Texas · Nonprofit
THE BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC
THE BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC (Texas) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,399,751 to it, the largest being HARRIS COUNTY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COORDINATING COUNCIL ($2,628,174). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.8M
- Funders on record
- 57
- Grants received
- $10M
- Net assets
- $6.0M
What The Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc does
Mission
The bridge over troubled waters, inc. (the bridge) is a comprehensive crisis intervention and prevention agency in southeast harris county that provides residential, non-residential, and community outreach programs that focus on domestic/sexual violence and homelessness. The bridge exists to offer support, provide safety, and prevent domestic and sexual violence.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Emergency shelter emergency shelter services increase the health, safety, and stability of any victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or homelessness. This is accomplished by providing safe shelter; onsite childcare; nutrition; crisis intervention; and access to all advocacy and educational services (described below), including legal advocacy and case management. During the year ended december 31, 2024, 1,328 adults and children, were assisted for an average of 20 days. For the year ended december 31, 2024, total shelter days were 26,790.
$2,809,666 spentof which $256,876 as grants37% of program spendingLong-term housing the transitional and permanent housing programs assist individuals and families in achieving self-sufficiency by subsidizing rent; subsidizing childcare; providing assistance in developing a long-term plan; and providing access to all advocacy and educational services (described below). The long-term housing program served 2,819 adults and children during 2024.
$2,225,069 spentof which $1,062,008 as grants$39,615 earned by the program29% of program spendingChildcare services are offered to clients of the emergency shelter and long-term housing programs. Such costs are allocated to the programs noted above. Individualized, age-appropriate services help children to heal from crisis and overcome developmental gaps. Services include support groups; counseling; enrichment trips; tutoring; mentoring; and public-school advocacy. This program served 1,184 during 2024. Advocacy services advocacy services are provided to residential and nonresidential clients. Services include casework; a 24-hour hotline; information and referrals; safety planning; counseling; employment services; advocacy, legal and 24-hour medical accompaniment; support groups; and life skills programs. This program served 23,433 individuals during 2024.
$2,283,891 spentof which $415,477 as grants30% of program spendingEducation services the goals of this program are to prevent abuse by educating the community, including youth and children, about the myths, realities, and root causes of family violence and sexual assault; train professionals to identify and effectively serve victims of abuse; provide a safe atmosphere for victims of abuse to seek help; and provide awareness of agency services. This program was attended by 2,225 people in 2024.
$294,318 spentof which $2,608 as grants4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,612,944.
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 2021 to 2022, from $10M to $14M (+36%).
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 73% · 2018 73% · 2019 68% · 2020 71% · 2021 71% · 2022 70% · 2023 73% · 2024 80%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of THE BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Olivia Rivers
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $373k → $1.1M.
5 of 57 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 57 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 OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
67% 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 OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 50% · 2019 37% · 2020 21% · 2021 25% · 2022 26% · 2023 28% — 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
36% of THE BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
89% of THE BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $158k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC's funding base is broadening — from 11 funders to 23 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS 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
84% 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
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Bridge Foundation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC?
- THE BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC (Texas) receives grants from 57 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,399,751 to it, the largest being HARRIS COUNTY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COORDINATING COUNCIL ($2,628,174). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 57 organizations giving $10,399,751 in grants to THE BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS INC?
- HARRIS COUNTY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COORDINATING COUNCIL is the largest funder on record, with $2,628,174 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS 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.
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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 57 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