Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC
THE BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 87 organizations whose IRS filings report $210,325,999 to it, the largest being FREEDOM TOGETHER FOUNDATION ($52,348,000). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $92M
- Funders on record
- 87
- Grants received
- $210M
- Net assets
- $178M
What The Bridgespan Group Inc does
Mission
Bridgespan's mission is to build a better world by strengthening the ability of mission-driven organizations and philanthropists to achieve breakthrough results in addressing society's most important challenges and opportunities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Advising philanthropy and investors for greater social impactwe help the world's leading donors and philanthropies craft and achieve their vision for a more just and equitable world through the following services: - developing high-impact giving strategies - sourcing and structuring philanthropic investments - designing and realizing special initiatives / projects - structuring and managing philanthropic entities - increasing impact and effectiveness of granteeswe also advise a variety of institutional investors, foundations, and family offices on how to incorporate social and environmental impact investing into their portfolios with a focus on the following supports: - impact strategy - impact diligence - impact value creation
$35,963,648 spent$41,228,189 earned by the program45% of program spendingSupporting nonprofits and ngos to achieve impact aspirationswe support nonprofits and ngos in two primary ways. First, we offer customized advising, in which we partner closely with a diverse set of nonprofits / ngos and support them on a range of topics and priorities: - strategic clarity - growth and scaling - program strategy & alignment - funding strategy - organizational effectiveness and designsecond, we offer cohort-based advising, in which we offer coaching and capacity-building programs for groups of leadership teams: - leading for impact (lfi): 12-month cohort-based experience that combines classroom sessions and targeted project support - leadership accelerator (us) and bridgespan nonprofit development program (asia and africa): support for ngo leadership teams on critical strategy and management challenges through a combination of digital tools, workshops, and 1-on-1 coaching
$34,988,804 spent$27,085,893 earned by the program44% of program spendingSharing insights to advance sector-wide impactacross our portfolio, we aim to engage social sector leaders in our knowledge work in ways that shape their thinking and behavior, and use our platform to amplify the voices of bipoc and proximate leaders. - multiyear initiatives: advance most influential ideas for the social sector towards specific impact objectives through deep, sustained investment - targeted investments: explore promising cross-cutting issues or field-specific topics with discrete investments - foundational knowledge: serve as a go-to source of knowledge and tools to build strong, results-driven nonprofits and drive highly effective philanthropyarticles published on bridgespan.org sought to engage our audience on topics such as racial equity, nonprofit resilience, strategic planning, equitable systems change, and climate. Examples include:how nonprofit leadership development sustains organizations and their teams bridgespan.org, 1/1/23by lindsey waldron, preeta nayak, teni lanre-amos, and bradley seemanequitable philanthropy case study: the 1954 project approach bridgespan.org, 2/16/23by britt savage, lyell sakaue, and nicole austin-thomasequitable systems change:…
$8,382,159 spent11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $79,334,611.
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 $69M to $136M (+97%).
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.
23% of THE BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (60% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $9.1M → $19M.
19 of 87 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 87 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 BRIDGESPAN GROUP 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
38% 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 BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 62% · 2019 45% · 2020 26% · 2021 54% · 2022 44% · 2023 48% — 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
41% of THE BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
THE BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Massachusetts, across 14 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $54M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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 BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC has grown faster than half of the 659 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 659 community improvement nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like THE BRIDGESPAN GROUP 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
55%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Bridgespan India Private Limited · corp_trust
- Bridgespan Social Impact Inc · corp_trust
- Bridgespan Africa Rf · corp_trust
- Bridgespan Southeast Asia Ltd · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC?
- THE BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 87 organizations whose IRS filings report $210,325,999 to it, the largest being FREEDOM TOGETHER FOUNDATION ($52,348,000). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC have?
- IRS filings report 87 organizations giving $210,325,999 in grants to THE BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC, 42 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC?
- FREEDOM TOGETHER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $52,348,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BRIDGESPAN GROUP INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 87 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