Bridge of Hope Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 810555073
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Exton, PA, USA
- Phone
- 6102800280
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,522,283
- Expenses
- $2,646,628
- Assets
- $3,971,988
- Liabilities
- $207,532
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- EDITH YODER (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- EDITH YODER (CEO): $128,213 total reported compensation
- MELISSA KLOPP (CHIEF MISSIO): $112,149 total reported compensation
- LISA SAVAGE (CFO): $80,964 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of bridge of hope national is to engage christian faith communities in ending family homelessness through neighboring relationships that demonstrate christ's love.
What it reported doing in 2025
Bridge of hope national offers a variety of resources to engage christian faith communities in ending and preventing homelessness for families (primarily single women and children) through the training of neighboring volunteers, professional case management and rental assistance funds. Bridge of hope national also provides direct services in two counties: lancaster county and chester county, pa. The bridge of hope network is comprised of 20 locations in 12 states. Our data shows strong program performance from this past year: - 445 adults and children served. - 580 neighboring volunteers from churches. - 40 days, on average, to find housing for families (despite a nation-wide housing crisis). - 65% of families increased their income during their time in the bridge of hope program. - 11,138 average amount of rental assistance needed to help one family permanently exit homelessness. In september 2019, bridge of hope national also began directly operating the bridge of hope affiliates in the two founding counties: lancaster, pa and chester county, pa. Community boards now oversee and support each county and edith yoder, ceo, chairs each board. Both counties are governed under bridge of hope national and operate as a department within bridge of hope inc.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 61
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 61.8%; rating input score 62
- Program expense ratio: 80.7%; rating input score 81
- Fundraising efficiency: $10.93 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 24.9%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.5; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.1%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 15% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.5% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 61.8% of revenue deployed · 80.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $128K · 19 people listed
- Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 39/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.