriculture: Establishment of a dairy cooperative project; promoting conservation agriculture; chicken pass on project; direct monetary farmer support
$148,705 spent65% of program spendingEducation Project: Donated laptops are capable of containing a wealth of information that Malawian students would not otherwise have access to. They provide an opportunity to learn computer skills that are valuable for work in the city, while also providing knowledge on how to farm more effectively for those who wish to stay.
$44,061 spent19% of program spendingMedical Project: This is done by recruiting American healthcare providers with various abilities/specialties to travel to Malawi and work closely with members of the over-worked and under-resourced Malawian healthcare system, by providing as much material support as possible via acquisition of desperately needed medical supplies and medications, and by promoting cross-cultural healthcare educational opportunities in which providers can exchange knowledge and skills, thus enhancing the clinical capabilities of the members of each group.
$26,768 spent12% of program spendingClimate Project
$2,029 spent1% of program spendingWater Project
$6,206 spent3% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $227,769.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $80k to $74k (−7%).
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 MALAWI’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $50 → $81k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 MALAWI’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 MALAWI leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 98% · 2020 80% · 2021 66% · 2022 30% · 2023 97% — 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
50% of BRIDGES TO MALAWI's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
74% of BRIDGES TO MALAWI's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $32k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 MALAWI's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BRIDGES TO MALAWI
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
99% 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 MALAWI: 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 MALAWI?
- BRIDGES TO MALAWI (Massachusetts) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $199,695 to it, the largest being THE HARDY BUNCH FOUNDATION ($124,902). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BRIDGES TO MALAWI have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $199,695 in grants to BRIDGES TO MALAWI, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRIDGES TO MALAWI?
- THE HARDY BUNCH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $124,902 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRIDGES TO MALAWI 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 9 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