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Bridge Alliance Education Fund

Public charity · Grantmaker Palm Beach Gardens, FL EIN: 82-3476248 Website

To promote and provide educational materials concerning nonpartisan civic engagement on governance, public policy matters, and election processes. To enhance our society's capacity for creating wise solutions that result in a robust high-functioning political system, solves societal problems, improves people's lives and advances our transcendent American values of freedom, justice and opportunity for all.

Bridge Alliance Education Fund at a glance

In short: Bridge Alliance Education Fund gave $20K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $20K), mostly in District of Columbia. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$20,000
+0.0% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
1
+0.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$20,000
+0.0% vs 2024
Median grant
$20,000
Total assets
$177,352
+15.6% vs 2024
Primary geography
District of Columbia (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Bridge Alliance Education Fund funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2025

Congressional Management Foundation: $20KCongressional ManagementFoundation$20K

The largest 2025 recipient was Congressional Management Foundation ($20K).

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

5<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 5 grants of 5 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

3states

Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

Cities

WashingtonCambridgeColumbus

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$100K$200K$300K$400K1 grant2019 3 grants2020 3 grants2021 0 grants2022 0 grants2023 1 grant2024 1 grant2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $20K (2024) to $350K (2019). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $20K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Congressional Management Foundation Washington, DCDemocracy Awards Sponsorship$20,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrants
2025$177,352$1,326,610$1,302,712$20,0001
2024$153,454$2,312,994$2,244,885$20,0001
2023$85,345$688,215$660,644——
2022$63,883$341,623$921,744——
2021$641,680$1,277,371$772,073$55,0003
2020$132,618$517,673$547,860$220,0003
2019$162,804$642,902$652,026$350,0001

About Bridge Alliance Education Fund

Based on IRS filings

Bridge Alliance Education Fund is a public charity focused on Education, based in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $177K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $20K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Bridge Alliance Education Fund is led by Kristina Becvar, President on every filing since 2024; 1 of 9 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Kristina Becvar

    President

    On filings since 2024

    30 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • David L. Nevins

    Chairman & Director

    President → Director, 2021

    Director → Chairman & Director, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    15 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • F. Willis Johnson

    Director

    Senior Fellow → Director, 2021

    On filings since 2019

    30 hrs/week

    $72K (2021) → $11K (2025)

  • Joan Blades

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    $82K (2020) → $0 (2025)

  • Carolyn Lukensmeyer

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brian Clancy

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Hugo Balta

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joe Kennedy

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Manu Meel

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (6)
  • Former: Debilyn Molineaux (2019–2023) — President
  • Former: Jacob Hess (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: John Gable (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Jeanene Louden (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Justine Lee (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Zaneeta Davers (2019–2020) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

F Willis Johnson — Director: $11KF Willis JohnsonDirector$11K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $11K, to F Willis Johnson (Director).

Frequently asked questions about Bridge Alliance Education Fund

How much does Bridge Alliance Education Fund give each year?

Bridge Alliance Education Fund gave $20K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $20K across 1 grant.

How large is Bridge Alliance Education Fund?

Bridge Alliance Education Fund reported $177K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.3M.

What is Bridge Alliance Education Fund?

Bridge Alliance Education Fund is a public charity focused on Education, based in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. It holds $177K in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Bridge Alliance Education Fund operate?

Bridge Alliance Education Fund has awarded grants in District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Ohio.

What is Bridge Alliance Education Fund's EIN?

Bridge Alliance Education Fund's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 82-3476248. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(5)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 13, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 7, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS October 15, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS March 3, 2025)
  5. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)

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