Bridges to Burkina Inc

Analysis

Bridges to Burkina Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Wildwood, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2019, 7 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 (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 Burkina Inc reported income of $72k and spending of $43k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $166k to $72k (-57%), an average of -57% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 20% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Bridges to Burkina Inc sits at the 25th percentile: it is larger than about 25% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 28th percentile, and in the 26th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Haitian Orphans Wish ($72k), Zions Children of Haiti ($72k) and Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy Inc ($72k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. At year end it held assets of $261k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $261k.