Company Profile

Company Overview

Founded in 1988, Bridge Communities (Bridge) is DuPage County’s largest provider of transitional housing and supportive services for homeless families. At present, Bridge owns and operates 24 apartment buildings in 7 DuPage villages, with 154 total apartments. Bridge’s headquarter office is in downtown Glen Ellyn. Bridge serves about 120 homeless families annually, with Program staff providing intake and referral, case management, employment coaching, children’s services, nutrition counseling, donated vehicles, mental health payments, and more in a two-generation model working to break the cycle of poverty.

Bridge has a unique business model with faith-based and community-based organizations providing both financial support and volunteer mentors for families. Bridge has recently had two Fortune 50 companies as program partners, providing the financial support and mentors for families. Bridge has a history of collaborations with employers, public schools, medical and behavioral health, legal services, local and county government, and recreational service partners to provide holistic scope of support to families with warm reception. A strong fundraising and resource development team that has created diversity of funding streams and high donor retention. In FY20, BRIDGE had $4.6 million operating budget, $13 million in net assets, with $2.5 million endowment and 28 FTE staff.

Employment and Adult Education services are an vital aspect of our client families success in our program, as evidenced by the findings of our data & evaluation function. This critical service to Bridge families has been reinforced through the global COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on the job market. At the peak, Bridge client unemployment was at 43%. As of 10/15/2020, the employment services team was able to bring client unemployment down to 6.2%, which is below the national average.