Bridge Builders Community Foundation

Analysis

Bridge Builders Community Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Franklin, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Bridge Builders Community Foundation reported income of $3.7m and spending of $2.2m, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from August 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $6.0m to $3.7m (-39%), an average of -9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 359%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Bridge Builders Community Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Indiana Philanthropy Alliance Inc ($3.7m), Future Plans Inc ($3.7m) and Supreme Council Benevolent Foundation ($3.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 72% and program service revenue 6.3% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $85k (3.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $93k. At year end it held assets of $18.8m against liabilities of $2.2m, net assets of $16.6m. It reported 4 employees.