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BUILDING BRIDGES EDUCATION

EIN 93-3945882 BOSTON, MA

Revenue 2025
$232,731
Expenses 2025
$234,715

Program services were 90.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B90
Classification
2000
Street
30 DAVISON ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

Building Bridges Education (BBE) is a non-profit organization at the forefront of creating transformative, high-impact programming. BBE is committed to equity-driven initiatives that empower students to embark on journeys of self-discovery, academic exploration, and college and career readiness. BBE's programs are designed to equip students with the skills, knowledge, awareness, and access they need to see a future they may have not imagined and prepare them for fulfilling professional lives.

  • The Building Bridges HBCU Program stands as the largest HBCU event in Massachusetts hosting over 1,500 students annually, along with more than 300 educators. In the past two years, the program has partnered with over 20 HBCUs, providing resources and opportunities for high school students, educators, and families. To date, the program has helped secure over $6 million in scholarships and provided over 300 on-the-spot college acceptances for high school seniors in Massachusetts. The Building Bridges HBCU Program continues to make a significant impact in shaping the future of higher education for students and families across Massachusetts.

    Expenses $163,412 · Grants $6,990 · Revenue $41,324

  • The College Proven Program is a research-driven model designed to advance postsecondary access and success for historically underserved students. Grounded in evidence that early, structured college-access programming significantly improves long-term outcomes, our approach ensures students do not simply become college-ready - they become college-proven. Core initiatives include Discover U, the Building Bridges Going Live Series, Pathways to Success college coaching, and the College-Proven Summer Institute, which provides rising juniors and seniors the opportunity to earn free college credit.

    Expenses $6,000

  • The HBCU Summit stands as a beacon of collaboration and innovation, bringing together educators and leaders from across secondary and higher education. This event will offer a rich platform to delve into evolving trends and share promising practices within the higher education community and beyond. Through vibrant discussions and workshop sessions, participants will have the opportunity to exchange invaluable insights and cultivate impactful partnerships aimed at furthering the mission and influence of HBCUs.

    Expenses $43,813 · Revenue $9,566

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Dr Keith Lezama

    CEO/President

    Total calculated
    $67,795
    From this org
    $67,795
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Everett Jackson

    Secretary/Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $232,731
    Expenses
    $234,715
    Contributions
    $151,900
    Grants paid
    $6,990
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $133,580
    Expenses
    $65,006
    Contributions
    $116,922
    Grants paid
    $1,500

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.