To provide solutions for homelessness in dallas and the surrounding region by developing, coordinating, and/or delivering shelter, homeless recovery, and housing services.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 822 volunteers and 180 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $298K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$786K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
10
named funders · $1.3M
Looks good: 10 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$965K
13% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 13% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$13.1M
+2% vs prior year
Spent
$13.4M
To programs
83%
Net assets
$6.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$13.1M
FY2025▲ +2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$8.9M
FY2021$12.6M
FY2022$12.6M
FY2023$11.7M
FY2024$12.8M
FY2025$13.1M
Expenses
$13.4M
FY2025▲ +1.0%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$9.0M
FY2021$10.1M
FY2022$11.7M
FY2023$12.5M
FY2024$13.2M
FY2025$13.4M
Net assets
$6.6M
FY2025▼ -4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.7M
FY2021$7.2M
FY2022$8.1M
FY2023$7.4M
FY2024$6.9M
FY2025$6.6M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 2025) · 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 Nov 2012.

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Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $11.2M Management & general 12% · $1.6M Fundraising 4% · $563K

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

17 people listed on the 990; $786K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President and CEO
$273,160Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$146,795Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Services Officer
$134,928Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$118,991Pt VII · Sec A
$112,172Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Dr David Woody III’s $273K as President and CEO is at the 84th percentile of top reported officer pay among 249 $10–100M food & agriculture 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Dr David Woody III$273,160$252,877$205,409$229,350$193,622$179,779
Rose M Kao$146,795$143,145$137,600$98,942——
Maquedra M Conley—$136,573————
Stacie Morris$134,928—————
Vickie McDaniel———$100,562$126,478$120,052
Rebecca Cox——$96,565$118,312$121,185$113,193
Ubon Isang$118,991—————
Amy J Gray—$118,650$107,955———

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

Offers shelter, recovery, and housing solutions to combat homelessness in Dallas and surrounding areas.

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1 program · $11.2M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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The bridge manages a homeless assistance center which provides emergency and transitional shelter, meals, case management and essential services for persons experiencing temporary or chronic homelessness. During fiscal 2025 the organization served more than 6,778 persons.

$11.2Mprogram expense

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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 · 6 grants · $4.0M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$573,463
Unitemized GrantFY2023$625,322
Unitemized GrantFY2022$642,871
Unitemized GrantFY2021$1,029,476
Unitemized GrantFY2020$1,045,606
Unitemized GrantFY2019$118,229

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$13.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8.3M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.6M
Other incomeLn 4–11$152K
Money outPt IX
$13.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$11.2M
Managementcol C$1.6M
Fundraisingcol D$563K
Owns and owesPt X
$6.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.1M
Total assetsLn 16$7.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$965K
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$4.6M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$629K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$15K
Other incomeLn 4–11$152K
Total revenueLn 12$13.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$4.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$4.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$207K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.8M
Other assetsLn 15$106K
Total assetsLn 16$7.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$965K
Net assetsLn 32$6.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5180
VolunteersI 6822
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.0M$4.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$198K$207K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.8M$1.8M
Total assetsLn 16$7.7M$7.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$756K$965K
Net assetsLn 32$6.9M$6.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$606K$606K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$709K$175K$534K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$6.3M$5.3M$614K$365K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$225K$190K$24K$12K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$916K$806K$70K$40K
Payroll taxesLn 10$509K$430K$50K$29K
Accounting feesLn 11c$66K$66K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$62K$57K$5K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$24K$16K$8K$394
Information technologyLn 14$285K$141K$74K$70K
OccupancyLn 16$31K$31K$446$44
TravelLn 17$50K$48K$10$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$257K$244K$9K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$85K$2K$83K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$3.2M$3.1M$32K$20K
All other expensesLn 24e$91K$50K$25K$16K
Total functional expensesLn 25$13.4M$11.2M$1.6M$563K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $13.1M$13.4M−$307K$6.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 $12.8M$13.2M−$465K$6.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $11.7M$12.5M−$752K$7.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $12.6M$11.7M$920K$8.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $12.6M$10.1M$2.5M$7.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $8.9M$9.0M−$87K$4.7M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $13,054,004 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $8,354,896$8,287,529
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $4,300,000$4,600,000
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $41,328$14,910
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $68,595$151,565
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $12,764,819$13,054,004
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $700,983$605,961
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $8,461,241$8,646,398
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $4,067,821$4,108,978
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $13,230,045$13,361,337
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$465,226−$307,333
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
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 $13,054,004 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$4,570,363
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,717,166
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$628,878
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$8,287,529
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $4,600,000$4,600,000
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $14,910$14,910
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $125,384$125,384
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $26,181$26,181
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $4,751,565 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $14,910$13,054,004
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $13,361,337 across 16 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $605,961$605,961
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $174,914 · Management $534,490$709,404
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $5,308,515 · Management $614,257 · Fundraising $364,591$6,287,363
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $189,590 · Management $23,885 · Fundraising $11,847$225,322
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $806,234 · Management $69,580 · Fundraising $39,899$915,713
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $429,804 · Management $49,504 · Fundraising $29,288$508,596
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $66,297$66,297
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $56,772 · Fundraising $5,387$62,159
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $15,572 · Management $7,600 · Fundraising $394$23,566
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $140,903 · Management $73,822 · Fundraising $69,998$284,723
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $30,710 · Management $446 · Fundraising $44$31,200
IX-17 TravelPrograms $48,354 · Management $10 · Fundraising $1,663$50,027
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $243,946 · Management $9,071 · Fundraising $4,415$257,432
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,892 · Management $83,278$85,170
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,105,767 · Management $31,754 · Fundraising $19,783$3,157,304
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $50,291 · Management $25,150 · Fundraising $15,659$91,100
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $11,152,453 · Management $1,645,916 · Fundraising $562,968$13,361,337
Part X · Balance sheet $7,581,974 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $4,973,984$4,070,520
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$645,088
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $591,309$621,412
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $145,077$85,087
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,770,114$1,847,560
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $197,902$206,791
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,450$105,516
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $7,679,836$7,581,974
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $755,607$882,114
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$82,964
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $755,607$965,078
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $6,533,090$5,940,582
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $391,139$676,314
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $6,924,229$6,616,896
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $7,679,836$7,581,974
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $6,616,896 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$13,054,004
XI-2 Total expenses$13,361,337
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$307,333
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$6,924,229
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$6,616,896

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