Connecticut · Nonprofit
WATERBURY BRIDGE TO SUCCESS PARTNERSHIP INC
WATERBURY BRIDGE TO SUCCESS PARTNERSHIP INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,357,050 to it, the largest being StriveTogether Inc ($500,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $472k
What Waterbury Bridge to Success Partnership Inc does
Mission
To eliminate systemic inequities and improve lifelong outcomes for youth and families, particularly who are marginalized, by facilitating cross-sector partnerships, building community capacity and power, by co-creating equitable systems from cradle to career.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Build capacity by providing direct support and connecting partners, trainers, and experts that provide technical assistance and access to broader networks to promote continuous improvement.
$612,123 spent33% of program spendingTransform power by recognizing the community's ability to actualize change and understand that systems transformation is only possible when communities, particularly black and latinx, are equipped with the tools and mindsets they need to be full participants in public life and, thus, have more control over their destinies.
$612,123 spent33% of program spendingSustain community by curating joyful and decolonized co-learning spaces that invite stakeholders to rebuild and sustain networks that work.
$612,122 spent33% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,836,368.
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
Althea Brooks
Executive director
Board chair
Angel Castellano
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 WATERBURY BRIDGE TO SUCCESS PARTNERSHIP 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
WATERBURY BRIDGE TO SUCCESS PARTNERSHIP INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
99% 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 WATERBURY BRIDGE TO SUCCESS PARTNERSHIP INC.
“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.
Where its funders are
53% of WATERBURY BRIDGE TO SUCCESS PARTNERSHIP INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
WATERBURY BRIDGE TO SUCCESS PARTNERSHIP INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding WATERBURY BRIDGE TO SUCCESS PARTNERSHIP INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $815k on record.
- State Aid Grants$395k
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$231k
- Board & Care Of Clients$135k
- Management Consultant Services$54k
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 WATERBURY BRIDGE TO SUCCESS PARTNERSHIP 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WATERBURY BRIDGE TO SUCCESS PARTNERSHIP INC?
- WATERBURY BRIDGE TO SUCCESS PARTNERSHIP INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,357,050 to it, the largest being StriveTogether Inc ($500,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WATERBURY BRIDGE TO SUCCESS PARTNERSHIP INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,357,050 in grants to WATERBURY BRIDGE TO SUCCESS PARTNERSHIP INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WATERBURY BRIDGE TO SUCCESS PARTNERSHIP INC?
- StriveTogether Inc is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WATERBURY BRIDGE TO SUCCESS PARTNERSHIP INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 2025–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing