Bridge to Wellness Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 933306680
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Blaine, MN, USA
- Phone
- 8103943291
- Rating
- 59
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Emergency Assistance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $351,142
- Expenses
- $19,756
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SWAIN TRIPLETT (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- SWAIN TRIPLETT (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
- FILSON BARKAD (TREASURER/DIRECTOR)
- SALMA BARKAD (SECREATARY/DIRECTOR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
BRIDGE TO WELLNESS FOUNDATION INC., is dedicated to fostering positive change within communities, especially for vulnerable populations. Our mission is to build a compassionate support network that provides essential resources. We believe in the power of- connection to transform lives, promoting wellness, dignity, and belonging. We supply necessities like clothing and aim to reduce isolation by facilitating social activities, enhancing overall quality of life for those in need.
What it reported doing in 2025
Community Essential Goods Distribution: Provided direct material aid by distributing free clothing, footwear, and essential goods to individuals and families in need. Through three seasonal community events, distributed donated items with a total fair market value of $331,386.45 to over 500 recipients. GAAP/ASC Compliance: Donated noncash goods were recognized as contribution revenue and measured at their fair market value upon receipt in accordance with ASC 958-605. The related direct costs to obtain and distribute these goods are reported as Program Service expenses.
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 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 36
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 58
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 5.6%; rating input score 6
- Program expense ratio: 99.3%; rating input score 99
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 94.4%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 5.6% of revenue deployed · 99.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $20K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 1 filing year from 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 6/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.