Public Charity

MAGICAL BRIDGE FOUNDATION

MAGICAL BRIDGE FOUNDATION is a Public Charity headquartered in PALO ALTO, CA. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $962K revenue, $4.4M expenses, $1.2M total assets. 49 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $10.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 812377796 PALO ALTO, CA Parks & Playgrounds NTEE: N32 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$962K
Total Expenses$4.4M
Total Assets$1.2M
Grant Records49
Funding Total$10.0M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

MAGICAL BRIDGE FOUNDATION REDEFINES INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS THROUGH WORLD-RENOWNED INNOVATIVE DESIGN. FAR EXCEEDING INDUSTRY STANDARDS, WE REMOVE THE PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL BARRIERS IN TODAY'S TRADITIONAL PLAYGROUNDS TO CREATE WELCOMING SPACES FOR ALL AGES, ABILITIES AND SIZES. THROUGH OUR ADVOCACY AND PROGRAMS BOTH ON AND OFF THE PLAYGROUND, WE IGNITE VITAL INTER-GENERATIONAL PLAY AND BUILD MORE INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES.

Where $100 goes at Magical Bridge Foundation

How Magical Bridge Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$85 Programs the work itself
$12 Management running the organization
$3 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $85 for programs

$74
In 2024, we continued to work on the community engagement, design, and development of four playground projects locally in mountain view, santa clara, daly city, and at cesar…
87% of program spending
$11
Developed new licensing partnership structures to enable working with municipalities, landscape architects, and real estate developers
13% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Amanda Steckler
COO Elaine Captain
CHAIR Ian Bain
DIRECTOR Jill Asher
DIRECTOR Joyce Reynolds-Syclair Phd
DIRECTOR Leland Levy

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Human & Social Services
$4,655,575 13 grants
Youth Development
$2,829,500 4 grants
General Support
$2,070,349 29 grants
Health & Medicine
$402,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $962K $4.4M $1.2M
2023 $1.2M $2.5M $4.6M
2022 $5.8M $2.4M $5.8M
2020 $1.3M $1.6M $2.2M
2019 $2.5M $2.6M $2.1M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue declined from $2.5M to $962K (-62%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.2M.

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