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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by BRIDGES PHILANTHROPIC FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$126,019,377
Total expenses
$8,034,726
Contributions and grants received
$114,743,268
Grants paid
$7,764,797
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$11,276,104
Other revenue
$5
Total assets, end of year
$107,334,899
Total liabilities, end of year
$289,790
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$107,045,109
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,764,797
Management and general expenses
$269,929
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,764,797

Program services were 96.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $114,743,268

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $42,009,834

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $453,510 · excluded $453,510

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $30,412,236

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

    securities $19,589,642

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $10,822,594

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $10,822,594 · excluded $10,822,594

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $5 · excluded $5

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $7,764,797 · program services $7,764,797

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $96,390 · management and general $96,390

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $85,686 · management and general $85,686

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,244 · management and general $2,244

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $20,058 · management and general $20,058

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $25,013 · management and general $25,013

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $29,500 · management and general $29,500

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,643 · management and general $4,643

  • 24a · Other expenses: MARKETING AND DEVELOPME

    total $6,395 · management and general $6,395

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $30,953,774

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $16,488

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $68,993,182

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $7,282,955

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $88,500

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $289,790

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $107,045,109

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES TO ALIGN THEIR CHARITABLE GOALS WITH LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS, CREATING MEANINGFUL CHANGE IN THE COMMUNITIES THEY CARE ABOUT MOST.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE PHILANTHROPY AND CHARITABLE GIVING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND TO OPERATE A DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING PROGRAM.

  • TO ENCOURAGE AND PROMOTE PHILANTHROPY AND CHARITABLE GIVING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND TO OPERATE A DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING PROGRAM.

    Expenses $7,764,797 · Grants $7,764,797

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nick Wilwerding

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brady Gibson

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Todd Johnson

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
10 September 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202612549349300906

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