Bridge Builders Community Foundations FY2021 filing

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Franklin, PA501(c)(3)Foundations & GrantmakersEIN 25-1292553Revenue $4.7M in FY2021

On file with the IRSbbcf.org1322 Elk St, 16323-1525 · Franklin, PATax-exempt since Jun 1990Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The foundation serves clarion, forest and venango counties and the punxsutawney area to develop, manage, and disrtibute funding to meet the present and future needs of the communities. Individuals, families, businesses , and organizations build permanent funds to help the communities meet the challenges of changing times. The foundation invests these funds using the earnings to fund grants to support educational, health, hamanitarian and cultural needs of the peopke and organizations in the local areas described above.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$70K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $782K a year · 22% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
81%
of spending
Looks good: 81% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$70K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 4.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $118K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.5M
12% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 12% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$4.7M
-3% vs prior year
Spent
$2.9M
To programs
81%
Net assets
$18.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$4.7M
FY2021▼ -3%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$4.8M
FY2021$4.7M
FY2022$1.6M
FY2023$3.7M
FY2024$2.8M
Expenses
$2.9M
FY2021▼ -21%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.6M
FY2021$2.9M
FY2022$3.1M
FY2023$2.2M
FY2024$1.8M
Net assets
$18.1M
FY2021▲ +11%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$16.2M
FY2021$18.1M
FY2022$13.8M
FY2023$16.6M
FY2024$18.2M

From the FY2021 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jun 1990.

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Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $2.3M Management & general 17% · $491K Fundraising 1% · $40K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

11 people listed on the 990; $70K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
CEO and President
$70,230Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Trenton Moulin’s $70K as President & CEO is at the 13th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1690 $1–10M philanthropy & grantmaking nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Trenton Moulin$70,350$70,350$64,119$70,230$72,276

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Develops and distributes funding to meet community needs through grants for education, health, and culture.

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1 program · $2.3M · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

The development, management, and distribution of funding in the form of scholarships, grants and other assistance that meets the needs of the communities in clarion, forest and venango counties and the punxutawny area.

$2.3Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 180 grants · $7.4M · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$369,904
Eccles-Lesher Memorial LibraryFY2024$98,000
Oil City Arts CouncilFY2024$50,000
Oil City LibraryFY2024$31,500
Northwestern Roofing Co INCFY2024$24,949
Northwestern Roofing Co INCFY2024$24,949
Individual RecipientFY2024$21,285
Cooperstown Public LibraryFY2024$15,000
Franklin Rotary FoundationPA · FY2024$10,000
Individual RecipientFY2024$9,724
Clarion Free LibraryFY2024$9,000
Vision for the PoorPA · FY2024$8,755
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$2.1M
Other incomeLn 4–11$250K
Money outPt IX
$2.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.3M
Managementcol C$491K
Fundraisingcol D$40K
Owns and owesPt X
$18.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.2M
Total assetsLn 16$20.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.5M
PeoplePt VI, VII
11
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.4M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$376K
Investment incomeLn 3$2.1M
Other incomeLn 4–11$250K
Gains on assetsLn 7$1.7M
Total revenueLn 12$4.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$1.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$19.3M
Other assetsLn 15$125K
Total assetsLn 16$20.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.5M
Net assetsLn 32$18.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 645
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$984K$1.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$17.3M$19.3M
Total assetsLn 16$18.4M$20.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.2M$2.5M
Net assetsLn 32$16.2M$18.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$1.9M$1.9M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$360K$360K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$75K$60K$15K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$79K$79K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$20K$20K
Payroll taxesLn 10$6K$6K
Accounting feesLn 11c$32K$32K
Investment management feesLn 11f$318K$318K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$41K$41K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$11K$11K
OccupancyLn 16$7K$7K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$484$484
InsuranceLn 23$3K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$41K$16K$25K
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.9M$2.3M$491K$40K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $2.8M$1.8M$923K$18.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.7M$2.2M$1.4M$16.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.6M$3.1M−$1.5M$13.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $4.7M$2.9M$1.8M$18.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $4.8M$3.6M$1.2M$16.2M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
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Part I · Summary $4,680,031 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,708,101$2,376,079
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $764,224$2,053,504
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $340,109$250,448
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,812,434$4,680,031
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $2,940,177$2,221,314
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $176,843$179,586
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $485,328$456,527
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,602,348$2,857,427
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,210,086$1,822,604
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $4,680,031 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$375,583
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,000,496
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,376,079
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $343,063$343,063
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $1,710,441$1,710,441
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $250,448$250,448
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $593,511 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,710,441$4,680,031
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,857,427 across 16 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $1,861,677$1,861,677
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $359,637$359,637
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsManagement $59,987 · Fundraising $14,997$74,984
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $78,917$78,917
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $19,521$19,521
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $6,164$6,164
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $31,944$31,944
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $317,632$317,632
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $40,625$40,625
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $2,257$2,257
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $11,126$11,126
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $7,140$7,140
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $484$484
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $2,530$2,530
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $15,947 · Fundraising $25,284$41,231
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $1,558$1,558
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,325,916 · Management $491,230 · Fundraising $40,281$2,857,427
Part X · Balance sheet $20,576,313 assets, 11 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $984,114$1,153,700
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $17,276,366$19,297,361
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $123,004$125,252
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $18,383,484$20,576,313
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $10,281$11,125
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,156,497$2,505,043
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,166,778$2,516,168
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $13,820,521$15,485,043
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,396,185$2,575,102
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $16,216,706$18,060,145
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $18,383,484$20,576,313
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $18,060,145 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,680,031
XI-2 Total expenses$2,857,427
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,822,604
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$16,216,706
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$20,835
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$18,060,145

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