Bridge Ministries of Rockford Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 363955192
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2013–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025
Location: Rockford, IL, USA
Phone: 8159858796
Rating: 83
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Christianity
Affiliation: Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue: $32,676
Expenses: $30,699
Assets: $11,219
Liabilities: $2,152

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

GARY SCHWERIN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
STEPHEN BOWIE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

GARY SCHWERIN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
STEPHEN BOWIE (PRESIDENT)
JOHN GUSE (TREASURER)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Networking among churches of varying ethnic and culture.

What it reported doing in 2025

Expansion of networking of churches of varying ethnic and cultural backgrounds in order to build relationships within the city among these churches.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 66% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 96
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 35
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 94%; rating input score 94
Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

Operating margin: 6.1%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 81.4%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -3.2% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 94% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $31K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.