BRIDGE INITIATIVE
EIN 81-2423693 · Theater (A65)
What they do
THE BRIDGE INITIATIVE BELIEVES THEATRE and MEDIA CAN ACT AS A MIRROR and A WINDOW to INSPIRE GROWTH and BUILD COMMUNITY. WE ENVISION AN EQUITABLE INDUSTRY WHERE WOMEN and OTHER GROUPS WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN DENIED ACCESS ARE EQUITABLY REPRESENTED and VALUED. WE ASPIRE to BEING PART of A HEALTHY, MULTI-TIERED PROFESSIONAL ECOSYSTEM IN ARIZONA THAT PROVIDES JUST COMPENSATION and THE HIGHEST QUALITY ARTISTIC OFFERINGS FROM NEW WORK INCUBATION to FULL PRODUCTION. WE WANT to BUILD A COMMUNITY of SAFE and BRAVE SPACES WHERE ARTISTS and AUDIENCE USE THEATRE and MEDIA to SPARK DIALOGUE, INSPIRE REFLECTION, and GROW A BETTER WORLD. OUR 2024 SEASON INCLUDED:1) DIARY of ANNE FRANK: CO-PRODUTION of THE PLAY for A WEEK of MIDDLE SCHOOL AUDIENCES 2) SEE JANE RUN: DOCUMENTARY FILM-IN-PROGRESS WE ARE CO-PRODUCING PROFILING ACTRESS/ACTIVIST INDO REFUGEE JANE VOGEL MANTIRI WHO FOUNDED NONPROFIT ADVANCE GENDER EQUITY IN THE ARTS 3) THE FLORA & FAUNA: WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION of A NEW PLAY
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (9)
AMIE BJORKLUNDSECRETARY/TREASURER/CO-ARTISTIC DIR
BRENDA FOLEYPRINCIPAL OFFICER
BREONA CONRADBOARD MEMBER
CHRISTI SWEENEYBOARD MEMBER
DANIELA CRISPOBOARD MEMBER
ELIZABETH BROWNLEECO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
NATALIE ANDREWSBOARD MEMBER
ROB GREENSPANTREASURER (THRU MARCH)
SALLY JESSEBOARD MEMBER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2016
- Location
- 533 W MALIBU DR, TEMPE, AZ 85282-4815
- County
- Maricopa
- In care of
- BRENDA FOLEY
- Primary officer
- BRENDA FOLEY, PRESIDENT/PRODUCING EXEC DIRECTOR
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- WEGNER CPAS LLP
- NTEE classification
- Theater (A65)
- IRS tax category
- Theater