Bridgeway Foundation for Education INC

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To partner with parents in a jesus-centered community to educate, strengthen and equip the whole child.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
92¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 15 volunteers and 100 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
1 of 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $51K a year · 1% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 1 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Spent on programs
92%
of spending
Looks good: 92% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$247K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $35K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$7.3M
80% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 80% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$4.9M
+3% vs prior year
Spent
$5.3M
To programs
92%
Net assets
$1.9M
By yearFY2022–FY2025
Revenue
$4.9M
FY2025▲ +3%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2022$4.1M
FY2023$4.2M
FY2024$4.8M
FY2025$4.9M
Expenses
$5.3M
FY2025▲ +10%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2022$3.4M
FY2023$4.2M
FY2024$4.8M
FY2025$5.3M
Net assets
$1.9M
FY2025▼ -15%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2022$2.3M
FY2023$2.2M
FY2024$2.2M
FY2025$1.9M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 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 Jun 1998.

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Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 92% · $4.8M Management & general 8% · $401K Fundraising 0% · $24K

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

18 people listed on the 990; $247K 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
$87,896Pt VII · Sec A
Former Head of School
$83,675Pt VII · Sec A
Head of School
$75,000Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Joy Hodges’s $88K as CFO is at the 23rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3395 $1–10M education 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Jennifer Gastley$83,675$104,273$98,690$83,079
Joy Hodges$87,896$81,889$67,536$60,059
Tyler Groves$75,000———

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Partnering with parents to educate and strengthen children in a Jesus-centered community.

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1 program · $4.8M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

The school's program service consists of partnering with families in a jesus-centered community to educate, strengthen and equip the whole child in a kindergarten through twelfth grade SETTING.THE valor christian academy board of directors launched a hos search process in the spring of 2025, following separation with the previous hos.

$4.8Mprogram 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 3 funders$35K
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Grants paid · 4 grants · $186K · 2021–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$55,654
Unitemized GrantFY2023$40,050
Unitemized GrantFY2022$32,400
Unitemized GrantFY2021$57,536

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$4.9M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.4M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$366K
Other incomeLn 4–11$149K
Money outPt IX
$5.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.8M
Managementcol C$401K
Fundraisingcol D$24K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.4M
Total assetsLn 16$9.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
18
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$366K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$13K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$35K
Other incomeLn 4–11$149K
Total revenueLn 12$4.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$550K
SavingsLn 2$883K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.4M
Accounts receivableLn 4$34K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$46K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$55K
Total assetsLn 16$9.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.3M
Net assetsLn 32$1.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5100
VolunteersI 615
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
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$1.8M$1.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$48K$55K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7.9M$7.6M
Total assetsLn 16$9.9M$9.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.7M$7.3M
Net assetsLn 32$2.2M$1.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$56K$56K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$244K$231K$13K$1K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.8M$2.6M$163K$13K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$28K$28K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$148K$148K
Payroll taxesLn 10$222K$222K
Legal feesLn 11b$10K$10K
Accounting feesLn 11c$20K$20K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$107K$107K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$17K$17K
Office expensesLn 13$28K$24K$3K$277
Information technologyLn 14$36K$34K$1K
OccupancyLn 16$114K$109K$5K
InterestLn 20$403K$387K$16K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$336K$323K$13K
InsuranceLn 23$113K$109K$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$552K$533K$19K
All other expensesLn 24e$58K$40K$8K$10K
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.3M$4.8M$401K$24K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS May 7, 2026 $4.9M$5.3M−$347K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS May 6, 2025 $4.8M$4.8M−$17K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 14, 2024 $4.2M$4.2M−$86K$2.2M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Mar 14, 2023 $4.1M$3.4M$654K$2.3M 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $4,916,875 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $345,999$366,437
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $4,191,602$4,366,535
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $47,825$35,070
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $195,652$148,833
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,781,078$4,916,875
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $40,050$55,654
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,092,324$3,413,918
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,665,524$1,794,423
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,797,898$5,263,995
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$16,820−$347,120
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $4,916,875 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$12,916
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$353,521
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$366,437
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $4,366,535$4,366,535
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $35,070$35,070
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $148,833$148,833
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $4,366,535 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $183,903$4,916,875
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,263,995 across 18 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $55,654$55,654
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $230,763 · Management $12,603 · Fundraising $1,008$244,374
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,594,897 · Management $163,468 · Fundraising $13,078$2,771,443
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $27,724$27,724
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $148,399$148,399
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $221,978$221,978
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $10,095$10,095
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $19,593$19,593
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $107,194$107,194
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $17,081$17,081
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $23,979 · Management $3,465 · Fundraising $277$27,721
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $34,398 · Management $1,433$35,831
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $109,218 · Management $4,551$113,769
IX-20 InterestPrograms $386,964 · Management $16,123$403,087
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $322,541 · Management $13,439$335,980
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $108,828 · Management $4,534$113,362
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $533,085 · Management $19,289$552,374
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $40,420 · Management $8,188 · Fundraising $9,728$58,336
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,838,848 · Management $401,056 · Fundraising $24,091$5,263,995
Part X · Balance sheet $9,195,948 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $552,264$549,730
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,271,432$882,967
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $29,514$33,964
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $45,553$45,731
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $7,909,085$7,628,710
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $48,386$54,846
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $9,856,234$9,195,948
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $48,547$23,243
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,257,395$1,137,945
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $6,204,707$6,033,495
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $144,548$140,888
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $7,655,197$7,335,571
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,976,454$1,811,449
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $224,583$48,928
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,201,037$1,860,377
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $9,856,234$9,195,948
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,860,377 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$4,916,875
XI-2 Total expenses$5,263,995
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$347,120
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,201,037
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$6,460
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,860,377

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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