Bridge of Hope Sd Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Bridge of Hope 2024Bridge of Hope San Diego is located in the heart of City Heights which is one of the largest refugee resettlement areas in the country.We serve hundreds of families each week that are coming to us for community, food, clothing, toiletries, baby items, furniture and household items.We have a large pool of committed volunteers who serve with us- weekly, some monthly and some come for the different special events we put on each year.Everyday at Bridge of Hope is different: Tuesdays we have ten to twelve volunteers who are committed to receiving donations, organizing donations, reloading our pantry, shelves and racks to be able to serve those families coming to us for services..Wednesday is our new family day where individuals and families are referred to us by different case workers working directly with individuals and families. On a Wednesday we have about 15 volunteers who are ready to greet those who have made an appointment to come and pick out a couple pieces of furniture, items from our kitchen and bedding department as well as a visit to our clothing closet and food pantry. Each family receives all toiletry items; including items for their kitchen and laundry.These families are all facing some kind of transition- transitioning out of homelessness, domestic violence, recovery, those dealing with a disability, veterans, refugees and immigrants, natural disaster victims or any type of crisis. This is a one time scheduled appointment. We serve up to ten families each Wednesday.Every Friday we have a large scale food distribution where we serve between 250-280 families. This is a farmers market style distribution. We provide a large variety of fresh produce, dry goods, meat, dairy, bread and pastry items. We receive anywhere from 12,000 - 14,000 pounds of food from Feeding San Diego, San Diego Food Bank, Costco, Walmart, Target, Trader Joes and Smart and Final. All are welcome. We use an intake service called Oasis. Each client fills out a simple application and receives a card to bring each week. This card has a color on it which indicates the time they can come in order to avoid long lines and disputes in the lines. Oasis also helps us keep count of families served each month. We have approximately 25-30 volunteers each Friday.Every second and fourth Saturday morning is our Community Day. We open our clothing closet to those needing clothes, and we provide a food distribution. We served on average, about 100-150 families twice a month. This is a day where families can come and enjoy participating in arts and crafts, games and hear about any upcoming events that Bridge of Hope will be hosting as well as sharing other resources available in the community. We have about 30-40 volunteers each Community Day.Gracepoint Church bought us a new swing set/ play structure for the kids to enjoy on Saturdays

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 98.7%; rating input score 99
• Program expense ratio: 96.8%; rating input score 97
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -2%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings