Bridge is a family. We support our people and communities in four key pillars.

Bridge Gives is our workplace giving program. Bridge provides 1:1 employee match up to $1,000 per employee annually to incentivize employee giving and community involvement, and each employee is expected to spend at least one volunteer day per year working together to give back to our communities. As an expression of the Bridge Gives philosophy, we created the Bridge CARES: COVID-19 Relief Fund to help those less fortunate, the residents living within Bridge-managed communities impacted by the crisis.

We believe our residents, regardless of age, should have access to the resources necessary to succeed in the 21st century economy. Each year, Bridge awards $10,000 college scholarships to talented residents living in multifamily communities owned and operated by Bridge. A competitive and prestigious scholarship, selection is based on academic achievements, leadership, extracurriculars, personal essays, and diversity. In 2020, Bridge commemorated 12 “Bridge Scholars.”

In partnership with our partner nonprofit organizations Covenant House and Volunteers of America, Bridge provides 数字货币基金有哪些_合约交homeless youth with a simple but essential tool for survival: a backpack. In 2019, We Got Your Back served 7,410 数字货币基金有哪些_合约交homeless youth, with 278 Bridge employees and 1,762 Bridge residents, tenants and seniors participating across 18 communities.

Bridge has reduced the management fee it collects from its Workforce and Affordable Housing strategy to fund the Bridge Community Enhancement Initiative (“BCEI”) – comprised of dedicated social programs focused on empowering, educating and improving the daily lives of residents to build vibrant, thriving communities across Bridge target markets nationwide.

In Queens, New York, we have partnered with New Yorkers For Children (the nonprofit partner to the Administration for Children’s Services) to fill gaps in the child welfare system and support foster care youth, by assisting them with college enrollment, educational support, and workforce skills development. This partnership is part of the Bridge Charitable Gift Fund’s community revitalization efforts, which include our Opportunity Zones initiative and Bridge to Education scholarship program.

Bridge is a founding sponsor of the PREA Foundation, in partnership with the first-ever Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) Real Estate track. SEO has a 35-year track record of success providing select educational and internship opportunities to college students from underrepresented backgrounds.

As a proud sponsor of the Toigo Foundation, Bridge supports the career advancement and leadership of underrepresented talent in the finance industry, with a focus on identifying and developing MBA level talent. Bridge is a Gold sponsor of the Toigo annual gala, a breakthrough sponsor of Groundbreakers as a champion for the advancement of women, and an MBA Catapult sponsor.

The Bridge “Boots-on-the-Ground” partnership with Shoes That Fit sponsors brand-new athletic shoes for children in need in the Bridge local footprint. In 2019, Bridge sponsored brand-new shoes for 1,200 children across six elementary schools in our communities (New York, Salt Lake City, Atlanta, Orlando and San Francisco).

With the senior population at a higher risk of COVID-19, our teams worked harder than ever to keep them safe and engaged in uplifting activities. In an effort to keep our older residents connected, Bridge Senior Living partnered with Birmingham-based marketing firm LUCKIE to kick start Radio Recliner. Quarantined Bridge Senior Living residents participate on the online radio as guest DJs, telling stories, reading books or playing their favorite songs while sharing messages from families to the residents across the communities.