2026-06-08T11:43:23-04:00 2025-12-31 205340906 JASON WILEY SIMPSON PA PO BOX 1057 HIGHLAND CITY FL 33846 990EZ 2025-01-01 921210150 BRIDGE THE GAP LAKELAND INC BRID 8635771234 229 N TENNESSEE AVE LAKELAND FL 33801 CHRIS MCLAUGHLIN PRESIDENT/TREASURER 8635771234 2026-06-03 JASON WILEY SIMPSON CPA P01310285 8639379024 2026-06-03 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X N/A X X 71461 X 71461 71461 500 69971 70471 990 79 1069 79 1069 79 1069 79 1069 X BRIDGE THE GAP EXISTS TO CONNECT THE VULNERABLE, THE UNDERSERVED, AND THE CALLED WITH THE RESOURCES, SUPPORT, AND DIGNITY THEY DESERVE. AT BRIDGE THE GAP, WE DO NOT BELIEVE ANYONE SHOULD FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS OF AN OVERWHELMED SYSTEM. THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS, RESOURCES, AND COMMUNITY-DRIVEN GENEROUSITY, WE BUILD BRIDGES WHERE WALLS ONCE STOOD - BRIDGES OF ACCESS, BRIDGES OF HEALING, AND BRIDGES OF LASTING CHANGE BECAUSE NO GAP IS TOO WIDE WHEN WE CROSS IT TOGETHER. WE ARE COMMITTED TO WALKING ALONGSIDE THE HOMELESS AND LESS FORTUNATE - PROVIDING PATHWAYS TO STABLE HOUSING, ESSENTIAL RESOURCES, AND RENEWED HOPE. WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY PERSON, REGARDLESS OF CIRCUMSTANCE, IS WORTHY OF COMPASSION AND A HAND EXTENDED IN THEIR TIME OF NEED. 69908 WE STAND BESIDE THOSE IN MINISTRY - EQUIPPING AND SUSTAINING THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE ANSWERED A CALLING TO SERVE OTHERS, ENSURING THAT THEIR FINANCIAL AND PRACTICAL NEEDS ARE MET SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR VITAL WORK WITHOUT BURDEN. WE ALSO ADVOCATE FOR AND SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FACING THE WEIGHT OF END-OF-LIFE CARE - HELPING TO BRIDGE THE FINANCIAL GAP THAT STANDS BETWEEN OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE COMPASSIONATE HOSPICE CARE THEY DESERVE. 69908 CHRIS MCLAUGHLIN PRESIDENT/TR 2.00 0 STACY ZAYCHUK SECRETARY 2.00 0 BRIAN NASH DIRECTOR 2.00 0 false false false false false false false false false CHRIS MCLAUGHLIN 229 N TENNESSEE AVE LAKELAND FL 33801 8635771234 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 71461 71461 71461 71461 71461 71461 71461 1.00000 0.00000 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES BANK CHARGES 63 HOMELESS HOUSING 13,200 SENIOR CARE 56,708 TOTAL 69,971 FORM 990-EZ, PART III BRIDGE THE GAP EXISTS TO CONNECT THE VULNERABLE, THE UNDERSERVED, AND THE CALLED WITH THE RESOURCES, SUPPORT, AND DIGNITY THEY DESERVE. AT BRIDGE THE GAP, WE DO NOT BELIEVE ANYONE SHOULD FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS OF AN OVERWHELMED SYSTEM. THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS, RESOURCES, AND COMMUNITY-DRIVEN GENEROUSITY, WE BUILD BRIDGES WHERE WALLS ONCE STOOD - BRIDGES OF ACCESS, BRIDGES OF HEALING, AND BRIDGES OF LASTING CHANGE BECAUSE NO GAP IS TOO WIDE WHEN WE CROSS IT TOGETHER. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 WE ARE COMMITTED TO WALKING ALONGSIDE THE HOMELESS AND LESS FORTUNATE - PROVIDING PATHWAYS TO STABLE HOUSING, ESSENTIAL RESOURCES, AND RENEWED HOPE. WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY PERSON, REGARDLESS OF CIRCUMSTANCE, IS WORTHY OF COMPASSION AND A HAND EXTENDED IN THEIR TIME OF NEED. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 29 WE STAND BESIDE THOSE IN MINISTRY - EQUIPPING AND SUSTAINING THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE ANSWERED A CALLING TO SERVE OTHERS, ENSURING THAT THEIR FINANCIAL AND PRACTICAL NEEDS ARE MET SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR VITAL WORK WITHOUT BURDEN. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 30 WE ALSO ADVOCATE FOR AND SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FACING THE WEIGHT OF END-OF-LIFE CARE - HELPING TO BRIDGE THE FINANCIAL GAP THAT STANDS BETWEEN OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THE COMPASSIONATE HOSPICE CARE THEY DESERVE.