Texas · Nonprofit
RESEARCH BRIDGE PARTNERS INC
RESEARCH BRIDGE PARTNERS INC (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,995,000 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($6,000,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $606k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $8.0M
- Net assets
- $2.8M
What Research Bridge Partners Inc does
Mission
The organization ("rbp") is devoted to overcoming barriers to science-based entrepreneurship in the heartland of the united states of america ("u.s.").
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Providing entrepreneurship education & training to university students and researchers, working with existing entrepreneurship support organizations and other groups at universities, establishing a fellowship program for university researchers, assisting university researchers with conducting translational research, sponsoring university research, providing technology licensing assistance to universities, connecting promising university startups with investor funding, conducting research and innovation and entrepreneurship at universities.one way the organization connects startups with investor funding is through rbp catlayst fund, lp (of which the organization serves as the general partner). The purpose of the partnership is to make program-related investments which are generally seed-stage, high risk equity investments and/or investments in convertible notes that significantly further the tax-exempt charitable, educational and scientific purposes of the organization by: (a) accelerating the translation of university-derived innovation into products and services with positive societal impact; (b) enhancing translational resources available to university researchers; and (c)…
$1,686,888 spentof which $29,990 as grants$386,009 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,686,888.
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. 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 $1.2M to $3.7M (+222%).
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.
0% of RESEARCH BRIDGE PARTNERS INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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
Lydia Mcclure Kyohere
CEO and board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $2.0M → $4.0M.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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 RESEARCH BRIDGE PARTNERS 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
RESEARCH BRIDGE PARTNERS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 RESEARCH BRIDGE PARTNERS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
75% of RESEARCH BRIDGE PARTNERS 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 $2.0M that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Texas funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
RESEARCH BRIDGE PARTNERS INC is better cushioned than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like RESEARCH BRIDGE PARTNERS 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 Texas
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
57%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Research Bridge Partners LLC · disregarded
- Arsenal Bridge Advisors LLC · disregarded
- Rbp Catalyst Fund LP · partnership
- Arsenal Bridge Holdings LLC · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RESEARCH BRIDGE PARTNERS INC: 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 RESEARCH BRIDGE PARTNERS INC?
- RESEARCH BRIDGE PARTNERS INC (Texas) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,995,000 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($6,000,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does RESEARCH BRIDGE PARTNERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $7,995,000 in grants to RESEARCH BRIDGE PARTNERS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RESEARCH BRIDGE PARTNERS INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $6,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RESEARCH BRIDGE PARTNERS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 2 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