Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BRIDGE MINISTRY OF BURTON TEXAS.

Totals

Total revenue: $239,248
Total expenses: $160,443
Contributions and grants received: $109,393
Grants paid: $14,652
Program service revenue: $8,817
Investment income: $412
Other revenue: $120,626
Total assets, end of year: $693,829
Total liabilities, end of year: $198,401
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $495,428
Program services expenses (Part IX): $133,461
Management and general expenses: $20,356
Fundraising expenses: $6,626
Program service expenses (Part III): $133,461

Program services were 83.2% 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

$109,393
2a · Program service revenue: SENIOR MINISTRIES

total $7,272 · related or exempt $7,272
2b · Program service revenue: CHILDREN MINISTRIES

total $1,545 · related or exempt $1,545
3 · Investment income

total $412 · related or exempt $412
8a · Fundraising events: gross income

$11,121
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

$2,871
8c · Net income from fundraising events

total $8,250 · excluded $8,250
10a · Gross sales of inventory

$120,593
10b · Cost of goods sold

$8,217
10c · Net income from sales of inventory

total $112,376 · related or exempt $112,376

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

2 · Grants to domestic individuals

total $14,652 · program services $14,652
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $22,459 · program services $13,477 · management and general $4,491 · fundraising $4,491
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $26,798 · program services $23,572 · management and general $1,613 · fundraising $1,613
10 · Payroll taxes

total $3,885 · program services $2,841 · management and general $522 · fundraising $522
11c · Fees: accounting

total $1,835 · management and general $1,835
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $644 · program services $644
13 · Office expenses

total $6,767 · management and general $6,767
16 · Occupancy

total $22,043 · program services $19,039 · management and general $3,004
20 · Interest

total $9,704 · program services $9,704
23 · Insurance

total $8,916 · program services $6,792 · management and general $2,124
24a · Other expenses: SENIOR MINISTRIES

total $16,782 · program services $16,782
24b · Other expenses: MANNA MINISTRIES

total $10,508 · program services $10,508
24c · Other expenses: MISC EXPENSES

total $8,296 · program services $8,296
24d · Other expenses: CHILDREN'S MINISTRIES

total $7,154 · program services $7,154

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $132,142 · end of year $106,128
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $60,079 · end of year $60,491
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$527,210
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$0
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $432,966 · end of year $527,210
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

beginning of year $203,183 · end of year $196,398
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $5,381 · end of year $2,003
29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

beginning of year $416,623 · end of year $495,428

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

NONE

Activities or mission (Part I)

MINISTER TO THE NEEDS OF THE GREATER COMMUNITY OF BURTON, TEXAS; PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR ADDRESSING COMMUNITY NEEDS; AND ESTABLISH ADN MAINTAIN FACILITIES USEFUL TO ADDRESSING COMMUNITY NEEDS.

MANNA MINISTRY -WE OPERATE A FOOD PANTRY THAT IS STAFFED BY VOLUNTEERS AND OPEN TO ELIGIBLE CLIENTS NINE HOURS EACH WEEK; PARTICIPANTS CAN VISIT UP TO THREE TIMES EACH MONTH. FOOD IS PURCHASED AT WHOLESALE PRICES FROM THE BRAZOS VALLEY FOOD BANK, PART OF FEEDING AMERICA NETWORK. WE SERVICE WASHINGTON COUNTY CLIENTS FROM BRENHAM, BURTON, CHAPPELL HILL, INDEPENDENCE, OLD WASHINGTON AND CARMINE. DURING 2023, WE SERVED 612 INDIVIDUALS FROM 234 FAMILIES. OF THOSE SERVED, 239 WERE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 0-17, WHILE ANOTHER 89 WERE OVER THE OF 65. VOLUNTEERS DONATED 2,222 HOURS OF TIME TO THIS MINISTRY.

Expenses $27,076
HELPING HANDS OUR ALL-VOLUNTEER CREW HELPS WITH MINOR HOME REPAIRS, AS WELL AS THE INSTALLATION OF ACCESSIBILITY RAMPS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS, THE DISABLED, AND LOW INCOME FAMILIES. DURING 2023 WE COMPLETED THE WORK OF GETTING A STROKE-IMPAIRED SENIOR CITIZEN OUT OF SUB-PAR HOUSING AND INTO A BETTER QUALITY MOBILE HOME. WE ALSO CONNECT HOMEOWNERS WITH PARTNER AGENCIES THAT CAN HELP WITH WEATHERIZATION, ADDITIONAL HOME REPAIRS, OR ASSISTANCE WITH UTILITY BILLS, MORTGAGES AND RENT. DURING THE WINTER, WE PURCHASED AND DISTRIBUTED 15 SPACE HEATERS TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IN THE SUMMER, WE PURCHASED AND DISTRIBUTED 25 BOX FANS.

Expenses $49,070 · Grants $14,652
THE CORNER SHOPPE - IN A REGION WITH LIMITED BIG BOX RETAILERS, OUR THRIFT STORE STOCKS AFFORDABLE HOME DECOR, CLOTHES, TOYS AND SHOES FOR NEIGHBORS, MANY OF WHOM LACK TRANSPORTATION. OPERATED BY DOZENS OF VOLUNTEERS AND ONE PART-TIME MANAGER, WE ARE ABLE TO SELL HOME GOODS AT AFFORDABLE PRICES WHILE ALSO HELPING TO UNDERWRITE OUR PROGRAMS AND MINISTRIES. THE THRIFT STORE BRINGS IN THE MAJORITY OF REVENUE FOR THE MINISTRY'S OUTREACH EFFORTS. WE ALSO ACCEPT DONATIONS OF FURNITURE AND APPLIANCES THAT ARE STORED OFFSITE AND SOLD THROUGH FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE. ALL OUR MERCHANDISE IS DONATED AND IS SOLD AT MINIMAL COST TO LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS TO SHOPPERS WHO SUPPORT OUR MINISTRY EFFORTS. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING A STANDALONE RETAIL SPACE FOR FURNITURE AND APPLIANCES, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO OFFER EVEN MORE OF THESE LARGER HOME GOODS TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. COMPLETION OF THE FURNITURE STORE IS EXPECTED BY MARCH 2024. VOLUNTEERS DONATED 5,969 HOURS OF TIME TO THIS MINISTRY.

Expenses $57,315 · Revenue $121,605

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

BARBARA DONNELLY

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

15
IVENUS GARCIA

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
BILL COMISKEY

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

3
MADELINE JOHNSON

CO-SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

10
MARCUS SNOWDEN

VICE-PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
CAROL GASKAMP

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
GARY ROTHERMEL

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
TRACY PATTERSON

CO-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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2023
Filed: 28 October 2024
IRS schema version: 2023v5.1
Source object: 202433099349300418

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