The Bridge

Legal name: The Bridge Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
131919799
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
212-663-3001 x 1372
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$85,352,169
Expenses
$82,323,860
Assets
$96,057,509
Liabilities
$60,912,972

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

Leadership & pay

30 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CAROL BUCKLER (PRESIDENT)
  • DAVID A BRAUNER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ALBERT E MAYAS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • CYNTHIA C WAINWRIGHT (DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT EMERITA)
  • SUSAN WIVIOTT (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • SUSAN WIVIOTT (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $400,334 total reported compensation
  • CAROLINE H BJORKMAN (MEDICAL DIRECTOR): $342,821 total reported compensation
  • JEREMY KLOPMAN (PSYCHIATRIST): $282,556 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Bridge is powered by New Yorkers who come together to work, donate, and advocate on behalf of those in need. Our organization is driven by the belief that all people deserve equitable opportunities and access to resources to help them fulfill their needs and goals.

What it reported doing in 2024

Clinical services - the bridge operates an office of mental health (omh) licensed personalized recovery oriented services (pros) program, which is a psychiatric rehabilitation program. Pros supports clients through group-based psychiatric rehabilitation services in a person-centered, recovery focused modality. Pros offers a full range of employment support services, education support services, and assistance with obtaining other life role goals. The outpatient article 31 mental health clinic provides psychopharmacology and medication monitoring, individual, group, and family therapy, and health monitoring for chronic illnesses such as diabetes and asthma. All services are based on person-centered planning and best practices. The bridge operates an oasas-licensed (nys office of addiction supports and services) medically supervised clinic and offers part 822 chemical dependence outpatient treatment services for persons with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. The oasas clinic also operates a nyc department of health and mental hygiene (dohmh) opioid overdose prevention program (oopp) friends to provide training and support in the use of narcan (used to reverse an overdose).with the goal of connecting with individuals who use opioids as well as their family members and friends to provide training and support in the use of narcan (used to reverse an overdose).

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 80% for direct work, and 20% for 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 88
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 83.8%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $81.22 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.5%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.17; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.63; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.2%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 13 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 81% of revenue deployed · 83.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $69M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $400K · 30 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $3.5M reported
  • Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 15 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 56 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.