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Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services

Union, NJ · EIN 22-2257891 · 501(c)(3) · Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Latest filing: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 (tax year 2024) · View the filing · Correct or respond

Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services reported $40.8 million in revenue and $40.1 million in expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. Of every $100 it spent, $86.28 went to program services, $13.66 to management and general costs and $0.06 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was program service revenue such as fees, sales and contracts: 61.5% of the total. Government grants made up 36.4%. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $386,567 (Medical Director). 12 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue rose 31% between FY2020 and FY2025. Source: Form 990, FY2025.

Where $100 of spending went

The fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $40M

For context, the median across 864 covered mental health & crisis intervention charities: $86.13 programs, $13.87 management, $0.00 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).

Where $100 of revenue came from

The fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $41M

The 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades

FY2025 filing. Median across 864 covered charities in this category, from their latest filings.
MeasureFY2025Median
Program services
Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A)
86.3%85.2%
Management & general
Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A)
13.7%13.7%
Fundraising
Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A)
0.1%0.0%
Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions
Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h
$0.00$0.00
Contributions & grants share of revenue
Part VIII 1h ÷ 12
37.5%26.4%
Government grants share of revenue
Part VIII 1e ÷ 12
36.4%14.5%
Program service revenue share
Part VIII 2g ÷ 12
61.5%69.3%
Highest reported compensation
Part VII-A, columns D–F
$386,567$324,111
Highest compensation as share of expenses
Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A)
0.96%1.28%
People paid over $100,000
Part VII, line 2
128
Net assets, in months of expenses
Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses
5.36.2
Independent voting board members
Part VI 1a–1b
13 of 15100.0%

A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.

What the money paid for, in its own words

FY2025 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expense
$15M expenses · 44.0% of program spending · grants $118K · revenue $12M

PACT programs provide comprehensive, integrated rehabilitation treatment and support services to those individuals who are most challenged with serious mental illness. Pact includes 24-hour 7 day a week support, medication support and education, crisis response, mica treatment, direct assistance with life tasks, assistance in developing peer and community social supports, career counseling

$5.1M expenses · 14.7% of program spending · grants $161K · revenue $1.9M

The residential intensive support team (RIST) is an intensive residential support program designed to address the needs of individuals who may require intensive but varying degrees of residential support in the transition from hospital to community living. Bridgeway's Middlesex and tri county RIST programs are comprehensive, flexible, mobile teams skilled in state-of-the-art interventions that provides person centered recovery and wellness services to people re-entering the community from psychiatric hospitals

$1.0M expenses · 3.0% of program spending · grants $11,269 · revenue $613K

Early intervention support services (EISS), funded by the new jersey division of mental health and addiction services (DMHAS), is a short term, mental health service for adults who are experiencing significant emotional or psychiatric distress and are in need of immediate intervention. Eiss offers crisis intervention and crisis stabilization services in a setting that is an alternative to hospital-based emergency room treatment

$13M all other programs (line 4d)

Highest reported compensation

FY2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here
RoleFrom this orgFrom related orgsOtherTotal
Medical Director
Key employee, 38.0 hrs/week
$323,916$0$62,651$386,567
President/CEO
Director/trustee, officer, 38.0 hrs/week
$244,704$0$47,043$291,747
Exec VP/Chief PGM Officer
Key employee, 38.0 hrs/week
$197,193$0$37,918$235,111
CFO
Officer, 38.0 hrs/week
$171,002$0$33,147$204,149
Advanced Practice Nurse
Highest compensated employee, 38.0 hrs/week
$163,278$0$31,718$194,996
Advanced Practice Nurse
Highest compensated employee, 38.0 hrs/week
$156,833$0$28,356$185,189
Advanced Practice Nurse
Highest compensated employee, 38.0 hrs/week
$153,671$0$29,810$183,481
Advanced Practice Nurse
Highest compensated employee, 38.0 hrs/week
$149,769$0$29,252$179,021

12 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $1.3M (Part IX, line 5).

6 years of filings

Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linked
RevenueExpenses
$0$20M$40M$60M$80MFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025$41M$40M
FilingRevenueExpensesProgramsNet assetsTop pay
FY2025 ⓘ$41M$40M86.3%$18M$386,567
FY2024 ⓘ$38M$37M88.5%$8.1M$429,783
FY2023 ⓘ$34M$35M87.0%$7.9M$342,044
FY2022 ⓘ$32M$32M86.2%$8.3M$340,485
FY2021 ⓘ$33M$32M85.6%$8.4M$320,547
FY2020 ⓘ$31M$31M87.1%$6.7M$283,140

Governance answers, as filed

FY2025 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means
  • Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b15 · 13 independent
  • Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
  • Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
  • Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
  • Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
  • Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aYes
  • Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
  • Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2No
  • Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
  • Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
  • Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
  • Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
  • Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
  • Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bNo
  • Employees Part I, line 5492
  • Volunteers Part I, line 614

Private foundation grants it received

4 private foundations reported grants to Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services totaling $57,151 on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.

Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.

Correct a figure or respond

Every number above is copied from Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services's own Form 990. If one doesn't match the filing, that's our error and we'll fix it. If you work for Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services, you can publish a response that is linked from this page.

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Questions people ask

How much of Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services's spending goes to programs?

In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services reported that 86.3% of its $40.1 million in expenses went to program services, 13.7% to management and general and 0.1% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).

How much does Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services pay its top executive?

The largest total compensation Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services reported for one person in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 was $386,567, for the role of Medical Director (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).

Where does Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services get its money?

Of $40.8 million in revenue in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, 37.5% came from contributions and grants (including 36.4% from government grants) and 61.5% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).

Is Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services a registered charity?

The IRS lists EIN 22-2257891 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.

Sources

  • FY2025: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, object 202621319349305517 · read the filing · XML
  • FY2024: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, object 202521359349316482 · read the filing
  • FY2023: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, object 202411139349300116 · read the filing
  • FY2022: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, object 202321359349302497 · read the filing
  • FY2021: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, object 202230489349300423 · read the filing
  • FY2020: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, object 202140959349300349 · read the filing

All filings for EIN 22-2257891: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.