Bridging Insights Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
853386139
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
9178483293
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis

Reported finances

Revenue
$28,500
Expenses
$18,922
Assets
$43,947
Liabilities
$300

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

People named in this filing

  • GEORGETTE BENNET (BOARD MEMBER)
  • GAHL BURT (BOARD MEMBER)
  • NICOLA COBBALD (BOARD MEMBER)

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

Conducts academic research and education in the area of conflict resolution, specifically a comparative, interdisciplinary study of political conflicts between 1946 and 2018 that are considered resolved. Bi's research focuses on solved conflicts based on the rationale that learning from success stories can inspire new, practical approaches, applicable to otherwise seemingly hopeless situations around the world. This project defines solved as cases that were resolved with a comprehensive and lasting peace agreement and have not had violence resurface. The study will include significant analysis of the drivers of each conflict and the ways it was resolved, then move on to comparative analysis. Bi seeks to build a research-based model for conflict resolution that can apply globally to ongoing conflicts. Specifically, through this research-based model, bi aims to educate and enable new ideas, paradigms, and methods of engagement applicable to practitioners in diverse conflicted areas.

What it reported doing in 2024

Bridging insights has successfully completed our initial research and it has been published in a special edition of the negotiation journal, published by mit press in conjunction with the harvard law school's program on negotiation. Entitled why it worked, the research details interdisciplinary research done by five leading universities, examining the learnings from conflicts which have been resolved in the past. The kennedy school at harvard has also used this research in teaching a seminar at the school.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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 total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.6%; rating input score 57
  • Program expense ratio: 85.3%; rating input score 85

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: 33.6%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.32; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.6% of revenue deployed · 85.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.