BRIDGE SCHOOL

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B280

Classification

2000

Street

545 EUCALYPTUS AVE

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

• Education: The Bridge School's education program provides intensive intervention in education and communication to students with complex communication needs and severe physical impairments. The school program serves children in the San Francisco bay area and operates from 8:30am until 3:00 pm on a 180 day academic year. Two classrooms serve 14 children ranging in age from 3 to 14 years. The educational curriculum is based on core standards established by the California Department of Education. Delivery of the curriculum in ensured through innovative teaching and communication techniques and assistive technology. Students have age-appropriate inclusion opportunities in general education classes at North Elementary and Crocker Middle Schools. The Bridge School's education program is designed to support the following general outcomes for each enrolled student. Students will: 1. develop competence using augmentative and alternative communication systems and strategies 2. have clearly defined strategies for participation in the general education curriculum and classroom activities 3. have gained access to instructional materials through assistive technology applications. Comprehensive assessments are conducted with each student by the educational team, which may include a special educator, a speech and language therapist, and assistive technologist, and/or ancillary support staff. These assessments are conducted during the first year of enrollment, at the time of the child's triennial review, and prior to transition. The assessment information is incorporated into the educational narrative for the annual IEP Review along with data/information collected on the goals and objectives implemented for each student. Guiding principals: The Bridge School's education program is based on the principal of providing access to and participation in a state approved, age-appropriate curriculum adapted to the special needs of children with motor, sensory, and speech impairments. Our overall motto, participation through communication, is supported by our focus on developing augmentative and alternative communication systems for all students within the context of an academic curriculum. The educational program is designed to: 1. assist students in developing competence in using AAC systems and strategies 2. provide students access to a general education curriculum through active participation in all classroom activities 3. maximize each student's educational potential by providing access to assistive technology for learning and tools for literacy development 4. transition students to their home school districts in the least restrictive environment once they achieve competence with AAC and technology for learning 5. provide long-term support to students and their educational teams in the home school district placement.

  Expenses $1,537,639 · Revenue $871,855

• Bridge To Life (BTL): 1. serving individuals with physical and/or communication impairments from birth through adulthood, locally, nationally and globally. 2. providing professional development opportunities in our areas of expertise. 3. contracting with families, agencies and school districts to offer direct services to students with severe physical impairments and complex communication needs to address: receptive and expressive language, augmentative and alternative communication, Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI), positioning and seating, access through assistive technology, self-determination and futures planning, literacy. Currently we are offering: CVI assessments and training packages, Receptive and expressive language assessment and therapy, Consulting on positioning and seating, Direct speech and language services for users of augmentative and alternative communication

  Expenses $980,599 · Revenue $129,975

• Outreach and Dissemination: The Bridge School's mission is to improve the quality of life for individuals how use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and assistive technology (AT) globally. Key to achieving this mission is the global dissemination of effective intervention strategies developed and tested in our educational program to parents, professionals, and users of AAC/AT. Various avenues are used in our dissemination efforts including and international teacher-in-residence program, our AAC by the bay conference, our adult activity group, and our information-rich website. Our staff presents at numerous professional conferences; we publish articles in referred journals; we train individuals from universitates and every other year, we host a professional from a developing country as a teacher-in-residence. This professional studies with our staff form 7 to 10 months, attends local university classes, visits comparable educational programs, and participates in professional conferences. When the teacher-in-residence returns to his/her home country, they work with their local support network to disseminate the strategies they have learned from their experiences during their residency. The Bridge School follows up with an in-country visit to provide site-specific training, conduct local and regional workshops, provide demonstration teaching, respond to radio and TV interviews, and participate in organized conference events. All of our outreach and dissemination efforts are designed to have global impact on the education of children with severe speech and physical impairments.

  Expenses $176,443

• Transition & Others: Research Program

  Expenses $387,143

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $3,688,253

  Expenses

  $4,165,702

  Contributions

  $532,819

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $3,619,640

  Expenses

  $3,908,716

  Contributions

  $873,370

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,405,802

  Expenses

  $3,453,217

  Contributions

  $530,045

  Grants paid

  $45,000

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

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,173,412

  Expenses

  $3,185,425

  Assets (EOY)

  $23,132,774

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,373,467

  Expenses

  $2,893,339

  Assets (EOY)

  $27,783,320

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,816,571

  Expenses

  $2,799,213

  Assets (EOY)

  $23,566,229

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,334,037

  Expenses

  $2,743,274

  Assets (EOY)

  $20,167,193

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,285,677

  Expenses

  $2,612,145

  Assets (EOY)

  $20,545,186

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,823,491

  Expenses

  $2,787,229

  Assets (EOY)

  $19,865,981

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,039,542

  Expenses

  $2,733,357

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,732,503

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,023,305

  Expenses

  $2,710,356

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,752,813

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,219,421

  Expenses

  $2,716,297

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,399,990

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $2,700,303

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,686,591

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

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $110,800

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• CALIFORNIA COMMUNICATIONS ACCESS FOUNDATION

  $91,500

  2022 · To impact educational/clinical practice on CVI and AAC use through research,training, and capacity building.

• GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC

  $35,000

  2023 · EDUCATION

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $30,550

  2023 · EDUCATION

• GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC

  $25,000

  2022 · EDUCATION

• GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC

  $21,000

  2024 · EDUCATION

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $11,500

  2022 · EDUCATION

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $10,500

  2024 · EDUCATION

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $8,271

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

  $5,000

  2024 · UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT

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

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