Bridge to One Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 872930507
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Lockhart, TX, USA
- Phone
- 3237078459
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Agricultural Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $934,155
- Expenses
- $1,047,436
- Assets
- $7,830,532
- Liabilities
- $149,654
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- AIMEE GILES (TREASURER/DIRECTOR): $73,149 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Gardeners of eden: we are a passionate team on a mission to change the way the world grows food. Restoring land through regenerative agriculture, promoting sustainability, and teaching a new paradigm of harmony with nature.
What it reported doing in 2024
Held a "sacred ecoliteracy" class with daniel firth griffith and kyle kingsbury exploring our relationship with agriculture and food production. We monitored, listened to, and observed nature as well as learned about animal husbandry and identifying plants. The class concluded with a live podcast between kyle and daniel exploring the deep connections between humans and nature through the lenses of animism, spirituality, and regenerative agriculture. The conversation spanned multiple aspects such as the interplay of modern agriculture with ancient practices, highlighting the misconceived ideal of large herd management rooted in european colonialism. Griffin emphasized the importance of ethical animal harvesting as conventional slaughter methods have detrimental effects on meat quality (see schedule o)and advocated for local, field harvesting practices.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 59
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 95.5%; rating input score 95
- Program expense ratio: 84.9%; rating input score 85
- 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: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -12.1%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.48; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 105% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -46.8% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.5% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 95.5% of revenue deployed · 84.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $889K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $73K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 47/100.