Committee to Bridge the Gap

Analysis

Committee to Bridge the Gap is a registered charity in United States, based in Ben Lomond, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Committee to Bridge the Gap reported income of $203k and spending of $148k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $222k to $203k (-8.8%), an average of -2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Committee to Bridge the Gap sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Global Citizenship Alliance ($203k), Djimon Hounsou Foundation ($203k) and Sanctuary Home for Children Inc ($203k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $112k. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $1,799, net assets of $1.2m. It reported 7 employees.