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The BRidge Agency INC

The BRidge Agency INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $547,665 to it, the largest being THE GOLDMAN SACHS FOUNDATION ($150,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$193k
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$548k
Net assets
$18k
4/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 96%
01What it does

What The BRidge Agency INC does

Mission

The BRidge Agencys programs are designed to address social drivers of crime within the hot spot debilitated neighborhoods in the capital city of Baton Rouge. Programs are carried out through a variety of collaborative efforts and partnerships to strengthen families through service empowerment and advocacy.Our mission is to implement a wide array of quality best practice community economic development resource programs and services to low and moderate-income families. We are the place where people and resources meet!

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. This program targets crime prevention through education advocacy and community engagement in Baton Rouges most challenged neighborhoods. Initiatives include workshops on legal rights community policing partnerships and youth mentorship programs. Services reach approximately 500 residents annually including at-risk youth and their families. The programs effectiveness is measured by reductions in local crime rates increased community awareness and participant feedback. Success stories include improved relations between residents and local law enforcement.

    $45,027 spentof which $45,027 as grants
    33% of program spending
  2. Focused on strengthening family units this program offers counseling financial literacy workshops and job training. It is delivered through partnerships with local schools businesses and social service agencies. Approximately 800 family members benefit each year. Success is gauged by the number of families achieving stable employment enhanced financial management skills and overall improved family dynamics as reported in follow-up assessments.

    $59,495 spentof which $59,495 as grants
    44% of program spending
  3. This service addresses economic disparities by providing access to resources such as business development workshops and business education mentorship for local entrepreneurial endeavors. Targets 300 individuals and small business owners annually in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. The programs impact is evaluated through business success rates increased local employment and economic growth within the community. Collaborative efforts with economic experts and local business leaders enhance the breadth and effectiveness of services.

    $30,561 spentof which $30,561 as grants
    23% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $135,083.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($74k) Expenses 100 ($74k) Net assets -2 ($-102)2020 Revenue 119 ($87k) Expenses 112 ($82k) Net assets 100 ($5k)2021 Revenue 217 ($159k) Expenses 170 ($125k) Net assets 744 ($40k)2022 Revenue 266 ($195k) Expenses 256 ($189k) Net assets 870 ($46k)2023 Revenue 271 ($199k) Expenses 246 ($181k) Net assets 338 ($18k)2024 Revenue 263 ($193k) Expenses 262 ($193k) Net assets 341 ($18k)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (263)Expenses (262)Net assets (341)Peer revenue range

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 $5k to $40k (+644%).

$0
$5k
$40k
$46k
$18k
$18k
201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

36% of The BRidge Agency INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,940 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$102
’19
$5k
’20
$34k
’21
$7k
’22
$18k
’23
$118
’24

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Nicole Scott

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $40k → $192k.

From the IRS filings of The BRidge Agency 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

The BRidge Agency INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% 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

53% 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 The BRidge Agency INC.

27%
largest funder
70%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 63% · 2021 100% · 2022 88% · 2023 39% — 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

40% of The BRidge Agency INC's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y

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

The BRidge Agency INC draws 69% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 5 states in all.

NY
CA
MD
DC
LA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
’22
’23
Louisiana out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

The BRidge Agency INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 21,648 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin0% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)21% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,648 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

LA

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds The BRidge Agency INC?
The BRidge Agency INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $547,665 to it, the largest being THE GOLDMAN SACHS FOUNDATION ($150,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does The BRidge Agency INC have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $547,665 in grants to The BRidge Agency INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of The BRidge Agency INC?
THE GOLDMAN SACHS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like The BRidge Agency INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 10 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing