Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Inc.
Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Inc.
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About this organization
Mission
Bridge provides effective and innovative services to runaway, homeless and high-risk youth, helps youth avoid a lifetime of dependency on social services, guides youth towards self-sufficiency, and enables youth to transform their lives and build fulfilling, meaningful futures.
About
Residential services program which includes the transitional living programs, maternal group home, and runaway shelter. The transitional living program provides housing, life-skills training, and support to homeless youth ages 18 to 21. Young people live among their peers while they learn the life skills necessary to successfully manage and sustain their own households. Through group and individual counseling, residents learn how to set goals and work toward them while focusing on daily routines that may include work, school, homemaking, shared meals, and a regular calendar of traditional holidays and events. All residents have access to all the services available at the organization. The maternal group home provides housing, life skills training, and support to homeless pregnant or parenting girls ages 18 to 21 and their children. Young women live among their peers while they learn the life skills needed to successfully manage and sustain their own households and raise healthy children. Through groups and individual counseling, residents learn how to set goals and work toward them, while focusing on daily routines that may include work, school, child care, and homemaking and shared meals. Mothers participate in parenting education and groups on health, nutrition, and nurturing care. All residents have access to services available at Bridge. Runaway services: Bridge is the local respondent for the national runaway hotline (1-800-RUNAWAY), offering 24-hour access to a counselor and a safe bed off the streets for youth 14 to 17 years old who have run away from home and find themselves in crisis.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
In the filing, the mission of the non-profit is noted as “Intervention, prevention, and outreach services to runaways and other homeless and at-risk youth.”.
When referring to its responsibilities, they were outlined as: “Intervention, prevention, and outreach services to runaways and other homeless and at-risk youth.”.
- The state in which the non-profit is legally registered to operate is MA, as per legal records.
- The filing documents the non-profit's address in 2020 as 47 WEST STREET, BOSTON, MA, 02111.
- According to the non-profit's form, they have 103 employees on their payroll as of 2020.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$190,654.
- The organization has 14 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1970.
- The organization pays $3,650,221 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $457,527 in fundraising expenses.