Bridges Training Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 461579237
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2017, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- Midlothian, TX, USA
- Phone
- 8179968793
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $306,470
- Expenses
- $245,857
- Assets
- $144,361
- Liabilities
- $122,391
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MeLissa Boler (President)
Highest reported compensation
- Michael Boler (Treasurer): $48,720 total reported compensation
- MeLissa Boler (President): $18,000 total reported compensation
- Crystal Rentz (Board Member): $11,310 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Elevate lives beyond limits and labels toward more independent living through education and encouragement - one person, one family, one community at a time.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Bridges Training Foundation Workforce Division provides vocational evaluation, job readiness training, placement, and retention services for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The programs purpose is to assist individuals in preparing for, obtaining, and maintaining meaningful employment consistent with their interests, abilities, and support needs. Program Overview The Workforce Division operates year-round and serves as a continuum of services designed to promote economic self-sufficiency, inclusion, and long term stability for individuals with disabilities. Services are delivered by trained vocational specialists and job coaches in partnership with Texas Workforce Solutions TWS, local employers, and community organizations. Core Service Components 1 Vocational Assessment Participants complete comprehensive assessments, typically requiring 20 to 30 hours of observation in various environments, to determine strengths, interests, and support needs. Assessment results guide individualized employment plans and job placement strategies. Cont. on Sch. O
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 63% 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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 64
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 67
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 62.5%; rating input score 63
- Program expense ratio: 77.9%; rating input score 78
- Fundraising efficiency: $5.2 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
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: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 19.8%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.85; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 31.7%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 62.5% of revenue deployed · 77.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 9 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $192K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $49K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 23/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.