The BRidge Agency INC

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821454444
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$193,000
Expenses
$192,882
Assets
$18,118

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Nicole Scott (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Nicole Scott (Executive Director)
  • Sharonda Miles (Resource Coordinator)
  • Caleigh Lester (Operations Co)

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 BRidge Agencys programs are designed to address social drivers of crime within the hot spot debilitated neighborhoods in the capital city of Baton Rouge. Programs are carried out through a variety of collaborative efforts and partnerships to strengthen families through service empowerment and advocacy.Our mission is to implement a wide array of quality best practice community economic development resource programs and services to low and moderate-income families. We are the place where people and resources meet!

What it reported doing in 2024

This program targets crime prevention through education advocacy and community engagement in Baton Rouges most challenged neighborhoods. Initiatives include workshops on legal rights community policing partnerships and youth mentorship programs. Services reach approximately 500 residents annually including at-risk youth and their families. The programs effectiveness is measured by reductions in local crime rates increased community awareness and participant feedback. Success stories include improved relations between residents and local law enforcement.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 63% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 70%; rating input score 70

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.1%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.09; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 35.9%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.1% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70% of revenue deployed · 70% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $135K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.