- Revenue 2024
- $377,786
- Expenses 2024
- $572,936
Program services were 85.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- S20
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 1001 MAIN ST STE 20
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 · 2024
Mission
GROUNDWORK BRIDGEPORT'S MISSION IS TO BRING ABOUT THE SUSTAINED REGENERATION IMPROVEMENTS AND MANAGEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT BY EMPOWERING PEOPLE, BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL WELL BEING.
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URBAN FELLOWS IS OUR SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAM FOR BRIDGEPORT, CT YOUTH AGED 14 TO 18 YEARS OLD. THE PROGRAM COMBINES CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS OVER THE COURSE OF EIGHT (8) WEEKS. THE FOCUS OF THE PROGRAM IS ON LANDSCAPE DESIGN, HORTICULTURE, AND CREATIVE PLACEMAKING WITH AN EYE TOWARDS URBAN BEAUTIFICATION AND REVITALIZATION. LEARNING IS ACHIEVED THROUGH A VARIETY OF LANDSCAPE AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
Expenses $38,421 · Grants $28,240
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LAND REVITALIZATION - THE PROGRAM ADDRESSES THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT, THE PHENOMENON OF INTENSE HEAT IN URBAN AREAS CAUSED BY A HIGH DENSITY OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACES AND A LACK OF TREE CANOPY. THE PROGRAM ALSO DIRECTLY ADDRESSES THE REDUCTION OF BIODIVERSITY AND DAMAGE TO LOCAL ECOSYSTEMS CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE, AND SPURS ACTION TO REDUCE FLOODING BROUGHT ABOUT BY EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS.
Expenses $31,636 · Grants $12,706
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GENERAL PROGRAMS INCLUDE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS SUCH AS THE TREE PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS ENHANCE THE MANAGEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT BY ENGAING LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN THE EFFORTS OF PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL WELL-BEING. THE PROGRAMS AIM TO IMPROVE THE PHYSICAL LANDSCAPE OF THE CITY AS WELL AS CREATE A SENSE OF SOCIAL CONNECTION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
Expenses $15,588 · Grants $1,000
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OTHER PROGRAMS: EXPERIENCES, GATHRING SPACE AND STWEARDSHIP
Expenses $406,477 · Grants $112
As filed on the 2024 return.
Officers and directors · 2024
As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Christina B SmithCHRISTINA B SMITH
PRESIDENT AND CEO
- Total calculated
- $146,150
- From this org
- $140,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,150
- Hours/week
- 40
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Tsering DickeyTSERING DICKEY
SECRETARY UNTIL 02/2024 BOARD MEMBER AS OF 03/2024
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Sam EliotSAM ELIOT
BOARD MEMBER UNTIL 02/2024
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Janet IvaldiJANET IVALDI
CHAIR AS OF 02/2024
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Roversy VenturaROVERSY VENTURA
VICE CHAIR AS OF 02/2024
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Michael MyersMICHAEL MYERS
TREASURER AS OF 10/2024
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Uyen HuynhUYEN HUYNH
TREASURER UNTIL 06/2024 BOARD MEMBER AS OF 06/2024
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Chris HendersonCHRIS HENDERSON
TREASURER FROM 06/2024 TO 10/2024
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Anjali ChenANJALI CHEN
CHAIR UNTIL 02/2024
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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David HoltzDAVID HOLTZ
VICE CHAIR UNTIL 02/2024
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Ashley TorresASHLEY TORRES
SECRETARY AS OF 02/2024
- 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
-
2024
- Revenue
- $377,786
- Expenses
- $572,936
- Contributions
- $375,029
- Grants paid
- $42,057
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2023
- Revenue
- $519,827
- Expenses
- $539,741
- Contributions
- $514,827
- Grants paid
- $34,954
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2022
- Revenue
- $495,347
- Expenses
- $413,917
- Contributions
- $492,643
- Grants paid
- $27,653
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.
Other returns filed
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $428,417
- Expenses
- $341,831
- Assets (EOY)
- $289,578
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $135,442
- Expenses
- $173,649
- Assets (EOY)
- $154,478
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $241,604
- Expenses
- $202,045
- Assets (EOY)
- $192,140
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $298,940
- Expenses
- $186,684
- Assets (EOY)
- $154,870
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2017 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $175,211
- Expenses
- $148,053
- Assets (EOY)
- $42,104
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2016 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $135,193
- Expenses
- $141,506
- Assets (EOY)
- $19,423
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2015 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $90,913
- Expenses
- $85,228
- Assets (EOY)
- $18,100
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2014 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $75,899
- Expenses
- $72,393
- Assets (EOY)
- $6,021
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $283,303
- Assets (EOY)
- $50,477
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2011 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $252,214
- Assets (EOY)
- $143,029
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
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
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$224,352
2022 PROGRAM SUPPORT
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$118,762
2023 PROGRAM SUPPORT
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$61,515
2024 PROGRAM SUPPORT
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$45,000
2022 TREE CANOPY EXPANSION & CARE
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$45,000
2024 GEN OPP SUPPORT; TRANSITION GRANT
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$45,000
2023 GRANTS
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$27,921
2023 CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES
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$26,970
2022 ENCOURAGE AND FACILITATE THE ADOPTION OF LEADING-EDGE PRACTICES IN MUNICIPAL FORESTS INCLUDING INVENTORY, PLANTING, MAINTENANCE AND EDUCATION.
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$25,000
2022 GRANTS
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$22,364
2024 COMMUNITY BASED COASTAL HABITAT RESTORATION
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.