Bridges Care Community FY2023 filing

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Ada, MN501(c)(3)Since 2008Housing EIN 26-2620983Revenue $5.6M in FY2023Latest return filed May 11, 2026

On file with the IRSbenedictineliving.org201 9th St W Ste 2, 56510-1279 · Ada, MNTax-exempt since Mar 1946Church

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We are a catholic, faith-based organization entrusted with advancing the life-enhancing senior Care ministry of the benedictine sisters of duluth, minnesota. We witness to god's love by creating inclusive communities, supporting those we serve to live well and with purpose, with special concern for the underserved.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
85¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$108K 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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FY2023 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $100K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
85%
of spending
Looks good: 85% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$108K
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
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.4 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $73K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.9M
49% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 49% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$5.6M
+3% vs prior year
Spent
$6.0M
To programs
85%
Net assets
$3.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$5.6M
FY2023▲ +3%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$5.2M
FY2021$5.3M
FY2022$5.4M
FY2023$5.6M
FY2024$6.4M
FY2025$6.9M
Expenses
$6.0M
FY2023▲ +4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$5.2M
FY2021$5.2M
FY2022$5.7M
FY2023$6.0M
FY2024$6.5M
FY2025$6.9M
Net assets
$3.0M
FY2023▼ -10%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.4M
FY2021$3.6M
FY2022$3.4M
FY2023$3.0M
FY2024$2.9M
FY2025$3.0M

From the FY2023 Form 990 (year ending June 2023) · 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 1946.

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Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 85% · $5.1M Management & general 15% · $891K

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

15 people listed on the 990; $108K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII
$108,015Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Michelle Landis’s $137K as RN is at the 63rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 2037 $1–10M housing 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2021
Michelle Landis$136,654——
Cindy Scherfenberg—$108,015$102,911

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

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2 programs · $5.1M · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Operation of benedictine living community-ada, a 49 bed long-term care facility in ada, minnesota which provides skilled nursing care to the elderly. The facility had 82.7% occupancy and served 111 individuals during the fiscal year ending 6/30/23.

$4.3Mprogram expense
02

Operation of mission court, a 18 unit assisted living facility in ada, minnesota. The facility had an average occupancy of 99.0% and served 25 individuals during the fiscal year ended 6/30/23.

$780Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$73K
Grants paid · 21 grants · $505K · 2019–2024
Benedictine FoundationMN · FY2024$47,694
Unitemized GrantFY2024$16,721
Benedictine FoundationMN · FY2023$54,869
Unitemized GrantFY2023$8,078
Benedictine FoundationMN · FY2022$21,617
Unitemized GrantFY2022$8,211
Benedictine FoundationMN · FY2021$23,417
Benedictine FoundationMN · FY2020$20,628
Unitemized GrantFY2020$12,386
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.6M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5.4M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$145K
Investment incomeLn 3$17K
Money outPt IX
$6.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.1M
Managementcol C$891K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$684K
Total assetsLn 16$5.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$145K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$5.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$17K
Other incomeLn 4–11$235
Total revenueLn 12$5.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$684K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$684K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$275K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.9M
Other assetsLn 15$280K
Total assetsLn 16$5.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.9M
Net assetsLn 32$3.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5124
VolunteersI 63
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3More from this return
BondsSch K, Pt X
Tax-exempt bond debt owedX 20$2.3M
Bond issues listedSch K Pt I1
Raised by those issuesSch K Pt I$2.6M
4Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.4M$684K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$266K$275K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.6M$3.9M
Total assetsLn 16$6.3M$5.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.0M$2.9M
Net assetsLn 32$3.4M$3.0M
5Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$51K$51K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$8K$8K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.7M$2.5M$247K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$32K$32K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$477K$477K
Payroll taxesLn 10$198K$198K
Management feesLn 11a$317K$317K
Accounting feesLn 11c$14K$14K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$652K$596K$56K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$43K$43K
Office expensesLn 13$46K$25K$21K
OccupancyLn 16$283K$254K$29K
TravelLn 17$33K$22K$11K
InterestLn 20$73K$72K$190
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$190K$190K
InsuranceLn 23$73K$73K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$652K$573K$79K
All other expensesLn 24e$81K$80K$414
Total functional expensesLn 25$6.0M$5.1M$891K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 11, 2026 $6.9M$6.9M$59K$3.0M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Apr 30, 2025 $6.4M$6.5M−$151K$2.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 ViewingFiled with the IRS May 9, 2024 $5.6M$6.0M−$344K$3.0M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 13, 2023 $5.4M$5.7M−$269K$3.4M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS May 13, 2022 $5.3M$5.2M$93K$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS May 14, 2021 $5.2M$5.2M$12K$3.4M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2023 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $5,612,361 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $455,389$145,196
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $4,946,268$5,449,440
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$1,099$17,490
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $48,838$235
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $5,449,396$5,612,361
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $59,422$59,323
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,259,249$3,440,571
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,399,342$2,456,742
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,718,013$5,956,636
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$268,617−$344,275
Part VI · Governance 9 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
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 $5,612,361 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1d Related organizations$145,196
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$145,196
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $5,449,440$5,449,440
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $17,490$17,490
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $235$235
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $5,449,440 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $17,725$5,612,361
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,956,636 across 18 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $51,112$51,112
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $8,211$8,211
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,485,807 · Management $247,132$2,732,939
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $32,386$32,386
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $477,054$477,054
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $198,192$198,192
IX-11a Management feesManagement $317,168$317,168
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $13,724$13,724
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $596,412 · Management $55,747$652,159
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $42,801$42,801
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $24,625 · Management $21,360$45,985
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $254,318 · Management $28,828$283,146
IX-17 TravelPrograms $22,454 · Management $10,987$33,441
IX-20 InterestPrograms $72,431 · Management $190$72,621
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $190,140$190,140
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $72,943$72,943
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $572,609 · Management $79,284$651,893
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $80,307 · Management $414$80,721
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,066,058 · Management $890,578 · Fundraising $0$5,956,636
Part X · Balance sheet $5,905,478 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,385,561$684,361
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $574,846$760,831
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $15,185$20,567
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,572,408$3,860,419
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $266,061$274,523
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $37,366$25,265
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $481,871$279,512
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $6,333,298$5,905,478
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $429,229$461,364
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $2,439,844$2,338,004
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $34,265$35,460
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,956,332$2,874,693
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,074,660$2,928,489
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $302,306$102,296
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,376,966$3,030,785
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $6,333,298$5,905,478
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,030,785 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,612,361
XI-2 Total expenses$5,956,636
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$344,275
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,376,966
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$1,906
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,030,785

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