Charity profile · Historical source record

Bridge Over Troubled Waters

EIN 04-2472126Human Services Massachusetts Mid-sized

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Life-changing services for homeless and at-risk youth ages 14 to 24 since 1970

Bridge Over Troubled Waters (Bridge) is Boston's premier organization dedicated to transforming the lives of runaway, homeless, and high-risk youth through safe, supportive, and encouraging relationships and effective and innovative services that guide them toward self-sufficiency. Bridge began in 1970 with a small but energetic group of staff and volunteers, who offered free and confidential services to homeless young people on the streets of Boston. Of the young people who seek help at Bridge, 100 percent live at the poverty level. Bridge offers a safe and supportive environment in which these troubled youth can find out who they are and where they want to be. Then we help them get there.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

85.66Overall score
out of 100

86.37Financial score
out of 100

85.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$4,876,787

Total expenses · USD$6,142,736

Program expenses

$4,441,198.13 recorded amount

72.3%

Fundraising expenses

$626,559.07 recorded amount

10.2%

Administrative expenses

$1,062,693.33 recorded amount

17.3%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.10 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Elisabeth Jackson
Recorded compensation: $136,626.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 2.22%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	85.0
`category` Category	Human Services
`description` Mission & description	Bridge Over Troubled Waters (Bridge) is Boston's premier organization dedicated to transforming the lives of runaway, homeless, and high-risk youth through safe, supportive, and encouraging relationships and effective and innovative services that guide them toward self-sufficiency. Bridge began in 1970 with a small but energetic group of staff and volunteers, who offered free and confidential services to homeless young people on the streets of Boston. Of the young people who seek help at Bridge, 100 percent live at the poverty level. Bridge offers a safe and supportive environment in which these troubled youth can find out who they are and where they want to be. Then we help them get there.
`ein` EIN	04-2472126
`tot_exp` Total expenses	6142736.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.17300000000000001
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.1
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.102
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.723
`fscore` Financial score	86.37
`leader` Recorded leader	Elisabeth Jackson
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	136626.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0222
`motto` Tagline	Life-changing services for homeless and at-risk youth ages 14 to 24 since 1970
`name` Charity name	Bridge Over Troubled Waters
`tot_rev` Total revenue	4876787.0
`score` Overall score	85.66
`state` State code	MA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
`size` Source size label	mid
`program_exp` Program expenses	4441198.128
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	626559.0719999999
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	1062693.328

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 04-2472126
Source category: Human Services
Source subcategory: Youth Development, Shelter, and Crisis Services
Recorded location: Massachusetts (MA)
Expense-based size: Mid-sized
$3.5M–$13.5M in total expenses · source label: mid

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.