Bridges for Brain Injury Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
134367970
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Farmington, NY, USA
Phone
5853960070
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Brain Disorders

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,657,606
Expenses
$1,663,427
Assets
$1,784,027
Liabilities
$927,146

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BERNADETTE MAHLE (PRESIDENT)
  • LAURA DONALDSON (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • LAURA DONALDSON (CEO): $113,936 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Bridges for brain injury, inc. Is a non-profit corporation whose purpose is to guide individuals with brain injuries and their families by bridging the gap between surviving and living lives of independence with dignity and hope.

What it reported doing in 2025

See schedule oservice coordination, health home care management, and social care navigation: in 2025, bridges provided medicaid-funded service coordination and health home care management to individuals with traumatic brain injuries, disabilities, chronic health conditions, and other complex needs. Staff assisted individuals and families with accessing healthcare, housing, benefits, transportation, behavioral health supports, and other essential community resources. Care managers coordinated services among providers, advocated for clients, and developed person-centered plans designed to promote health, safety, stability, and independence while helping individuals remain in their homes and communities.during 2025, bridges also became a provider through the finger lakes performing provider system's social care network and began providing health-related social needs navigation services. Through this initiative, bridges screened medicaid members for unmet needs and connected eligible individuals with services addressing food insecurity, housing instability, transportation barriers, and other social factors affecting health and well-being.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 93% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.5%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 88.2%; rating input score 88
  • 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: 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: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.4%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.07; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.52; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.8%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 31.1% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.5% of revenue deployed · 88.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $114K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.