Media Bridges Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943276865
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Davis, CA, USA
Phone
5303084800
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Film, Video

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,062
Expenses
$27,479
Assets
$64,311

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GAYLE YAMADA (CEO)
  • DARRYL COMPTON (BOARD PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • GAYLE YAMADA (CEO)
  • DARRYL COMPTON (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • JOHN CATCHINGS (BOARD SECRETARY)

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

To produce and distribute non commercial media which have as their primary goal public education.

What it reported doing in 2024

2024 MEDIA BRIDGES, INC., PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS1. Mineta Legacy Project: MBI continued as fiscal agent for this project. The film received requests to be shown internationally. The focus if the outreach continues to be in the educational realm with Student Immigration Stories receiving 103K views and What Does It Mean To Be Asian American having 2.6K views.2. Vanishing Chinatown: The World of the Mays Studio: MBI granted the film $10,000 to fund the teachers guide. MBI is working with Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education which is writing the guide.3. Stories and Legacies: MBI continues to donate video and audio tapes and documents to Stanford Universitys Green Library, Special Collections.

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
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 85% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 85.1%; rating input score 85

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -576.5%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.34; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -48.8% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.8% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $23K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.