Georgia · Nonprofit
Living Bridges Ministry
Living Bridges Ministry (Georgia) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $133,213 to it, the largest being Greater Valdosta United Way Inc ($88,500). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $434k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $133k
- Net assets
- $730k
What Living Bridges Ministry does
Mission
Building bridges in faith which allow us to educate people about resources and solutions that meet their needs and help them thrive in every aspect of life.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Donations received from Walmart. These are are returned ,damaged and not able to be sold. A portion of these are used by the organization ( paper products, cleaning supplies, office supplies) A large number of these are given to our clients ( clothing, household items, school supples, hygiene items, small appliances, household good etc). A protion of these are shared in the community wiht other non profis in the area and local school systems.Donations of used clothing received from individuals are distributed out in the community.Leftover food from Chick Fila from chick fila are picked up and given out to clients and others in the community.Leftover Bread is picked up weekly from Panera Bread and donated to clients and others in the community.
$272,087 spent73% of program spendingGrocery Program: The majority of the people we serve are food insecure. We realize that people are not able to work toward moving their life ahead when they are hunger. We have a program called bonus groceries and if a clients come to classes and or volunteer they get a grocery card ( on a weekly basis) to use as they want for food at a local grocery store. The gift cards can only be used for groceries.At other events we have such as our Summer Reading Program, Vacation Bible School in the Park, Easter Egg Hunt , Birthday Party for Jesus etc we provide a meal to all attendes and their families.We also have a senior lunch line each Friday. This is a drive through line where each person gets a hot meal, another meal for the next day and a bag of healthy snacks for the next week.We also provide meals or snacks in our classes.
$73,971 spent20% of program spendingKids Connection; For 8 Fridays during the summer when the local schools are out, we host a Summer Reading Program. Children from Prek through Elementary age meet with mentors one on one and practice their reading skills. The mentors (many who are retired teachers ) work with the children to develop their reading skills. Each week a guest reader comes to read to the children and encourage reading. Children receive books and other educational materials to assist them with their reading skills.For 7 Saturdays from June to September we host a Vacation Bible School on the Park. This is open to both our clients and any child in the comminuty. The children make a craft , do a food project and hear a Bible Story. The parents have a opportunity to play games and socialize at the same time. Meals and prepared for the family to take with them when they leave.
$6,707 spent2% of program spendingother program expenses descriped on Scheudle (
$20,671 spent6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $373,436.
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. 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 2021 to 2022, from $404k to $676k (+67%).
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.
100% of Living Bridges Ministry’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $3k → $24k.
2 of 11 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 Living Bridges Ministry’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 9 of 11 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
Living Bridges Ministry leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
71% 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 Living Bridges Ministry.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 96% · 2021 65% · 2022 56% · 2023 62% — 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
67% of Living Bridges Ministry's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 55% 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
100% of Living Bridges Ministry's grant income comes from Georgia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7k 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
Living Bridges Ministry has grown faster than three-quarters of the 12,816 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Living Bridges Ministry
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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 Living Bridges Ministry: 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 Living Bridges Ministry?
- Living Bridges Ministry (Georgia) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $133,213 to it, the largest being Greater Valdosta United Way Inc ($88,500). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Living Bridges Ministry have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $133,213 in grants to Living Bridges Ministry, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Living Bridges Ministry?
- Greater Valdosta United Way Inc is the largest funder on record, with $88,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Living Bridges Ministry find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 11 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