Bridges to Malawi

Analysis

Bridges to Malawi is a registered charity in United States, based in Hudson, MA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Bridges to Malawi reported income of $253k and spending of $189k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $203k to $253k (+24%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bridges to Malawi sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 61st percentile within MA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Poore Medical Clinic Inc ($253k), Veterans Navigation Network Inc ($253k) and Hyderabad Foundation USA Inc ($253k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 101% of the total. At year end it held assets of $76k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $76k.