Bridges4justice

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
470976533
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Janesville, WI, USA
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Reported finances

Revenue
$143,115
Expenses
$127,389
Assets
$142,207
Liabilities
$15,252

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Sharon Mall (Director and Chief Executive Officer)
  • Roger Schmidgall (President)
  • Lori Easton (Vice President)
  • Karen Schulte (Vice President)
  • James Allen (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Sharon Mall (Director and Chief Executive Officer)
  • Roger Schmidgall (President)
  • Lori Easton (Vice President)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Corporation is organized and operated to bring new life and hope to women and families in vulnerable communities through public awareness and prevention of human trafficking holistic care and restoration programs and community-based educational and employment opportunities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Womens Training Programs are located in seven different highly trafficked locations in South Asia. The program provides holistic training for women to be able to decrease their vulnerability to the schemes of traffickers. Training includes income earning skills communication and holistic health. Over 50 women completed the program in August of 2024 and an additional 61 women began training in seven locations in September of 2025.The program runs for 11 months.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 68% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.2%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 92.3%; rating input score 92

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.12; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.6% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.4% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.2% of revenue deployed · 92.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $118K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • 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 — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.