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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BRIDGE TO TURKIYE.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,738,437
Total expenses
$8,003,079
Contributions and grants received
$5,486,031
Grants paid
$6,098,287
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$308,972
Other revenue
-$56,566
Total assets, end of year
$7,375,492
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,138,872
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,236,620
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,914,165
Management and general expenses
$79,563
Fundraising expenses
$9,351
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,914,165

Program services were 98.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $300,677

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $25,279

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,160,075

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $58,476

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $290,039 · excluded $290,039

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,734,734

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $3,715,801

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $18,933 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $18,933 · excluded $18,933

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $300,677

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $56,566

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$56,566 · excluded -$56,566

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $79,619 · program services $79,619

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $6,018,668 · program services $6,018,668

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,835,009 · program services $1,789,252 · management and general $45,757 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,351 · fundraising $9,351

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $42,160 · program services $26,403 · management and general $15,757

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $11,775 · program services $223 · management and general $11,552

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,299 · management and general $3,299

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,198 · management and general $3,198

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $50,273 · end of year $54,073

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6,600,236

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $1,531,344

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $0

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,670,086 · end of year $5,790,075

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 18 · Grants payable

    end of year $1,138,872

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,320,595 · end of year $1,264,524

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $4,972,096

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

At Bridge to Turkiye Fund, we connect communities worldwide for a brighter Turkiye - transforming goodwill into sustainable and impactful programs that improve lives. Our focus areas are education, the health and wellbeing of youth, disaster management, and environmental sustainability.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Bridge to Turkiye is devoted to mobilizing and developing charitable philanthropic resources benefiting socioeconomically disadvantaged children with particular emphasis on children's education and health.

  • Support Disaster Relief efforts following the two earthquakes that caused huge devastation in South-Eastern Turkiye, with over 50,000 lives lost and close to half a million homes left in unlivable conditions in the middle of winter. Initial support for the region involved recovery and immediate protection of the survivors. Bridge to Turkiye's support this year was in the form of rebuilding lives, providing scholarships, building schools, health-related initiatives to children and amputees, water sanitation, and educational/social services.

    Expenses $4,862,890 · Grants $3,156,356

  • Support educational programs for socio-economically disadvantaged children in Turkiye. Contributions and specific purchases cover Empowerment Scholarships for girls and underserved students. Educational classroom supplies to support rural teachers and students. School and library enrichment programs. Educational solutions to close the digital divide.

    Expenses $2,970,636 · Grants $2,865,312

  • Support for Programs in the US that include educational scholarship programs and collaborative grants for children with local Turkish American Associations, including their disaster relief efforts.

    Expenses $80,639 · Grants $76,619

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bulent Ender

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Emin Pamucak

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Gonca Soysal

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Jordan Scepanski

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Ela Eskinazi

    Chairperson

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Gul Bahtiyar

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Nurgul Dogan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Okan Donmez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • Bridge to Turkiye - Canada

    Poverty Relief & Education · CA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Bridge to Turkiye

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521349349302817

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