Blues Bridge Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 812302653
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Swampscott, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6172864370
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Animal Protection and Welfare
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $28,771
- Expenses
- $54,585
- Assets
- $65,138
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DANIELLE MURR (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
- JULIA CARCO (VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- DANIELLE MURR (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
- JULIA CARCO (VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
- NINETTE MURR (TREASURER/CLERK)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Blues bridge serves to help animals in need, whether abused, abandoned, neglected, orphaned, otherwise. The organization provides foster care for domestic animals, such as cats, dogs, androdents, and also rehabilitates and provides supportive care upon release for wildlife, such as squirrels. All animals receive veterinary care to handle any medical issues, wellbeing checks, vaccinations, and surgeries such as spay/neuter and dental. Adoptable domestic animals are placed in screened homes when they are ready.
What it reported doing in 2024
Feral cat colony support. We provide financial assistance to help support feral cat colonies with services including, but not limited to, food, supplies, and veterinary care.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 78% for direct work, and 22% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 76.6%; rating input score 77
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -89.7%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.19; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -65.4% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -34.5% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 76.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $42K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.