Oklahoma · Nonprofit
THE BRIDGES FOUNDATION
THE BRIDGES FOUNDATION (Oklahoma) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,329,338 to it, the largest being TULSA AREA UNITED WAY ($1,845,458). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What The Bridges Foundation does
Mission
To enhance the quality of life for individuals with developmental disabilities, their families, and our community through training, education, employment services and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community based job training - work groups - is the first phase of integrated employment programs for adults with disabilities. The program serves individuals who are ready to work at an employer's work location while providing ongoing daily support.
$837,605 spent$425,776 earned by the program35% of program spendingCenter based training - outsource center - is the onsite employment program at The Bridges Foundation for adults with disabilities. The center's purpose is to teach, train, model and mold acceptable work behaviour for transitioning to community employment.
$430,931 spent$201,559 earned by the program18% of program spendingCommunity based job training - individual placement - is the ultimate goal of the continuum of care offered for adults with barriers to employment. This program assists individuals in their independent search for a job. Once employed, each individual works independent of ongoing support with occasional reviews to ensure expectations of employee and employer are being met.
$739,884 spent$496,453 earned by the program31% of program spendingWork adjustment training - provides classroom instruction and curriculum to students with disabilities. Students will learn pre-vocational, life skills and vocational skills. The purpose is to teach, train, model and mold acceptable work behavior for transitioning from high school to community employment. Bridges summer camp - a summer camp for children with disabilities. Camp provides opportunities to develop social and communication skills as well as activities to strengthen physical agility and improve self-sufficiency.
$370,193 spent$65,366 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,378,613.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.9M to $2.3M (+20%).
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 57% · 2018 53% · 2019 58% · 2020 55% · 2021 54% · 2022 50% · 2023 41% · 2024 42% · 2025 42%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
59% of THE BRIDGES FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $255k → $316k.
2 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 BRIDGES FOUNDATION’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 BRIDGES FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
80% 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 BRIDGES FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 90% · 2019 99% · 2020 73% · 2021 77% · 2022 76% · 2023 72% — 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
46% of THE BRIDGES FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
98% of THE BRIDGES FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Oklahoma funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13k 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
THE BRIDGES FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE BRIDGES FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $47k on record.
- Assistance Payments$47k
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 BRIDGES FOUNDATION
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 Oklahoma
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
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 THE BRIDGES FOUNDATION: 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 BRIDGES FOUNDATION?
- THE BRIDGES FOUNDATION (Oklahoma) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,329,338 to it, the largest being TULSA AREA UNITED WAY ($1,845,458). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE BRIDGES FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $2,329,338 in grants to THE BRIDGES FOUNDATION, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BRIDGES FOUNDATION?
- TULSA AREA UNITED WAY is the largest funder on record, with $1,845,458 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BRIDGES FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oklahoma. 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 22 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