Minnesota · Nonprofit
THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH
THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH (Minnesota) receives grants from 114 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,685,903 to it, the largest being GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY ($2,107,925). 75 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.3M
- Funders on record
- 114
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $6.4M
What The Bridge for Youth does
Mission
Centers youth voice, justice, and equity in all we do, and empowers youth experiencing homelessness through safe shelter, basic needs, and healthy relationships.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Emergency shelter for youth (ages 10-17) focused on family reunification whenever safe and possible. Youth have access to temporary shelter in a welcoming and safe environment, along with support, meals, access to healthcare and case management. 86% of youth in resilience house received holistic health supports. Gloria's place is the only emergency shelter in minnesota for pregnant/parenting youth (ages 15-17) and their children (ages 0-3). Provides emergency shelter, basic needs, case management, mental health supports, access to healthcare, and parenting education. In fy25: 182 youth engaged in emergency shelter programs, 77% exited to safe and stable housing, and 86% could identify a positive adult relationship. 89% of youth in gloria's place received holistic health supports.
$4,492,405 spent100% of program spendingMarlene's placethe only site-based transitional housing program specifically for pregnant/parenting youth (ages 16-20) and their children (ages 0-3) in hennepin county. Provides housing, basic needs, case management, mental health supports, access to healthcare, and parenting education. In fy25, 8 youth and 9 depedents found housing stability in marlene's place of which six youth/ families exited the program while 2 families remained in program by the end of fy 2025; 100% of youth in marlene's place received holistic health services.rita's houserita's house is an intentional living community for youth (ages 18-21) providing affordable rental housing, case management, mental health supports, and independent living skills. In fy25, eight youth exited the program successfully with eight youth still in program; 100% of youth exited to safe and stable housing, 63% received holistic health supports, and 88% of youth were enrolled in school or employed.
Youth response centeravailable 24/7/365 provides immediate support and resources for youth and families. The bridge also hosts ysnmn, a mobile app that connects youth with available shelter and resources in real time. In fy25, the youth response center engaged with 1,554 crisis callers/texters. Outreach & support services connects with youth in the community through street, site-based, and mobile outreach; school parentships; community education; counseling; aftercare; support groups; and specialized case management for crime victims and youth who identify as lgbtq+. 6,459 youth were served through outreach services. Counseling & aftercare individual and family therapy, and family meetings, as well as community-based referrals and resources for ongoing mental health support. Families and youth who call or text the youth response center are offered therapeutic support to mediate conflicts and prevent homelessness. 380 youth engaged in therapy sessions. Therapeutic supports support groups focused on creativity, culture and identify, health, fitness, life skills, parenting, mental health, resiliency, relationships, and boundaries. Community partnerships for pet, art, and music…
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,492,405.
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 $8.3M to $8.9M (+8%).
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 43% · 2018 46% · 2019 47% · 2020 52% · 2021 52% · 2022 52% · 2023 56% · 2024 54% · 2025 60%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Geoffrey Jones
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 19 funders to 53 funders, grant income rose $615k → $1.6M.
21 of 114 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 114 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
THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
58% 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 FOR YOUTH.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 51% · 2019 34% · 2020 14% · 2021 14% · 2022 10% · 2023 17% — 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
49% of THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
85% of THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH's funding base is broadening — from 19 funders to 53 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,349 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7.0M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$7.0M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: 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 THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH?
- THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH (Minnesota) receives grants from 114 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,685,903 to it, the largest being GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY ($2,107,925). 75 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH have?
- IRS filings report 114 organizations giving $10,685,903 in grants to THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH, 75 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH?
- GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY is the largest funder on record, with $2,107,925 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 114 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