Bridging Cultural Gaps
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 824217623
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Tukwila, WA, USA
- Phone
- 2063277339
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $770,785
- Expenses
- $688,895
- Assets
- $210,316
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- AHMED HUSSEIN (PRESIDENT)
- GULED MOHAMED (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- AYANLE A ISMAIL (EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $198,633 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Successfully supported the underrepresented East African Community with BSK Grant. Supported included student well- being and success by improving school climate and advocating for alternative discipline in the school system.
What it reported doing in 2024
Program: Liberation and Healing from Systematic Racism Led an initiative supporting Black and Brown youth and families impacted by systemic racism in King County. The program served over 40 youth through culturally grounded mentorship, leadership development, and mental health supports, while also providing tangible opportunities for long-term success. Students participated in career exploration, received guidance on post-secondary pathways, and were connected to internships and real-world skill-building experiences. The program also engaged families through multilingual parent trainings focused on navigating the school system, advocating for students, and building strong school-family relationships. Intergenerational events, youth summits, and storytelling workshops further ostered healing, identity development, and community empowerment.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 88% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 71
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.2%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 93.1%; rating input score 93
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: 10.6%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 28.8%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 23.6% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 24.3% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.2% of revenue deployed · 93.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $199K · 6 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $122K reported
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.