Bridges of Alabama Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
812245750
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2021
Forms available
Form 990 2021
Location
Orlando, FL, USA
Phone
4072184800
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$-12,571
Assets
$2,413
Liabilities
$602,303

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LORI COSTANTINO-BROWN (PRESIDENT)
  • CHARLES BROWN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • YOLANDA DORSEY (VICE PRESIDENT/ CHIEF HR)

Highest reported compensation

  • LORI COSTANTINO-BROWN (CHAIRMAN-CPM): $259,936 total reported compensation
  • YOLANDA DORSEY (VICE PRESIDENT/ CHIEF HR): $186,447 total reported compensation
  • LORI COSTANTINO-BROWN (PRESIDENT): $175,432 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Drug and alcohol rehabilitation, and counseling and job placement services.

What it reported doing in 2021

Bridges of america contracts with the Alabama department of corrections to provide a comprehensive drug and alcohol counseling, rehabilitation, and employment program for criminal offenders as an alternative sentencing option. The multi-phase program focuses on breaking dependence on addictive substances, rehabilitating the body and spirit, developing a long-term recovery plan, and preparing clients for a successful re-entry into society and the workforce.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 66
  • Accountability: 71
  • Sustainability: 0
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 249.61; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -53.5% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -60.4% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -88.7% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 3 of 6 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $260K · 9 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 14 of 15 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2018 to 2021
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 12 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Series program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.