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American Bridge 21ST Century Foundation

American Bridge 21ST Century Foundation is a public sector improvement organization based in Washington, DC that was founded in 2011. As of 2019 they had $8.3 million in revenue and $1.4 million in assets.

The American bridge 21st century foundation mission is to compare and contrast progressive and conservative solutions to america's public policy concerns and to educate the American people and the nation's leaders on the results of that research. The ...

EIN:

27-5278038

City:

Washington

State:

District of Columbia

Metro:

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Website:

bridgeproject.com

Founded:

2011

Type:

501(c)(4)

NTEE:

W20: Public sector reform and improvement organizations

Revenue:

$8,313,646

Assets:

$1,467,079

Employees:

Fiscal year end:

December

Revenue trends:

Asset trends:

Program areas at American Bridge 21ST Century Foundation

The organization advocated and researched progressive solutions to america's public policy concerns, and worked to educate the american people and the nation's leaders on progressive ideas.

Form 990s for American Bridge 21ST Century Foundation

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2018-12	Jan 29, 2020	990	View PDF
2017-12	Feb 21, 2019	990	View PDF
2016-12	Dec 28, 2017	990O	View PDF
2016-12	Dec 14, 2017	990O	View PDF
2015-12	Mar 22, 2017	990O	View PDF
...and seven more Form 990 PDFs

Financials for American Bridge 21ST Century Foundation

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Federated campaigns	$0	$0
Membership dues	$0	$0
Fundraising event contributions	$0	$0
Related organizations	$0	$0
Government grants (contributions)	$0	$0
Normal grants, contributions, etc.	$8,277,945	$8,470,505	-2.3%
<em>Non-cash contributions included in above</em>	$925,801	$1,002,804	-7.7%
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$8,277,945	$8,470,505	-2.3%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$8,277,945	$8,470,505	-2.3%
Program services	$42,320	$10,000	323.2%
Investment income and dividends	$0	$0
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0
Royalty revenue	$0	$0
Net rental income	$0	$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$-6,619	$0	-999%
Net income from fundraising events	$0	$0
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0
Net income from sales of inventory	$0	$0
Miscellaneous revenues	$0	$578	-100%
Total revenues	$8,313,646	$8,481,083	-2.0%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Grants to govts. and orgs. in USA	$1,715,001	$2,543,800	-32.6%
Grants to individuals in USA	$0	$0
Grants to govts., orgs., and individuals outside USA	$0	$0
Benefits paid to or for members	$0	$0
Compensation of current officers, etc.	$338,859	$357,272	-5.2%
Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons	$0	$0
Non-officer salaries and wages	$2,485,839	$2,758,787	-9.9%
Pension/retirement accruals and contributions	$40,291	$147,310	-72.6%
Other employee benefits	$343,417	$192,690	78.2%
Payroll taxes	$198,280	$254,387	-22.1%
Management fees	$0	$0
Legal fees	$72,723	$55,447	31.2%
Accounting fees	$162,615	$83,581	94.6%
Lobbying fees	$0	$0
Pro. fundraising fees	$825,000	$856,651	-3.7%
Investment mgmt fees	$90	$0	999%
Other fee-for-service	$214,910	$917,301	-76.6%
Advertising and promotion	$0	$0
Office expenses	$41,881	$36,450	14.9%
Information tech. expenses	$186,050	$133,395	39.5%
Royalty expenses	$0	$1,449	-100%
Occupancy	$215,594	$209,753	2.8%
Travel	$196,263	$231,426	-15.2%
Public official travel and entertainment	$0	$0
Conferences, meetings, etc.	$29,576	$573,164	-94.8%
Interest	$63,600	$0	999%
Payments to affiliates	$0	$0
Depreciation, amortization, etc.	$5,308	$35,730	-85.1%
Insurance	$50,126	$53,293	-5.9%
All other expenses	$442,302	$236,894	86.7%
Total expenses	$7,627,725	$9,678,780	-21.2%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Cash (non-interest-bearing)	$1,449,804	$1,032,576	40.4%
Savings, short-term investments, etc.	$0	$0
Pledges and grants receivable	$0	$0
Accounts receivable		$7,500	999%
Loans receivable from officers, directors, etc.	$0	$0
Loans receivable from other disqualified persons	$0	$0
Notes and loans receivable	$0
Inventories for use	$0	$0
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges	$0
Buildings, equipment, etc. post-depreciation	$10,615	$15,923	-33.3%
Investments, publicly traded securities	$0	$0
Investments, other securities	$0	$0
Investments, program-related	$0	$0
Intangible assets	$0	$0
Other assets	$6,660	$6,660
Total assets	$1,467,079	$1,062,659	38.1%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$628,544	$1,570,170	-60.0%
Grants payable	$0	$0
Deferred revenue	$0	$0
Tax-exempt bond liabilities	$0	$0
Escrow or custodial account liability	$0	$0
Loans payable to officers and disqualified persons	$0	$0
Secured mortgages and notes payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Unsecured notes and loans payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$400,000	-100%
Other liabilities	$1,755,745	$695,620	152.4%
Total liabilities	$2,384,289	$2,665,790	-10.6%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Unrestricted net assets	$-919,918	$-1,603,131	42.6%
Temporarily restricted net assets	$2,708	$0	999%
Permanently restricted net assets	$0	$0

Vendors for American Bridge 21ST Century Foundation

Vendor	Services	Amount paid	Date
Gelman Rosenberg and Freedman	Tax accounting		2020-01-29
██████ ███	Software		2019-08-29
██████	Fundraising software		2019-08-20
█████████	Marketing software		2019-08-20
███████ ███ ████	Fundraising software; Payment processing		2019-08-20
██████ █████ ███	Fundraising Consultant	$825,000	2018-12-01
███████ ███████████ ███	Advertising Consultant	$190,000	2018-12-01
█████████ ████████ ███ ████████ ██	Tax accounting		2015-08-24

Personnel at American Bridge 21ST Century Foundation

Name	Title	Compensation	Most recent data
Bradley Marshall	Chief Financial Officer	$82,068	Dec. 31, 2017
Bradley Beychok	Chief of Staff Then President Eff 11 and 17	$86,208	Feb. 1, 2019
███████ ████	Vice President	$145,834	Dec. 31, 2017
███████ ████████	Communications Director	$101,600	Dec. 31, 2017
████ █████	Director	$106,154	Dec. 31, 2017
█████ ████████	Treasurer	$0	Dec. 31, 2017
███ ██████	Secretary	$0	Dec. 31, 2017
███████ ███████	President	$110,161	Dec. 31, 2017
████████ ████████	Chair	$60,000	Dec. 31, 2017
██████ █ ████	Vice President	$188,823	Dec. 31, 2016
...and six more key personnel

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