Vermont · Nonprofit
BRIDGEWATER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC
BRIDGEWATER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC (Vermont) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $494,456 to it, the largest being PRESERVATION TRUST OF VERMONT INC ($175,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $349k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $494k
- Net assets
- $597k
What Bridgewater Area Community Foundation Inc does
Mission
To provide a vibrant center where the people of bridgewater and the surrounding towns can gather as part of a caring, diverse community of people from all ages and walks of life.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Programs
The bridgewater area community foundation to date has now achieved (and surpassed) our 2021 phase two fundraising goal of 1.4 million dollars, raising $1,505,549 through donations, grants and pledges. Surpassing our original goal was made possible through the preservation trust of vermont bruhn grant of $100,000 to historically update all windows and doors.
$210,920 spent100% of program spendingPhase one construction and updates for the bridgewater community childcare, located in the 1991 addition at the rear of the building is near completion. We have received our occupancy certificate with the state and continue with the vermont licensing process. Bridgewater community childcare has hired a program director, kristiana birmingham, and now looks to fill three teaching positions. The bridgewater childcare will open june 1, 2022 with fourteen spots for children age six (6) weeks through thirty-six (36) months. Enrollment is now open with links on our website. Along with creating the childcare space we have also updated the center's roofing, insulation and prepared for phase two construction.
Phase two construction on the historical 1914 section is on track to begin spring 2022. Phase two construction and updates will include but not be limited to adding state-approved accessibility, a new sprinkler system, updating heat and air-exchange systems, upgraded bathrooms, energy efficiency, revitalizing rooms, and bringing all electrical and wiring up to code. Part of phase two will also include expanding the childcare program and opening an after school program. Kristiana birmingham is also acting as the bridgewater community center's executive director until the childcare is open and the position is filled.
The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $210,920.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $204k to $367k (+80%).
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: 2019 3% · 2020 33%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
77% of BRIDGEWATER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% 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
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
Kristiana Birmingham
Executive director
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $58k → $150k.
2 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 BRIDGEWATER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 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
BRIDGEWATER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
75% 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 BRIDGEWATER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 43% · 2020 99% · 2022 43% · 2023 67% — 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
20% of BRIDGEWATER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 15% 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
72% of BRIDGEWATER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Vermont funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $49k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
BRIDGEWATER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 19,864 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 19,864 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2022
Organizations like BRIDGEWATER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION 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 Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BRIDGEWATER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC?
- BRIDGEWATER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC (Vermont) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $494,456 to it, the largest being PRESERVATION TRUST OF VERMONT INC ($175,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BRIDGEWATER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $494,456 in grants to BRIDGEWATER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRIDGEWATER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC?
- PRESERVATION TRUST OF VERMONT INC is the largest funder on record, with $175,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRIDGEWATER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 FY2022 (financials across 2019–2022), and the filings of 13 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