Bridges to Digital Excellence Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
264572085
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2014
Forms available
Form 990 2012, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
St Joseph, MI, USA
Phone
2699830131
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Personal Social Services

Reported finances

Assets
$0
Liabilities
$106,795

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

People named in this filing

  • GILBERT URBAN (CHAIRMAN)
  • TOM RICHARDSON (VICE-CHAIRMA)
  • ALEX SCHAEFFER (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purposes for which the corporation is organized are exclusively for charitable and education purposes, namely computers in the home for disadvantaged families; information technology services for non-profit and governmental organizations; and electronics recycling to create employment opportunities and work experience for unemployed and difficult to employ individuals and responsible disposal of electronic waste.

What it reported doing in 2014

The electronics recycling operations provides transitional jobs to difficult to employ individuals. The employees of this program work to build job history and learn to reintegrate themselves into a work environment. Bde also recycles 99% of everything that is taken in. In 2013 the organization was currently in bankruptcy.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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: 82
  • Sustainability: NotEnoughData
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -45% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -57.1% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 2 of 2 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2013 to 2014
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.