The Bridget Brigade Foundation Incorporated

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273585096
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2018
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2018
Location
Winchester, MA, USA
Phone
7817211331
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,464
Expenses
$11,313
Assets
$21,557
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TERI DIANNE DOBBINS (PRESIDENT)
  • MARNIE DOWD (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • COURTNEY PETERS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • TERI DIANNE DOBBINS (PRESIDENT)
  • MARNIE DOWD (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JOHN DOBBINS (TREASURER)

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 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To raise funds for distribution through individual grants to critically ill children and their families and grants to non-profit organizations with similar missions.

What it reported doing in 2018

The bridget brigade foundation provides financial assistance to families from Massachusetts that have a critically ill child. Financial assistance has ranged from $50-$5,000 per family, and selection is based on hospital referrals, needs and current funding. In addition to helping families, the bridget brigade foundation has also assisted local hospitals with projects and equipment for their pediatric wards.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 67% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 96% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.1%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 56.5%; rating input score 57

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.1%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.91; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -39.6% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -23.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.1% of revenue deployed · 56.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $6K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2012 to 2018
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.