Bridging Hunger 
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Summary
For over 40 years, Bridging Hunger has been on a mission to provide food, hope, and love to those in need across Oklahoma.
Contact information
Mailing address:
Bridging Hunger
313 S Franklin St.
Jenks, OK 74037
Website: bridginghunger.com
Phone: (918) 695-5962
Organization details
EIN: 731610281
CEO/President: Roderick Baker
Chairman: Roderick Baker
Board size: 6
Founder: Rod Baker
Ruling year: 2002
Tax deductible: Yes
Fiscal year end: 12/31
Member of ECFA: No
Member of ECFA since:
Purpose
Bridging Hunger is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing food, prayer, and hope for children, families, and widows throughout Oklahoma.
Mission statement
Bridging Hunger addresses the root of food insecurity by feeding families and equipping communities with the capacity to serve their own areas. Together, we are impacting the world one person, one family, and one community at a time. Food, prayer, and hope are provided through the following programs.
Statement of faith
Donor confidence score
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Transparency grade
D
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Financial efficiency ratings
Sector: Community Development
| Category | Rating | Overall rank | Sector rank |
| Overall efficiency rating | | 12 of 1435 | 5 of 148 |
| Fund acquisition rating | | 132 of 1435 | 13 of 148 |
| Resource allocation rating | | 55 of 1435 | 9 of 148 |
| Asset utilization rating | | 61 of 1436 | 11 of 148 |
According to the organization's Form 990, it received $1,207,745 in government grants in 2024.
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Financial ratios
| Funding ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2018 |
Return on fundraising efforts Return on fundraising efforts = Fundraising expense / Total contributions | 6% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
Fundraising cost ratio Fundraising cost ratio = Fundraising expense / Total revenue | 4% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
Contributions reliance Contributions reliance = Total contributions / Total revenue | 91% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Fundraising expense ratio Fundraising expense ratio = Fundraising expense / Total expenses | 5% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
Other revenue reliance Other revenue reliance = Total other revenue / Total revenue | 9% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Operating ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2018 |
Program expense ratio Program expense ratio = Program services / Total expenses | 83% | 98% | 98% | 97% | 100% | 100% |
Spending ratio Spending ratio = Total expenses / Total revenue | 96% | 90% | 95% | 88% | 65% | 119% |
Program output ratio Program output ratio = Program services / Total revenue | 79% | 88% | 93% | 86% | 65% | 119% |
Savings ratio Savings ratio = Surplus (deficit) / Total revenue | 4% | 10% | 5% | 12% | 35% | -19% |
Reserve accumulation rate Reserve accumulation rate = Surplus (deficit) / Net assets | 4% | 53% | 34% | 63% | 99% | -483% |
General and admin ratio General and admin ratio = Management and general expense / Total expenses | 11% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 0% | 0% |
| Investing ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2018 |
Total asset turnover Total asset turnover = Total expenses / Total assets | 1.02 | 4.96 | 5.81 | 4.70 | 1.80 | 30.22 |
Degree of long-term investment Degree of long-term investment = Total assets / Total current assets | 1.89 | 1.86 | 7.02 | 1.26 | 2.41 | 1.00 |
Current asset turnover Current asset turnover = Total expenses / Total current assets | 2.14 | 9.25 | 40.82 | 5.92 | 4.35 | 30.22 |
| Liquidity ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2018 |
Current ratio Current ratio = Total current assets / Total current liabilities | 12.56 | 76.56 | 5.05 | -818.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Current liabilities ratio Current liabilities ratio = Total current liabilities / Total current assets | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Liquid reserve level Liquid reserve level = (Total current assets - Total current liabilities) / (Total expenses / 12) | 4.79 | 1.28 | 0.24 | 2.03 | 2.76 | 0.40 |
| Solvency ratios | Sector median | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2018 |
Liabilities ratio Liabilities ratio = Total liabilities / Total assets | 10% | 1% | 14% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Debt ratio Debt ratio = Debt / Total assets | 0% | 0% | 11% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Reserve coverage ratio Reserve coverage ratio = Net assets / Total expenses | 77% | 20% | 15% | 21% | 55% | 3% |
Financials
| Balance sheet | |||||
| Assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2018 |
| Cash | $1,462,846 | $203,338 | $967,228 | $72,356 | $3,233 |
| Receivables, inventories, prepaids | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Short-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other current assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current assets | $1,462,846 | $203,338 | $967,228 | $72,356 | $3,233 |
| Long-term investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Fixed assets | $1,262,066 | $1,224,525 | $252,205 | $102,175 | $0 |
| Other long-term assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term assets | $1,262,066 | $1,224,525 | $252,205 | $102,175 | $0 |
| Total assets | $2,724,912 | $1,427,863 | $1,219,433 | $174,531 | $3,233 |
| Liabilities | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2018 |
| Payables and accrued expenses | $19,107 | $40,269 | ($1,182) | $0 | $0 |
| Other current liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total current liabilities | $19,107 | $40,269 | ($1,182) | $0 | $0 |
| Debt | $0 | $153,502 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Due to (from) affiliates | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total long-term liabilities | $0 | $153,502 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total liabilities | $19,107 | $193,771 | ($1,182) | $0 | $0 |
| Net assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2018 |
| Without donor restrictions | $1,092,330 | $1,219,276 | $642,762 | $0 | $0 |
| With donor restrictions | $1,613,475 | $14,816 | $577,853 | $0 | $0 |
| Net assets | $2,705,805 | $1,234,092 | $1,220,615 | $174,531 | $3,233 |
| Revenues and expenses | |||||
| Revenue | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2018 |
| Total contributions | $14,960,386 | $8,718,452 | $6,501,895 | $487,968 | $82,087 |
| Program service revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Membership dues | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Investment income | $5,242 | $4,032 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Other revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total other revenue | $5,242 | $4,032 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total revenue | $14,965,628 | $8,722,484 | $6,501,895 | $487,968 | $82,087 |
| Expenses | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2018 |
| Program services | $13,244,394 | $8,103,802 | $5,580,306 | $314,952 | $97,688 |
| Management and general | $222,102 | $140,482 | $102,678 | $0 | $0 |
| Fundraising | $57,539 | $55,250 | $44,903 | $0 | $0 |
| Total expenses | $13,524,035 | $8,299,534 | $5,727,887 | $314,952 | $97,688 |
| Change in net assets | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2020 | 2018 |
| Surplus (deficit) | $1,441,593 | $422,950 | $774,008 | $173,016 | ($15,601) |
| Other changes in net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total change in net assets | $1,441,593 | $422,950 | $774,008 | $173,016 | ($15,601) |
Compensation
| Name | Title | Compensation |
| Rod Baker | President CEO | $56,058 |
| Gloria Baker | Vice President | $50,962 |
| Ethan Jacobsen | Director | $24,000 |
| Charlotte Lang | Director | $7,225 |
Compensation data as of: 12/31/2024
Response from ministry
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History
Pastor Rod Baker, the dedicated founder of Bridging Hunger, has a lifelong commitment to serving those in need. Pastor Rod and his wife Gloria have spent over 30 years empowering and equipping local churches to make a difference in at-risk communities in their areas by providing food, supplies, and necessary resources.
Over the course of the past three decades, Pastor Rod has traveled to numerous countries and across multiple continents, spreading the good news of Jesus while assisting those in need. Demonstrating his positive attitude, tireless energy, and unwavering passion, he dedicated several years to providing shelter, food, and the Gospel message in Haiti following a natural disaster.
Currently, Pastor Rod is the driving force behind Bridging Hunger, leading the operation of a 7,000-square-foot warehouse food distribution ministry located in Jenks, Oklahoma. This facility plays a vital role in supplying food to nearly 80 community partners and local pastors in rural and urban areas throughout Oklahoma. It also includes various programs such as a mobile food truck initiative that delivers hot meals to people in their respective neighborhoods, a school backpack program during the academic year, a summer Kids Food Program, with a goal to provide food to 10,000 children per week for the 10-week summer break, and disaster relief.
With a solid belief that the local church is the hope of the world, Pastor Rod, his wife Gloria, and their daughter and son-in-law, Amber and Ethan Jacobsen, also serve as co-pastors at NorthStar Church in Glenpool, OK.