2025-02-28T12:18:03-08:00 2024-12-31 952076568 Leaf & Cole LLP 2810 Camino Del Rio South Suite 200 San Diego CA 92108 990EZ 2024-01-01 274387102 BTH INTERNATIONAL BTHI 6195075157 PO BOX 6124 SAN DIEGO CA 92166 ERIN RICKWA Executive Dir. 2025-02-28 true true WHITNEY LACOSTE P01360269 6192947200 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X N/A X X 69996 X 67393 2603 0 0 0 0 69996 41070 29996 1145 8942 81153 -11157 234785 24437 248065 234785 248065 234785 248065 234785 248065 TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE FOR VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS LIVING IN SHELTERS. For over two decades, Bridges to Healing International has provided essential healthcare to more than 7,000 vulnerable youth in shelters across three countries. As a grassroots organization, we act swiftly and efficiently, making informed decisions to deliver critical healthcare resources where they are needed most. Through close collaboration with local partners, we ensure personalized care shaped by thousands of hours spent in shelters. Our approach focuses on achievable, tailored solutions that meet the unique needs of vulnerable young people. Our short-term goal is to improve daily well-being, while our long-term vision is to empower youth to lead fulfilling, independent lives. We serve as a vital bridge between institutional care and local medical resources, ensuring comprehensive physical and mental healthcare. In recent years, we have increased our focus on adolescent womenone of the most vulnerable populations in institutional care.Key Accomplishments in 2024:- Expanded healthcare services to over 400 high-risk children and young women inorphanages and institutional care settings in Bolivia and Tanzania.- Funded healthcare costs in youth shelters, including full-time nurse salaries,medications, lab tests, surgeries, and physical therapy.- Launched specialized health programs for under-resourced young women,particularly those who are disabled, Indigenous, or survivors of gender-basedviolence. These initiatives empower young women with access to comprehensivehealthcare, promote well-being, and reduce reliance on institutional care.- Established Tanzanias first audiology testing program for hearing-impaired youthliving in shelters, addressing a critical shortage of audiologists.- Expanded efforts to reduce institutionalization by funding community health workers who provide physical and mental health support to single mothers raising children with chronic illnesses and disabilities, helping prevent unnecessary institutionalization.- Provided social work, infectious disease, and healthcare consultations to improve sanitation and long-term health outcomes for youth in shelters where we operate. 78427 78427 SPENCER RICKWA Director 5.00 0 KAREN REILLY Secretary 1.00 0 JAMES DEHARPPORTE President 1.00 0 ERIN RICKWA Executive Dir. 40.00 29996 PATRICK REILLY CFO 1.00 0 FLORENCE GILLMAN Director 1.00 0 JOHN GILLMAN Director 1.00 0 false false false false false false false 0 0 0 false 0 0 false ERIN RICKWA 787 CATALINA BLVD SAN DIEGO CA 92106 6195075157 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 41125 47450 34000 76322 67393 266290 0 0 41125 47450 34000 76322 67393 266290 163599 102691 839 1072 2603 4514 0 0 270804 0.37920 0.34050 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Grants and Similar Amounts Paid In Excess of $5,000.2 Class of Activity: HEALTH PROGRAMS | Donee's Name: HOGAR SAN LORENZO ORPHANAGE | Donee's Address: 6RCW+772 LEANDRO MARTEL SANTA CRUZ SIERRA Bolivia | Cash Amount Given: $14900 Grants and Similar Amounts Paid In Excess of $5,000.3 Class of Activity: HEALTH PROGRAMS | Donee's Name: CENTRO DE MADRES ADOLESCENTES ORPHANAGE | Donee's Address: 6V92+822 JUAN ZARRAGA CAMPOS SANTA CRUZ SIERRA Bolivia | Cash Amount Given: $5001 Grants and Similar Amounts Paid In Excess of $5,000.5 Class of Activity: HEALTH PROGRAMS | Donee's Name: ST JUSTIN FOUNDATION | Donee's Address: MAKOKO WARD, BLOCK A, PLOT NO 98 | Cash Amount Given: $9000 Grants and Similar Amounts Paid In Excess of $5,000.6 Class of Activity: HEALTH PROGRAMS | Donee's Name: JIPE MOYO CENTRE CHILD PROTECTION | Donee's Address: MAKOKO RD | Cash Amount Given: $6500 Grants and Similar Amounts Paid In Excess of $5,000.8 Class of Activity: HEALTH PROGRAMS | Donee's Name: OTHER GRANTS | Donee's Address: VARIOUS SANTA CRUZ SIERRA Bolivia | Cash Amount Given: $5669 Other Expenses.1002 Office Expenses $1040 Other Expenses.1005 Travel $5424 Other Expenses.1 MEDICINE $1938 Other Expenses.2 OTHER BUSINESS EXPENSE $295 Other Expenses.3 BANK & CREDIT CARD FEES $245