Missouri · Nonprofit
LIFEBRIDGE PARTNERSHIP
LIFEBRIDGE PARTNERSHIP (Missouri) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,668,864 to it, the largest being ST LOUIS OFFICE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY RESOURCES ($1,180,759). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What Lifebridge Partnership does
Mission
The mission of LifeBridge Partnership is empowering people with disabilities to develop skills for independence and to actively participate in the community. LifeBridge serves St. Louis City, St. Louis County and St. Charles County.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Out About program provides adults with individualized support services to assist with building and maintaining skills for independence and experiencing an inclusive community life. In cooperation with LifeBridge staff, participants initiate and coordinate recreational and educational activities at venues throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area and in virtual settings. Through these activities participants develop skills to navigate the community, socialize in a community-based setting, and self-advocate.
$548,175 spent$237,055 earned by the program60% of program spendingLifeBridge Camps provide children and young adults an opportunity to become active participants, rather than observers. Using adaptive equipment and techniques, children participate in a variety of sporting and recreational activities such as basketball, golf, dance, music and art therapy. Activities also include experiential learning activities such as a behind the scenes tour of the St. Louis Zoo or exploring a pirate ship. The Organization offers day camp opportunities during the summer and during other school breaks or holidays.
$205,941 spent$101,102 earned by the program22% of program spendingAfter School Services are enrichment programs offered through LifeBridge Leaders Club for students enrolled at St. Louis Public Schools Nottingham CAJT campus and Promise Christian Academy. The primary goals of LifeBridge Leaders Club are to promote the development of soft skills for employment and for students to experience a sense of belonging. Students participate in two hours of activities including soft skills instruction and team building activities. The students also visit local venues to learn about job opportunities and practice soft skills with hiring managers.
$166,569 spent$38,070 earned by the program18% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $920,685.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2020 to 2021, from $1.7M to $2.1M (+27%).
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: 2017 52% · 2018 45% · 2019 58% · 2020 45% · 2021 41% · 2022 50% · 2023 52% · 2024 48%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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
Karen Schuster
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $304k → $307k.
5 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 LIFEBRIDGE PARTNERSHIP’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
LIFEBRIDGE PARTNERSHIP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
89% 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 LIFEBRIDGE PARTNERSHIP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 49% · 2019 48% · 2020 48% · 2021 51% · 2022 46% · 2023 40% — 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
83% of LIFEBRIDGE PARTNERSHIP's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
92% of LIFEBRIDGE PARTNERSHIP's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $136k 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.
Organizations like LIFEBRIDGE PARTNERSHIP
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LIFEBRIDGE PARTNERSHIP: 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 LIFEBRIDGE PARTNERSHIP?
- LIFEBRIDGE PARTNERSHIP (Missouri) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,668,864 to it, the largest being ST LOUIS OFFICE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY RESOURCES ($1,180,759). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LIFEBRIDGE PARTNERSHIP have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $2,668,864 in grants to LIFEBRIDGE PARTNERSHIP, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIFEBRIDGE PARTNERSHIP?
- ST LOUIS OFFICE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY RESOURCES is the largest funder on record, with $1,180,759 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIFEBRIDGE PARTNERSHIP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 25 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