Be the Bridge

Analysis

Be the Bridge is a registered charity in United States, based in Atlanta, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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, Be the Bridge reported income of $898k and spending of $1.9m, spending 207% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $806k to $898k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 207%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Be the Bridge sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mid Hudson Workshop for the Disabled Inc ($898k), Tuckahoe Womans Club ($898k) and League of Women for Community Action ($898k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% and program service revenue 11% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $843k. At year end it held assets of $684k against liabilities of $101k, net assets of $583k. It reported 4 employees.