Bridges Community Economic Development Corp

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
912127930
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Carson, CA, USA
Phone
3105386943
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public, Societal Benefit

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$526,651
Expenses
$501,707
Assets
$107,020
Liabilities
$14,726

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Simone Dilisser (Executive Director)
  • Alton Trimble (Board President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Simone Dilisser (Executive Director): $79,225 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to build stronger, more equitable communities by closing achievement, opportunity, and income gaps through education, youth development, family support, economic empowerment, and community development. We believe every child and family deserves access to the opportunities, relationships, and resources needed to thrive, regardless of their zip codes. Through prevention-focused, community-based programs, we help young people build academic success, leadership skills, resilience, and pathways to lifelong opportunity while strengthening families and creating healthier, safer communities across Los Angeles County.

What it reported doing in 2025

After School at Bridges provides academic and social support to students in grades 1 through 12 throughout the school year. The program primarily serves children and youth from Carson and surrounding communities within Los Angeles County, providing a safe and supportive place where students can receive the additional help, encouragement, and individual attention they may need to succeed in school. Students receive homework assistance, tutoring, academic advising, test preparation, and other educational support based on their individual needs. Because we recognize that academic success is connected to a student's overall well-being, the program also provides opportunities for students to build positive relationships, strengthen communication and social skills, and develop greater confidence in themselves as learners. After School at Bridges is also a place where students know they can come for help. Our goal is not simply to help a student complete an assignment or prepare for a test, but to provide consistent support throughout the school year that encourages students to take greater responsibility for their learning, work through academic challenges, and continue moving toward their educational goals. During 2025, more than 60 students participated in After School at Bridges. Through this program, Bridges CEDC continued to provide students and families with a dependable source of academic assistance, encouragement, and connection during the school year, helping young people build the skills, confidence, and support they need to continue progressing in school.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.9%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 87%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.7%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.21; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.8%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 26.5% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.9% of revenue deployed · 87% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $436K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $79K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.