Empowering the drivers of social progress
Drawing on deep personal and professional experience within philanthropy, The Bridge understands the unique needs and expectations of foundations supporting vital work across the third and fourth sectors.
Services For Foundations
Financial Services
Foundations often possess strong financial capacity but encounter systemic challenges that reduce impact, ranging from limited oversight of overseas activities to inconsistent reporting standards, gaps in transparency, or insufficient engagement with their implementing partners. The Bridge ensures that foundations remain fully connected to the organizations they fund, providing clarity, accountability, and verified insight into how financial resources are being applied. By strengthening reporting channels, improving financial tracking, and upgrading nonprofit partners’ internal systems, we help foundations achieve optimal financial efficiency and responsible stewardship. Through structured oversight, foundations gain both confidence and control in their funding activity.
Services can include:
- Planning and structuring annual giving programs
- Holding, managing, and distributing funds locally
- Third-party financial verification and transparent reporting
- Upgrading nonprofit partners to meet foundation reporting standards
- Ongoing oversight and communication with grantees
Research & Reporting
Foundations often move purposefully in their mission but may lack a complete understanding of the philanthropic landscape surrounding their field. They need clear insights into who else is funding the space, how much funding flows into it, which regions or organizations are most active, and how their own impact compares within this ecosystem. The Bridge provides foundations with the research tools needed to make informed strategic decisions, as well as clear, verified reporting on the performance of their giving. By combining market research with high-quality impact data, foundations receive a comprehensive view of both their sector and their outcomes, enabling effective, evidence-based philanthropy.
Services can include:
- Sector mapping and field analyses
- Donor-landscape research and comparative insights
- Key performance indicator (KPI) planning
- Verified impact reporting from funded programs
- Development of monitoring, evaluation, and learning frameworks
Tailorable Services
Every foundation has a distinct mission, leadership culture, and set of aspirations that extend beyond standard operational needs. The Bridge offers philanthropic institutions a tailored suite of services designed to help them pursue unique goals, whether that involves behind-the-scenes site visits, convening with other funders, facilitating engagement with government or civic leaders, or navigating major transitions such as starting, expanding, merging, or winding down foundations. These services are delivered on an as-needed basis and crafted with sensitivity to the foundation’s vision and strategic priorities.
Services can include:
- Private and interest-specific site visits
- Events and convenings for funder networks
- Connection to governmental, civic, and philanthropic leaders
- Support during periods of transition, expansion, or restructuring
- Strategic advisory for foundation establishment or conclusion
Enhancing Organizational Capabilities
Every foundation, in its own way, operates like an investment body, with assets, income, expenditures, internal structures, and strategic indicators guiding its decisions. Strengthening organizational capacity increases long-term sustainability, improves the effectiveness of giving, and elevates the experience of both funders and grantees. The Bridge supports foundations in improving their systems, processes, and management structures so they can run their operations, and their portfolios with clarity and efficiency. By optimizing internal workflows and supporting the administrative side of grantmaking, we help foundations meet international best practices in a way that is tailored to their unique mission.
Services can include:
- Organizational structure review and development
- Digital systems management (CRM, grant intake, workflow tools)
- Executive and board-level management support
- Improvements to grantmaking processes and proposal intake
- Operational support for international or foreign-donation program
Sourcing the Right Implementers
To operate effectively, foundations must engage a wide network of legal, financial, regulatory, civic, and professional service providers. With decades of experience across multiple fields, The Bridge maintains a deep understanding of the region’s landscape and a long-standing directory of trusted partners. We offer foundations guidance, assessments, and curated recommendations to ensure they are working with the most capable implementers, while also providing oversight to guarantee that these relationships remain effective. Through this support, foundations gain a coherent, efficient ecosystem of reliable external partners.
Services can include:
- Recommendations of leading legal, accounting, and compliance providers
- Connections to regulatory and governance specialists
- Vetting and assessment of service providers and consultants
- Structuring and oversight of relationships with implementers
- Support in opening new strategic partnerships in the region
- office@thebridge-development.com
- The New Jerusalem Bridge for Development Ltd - Reg # 517037768
1st Office:
Jerusalem
Address:
Shifte Israel Street 4, Jerusalem
Office Hours:
Sunday 10:30 - 18:30
Monday - Thursday 08:30 - 20:00
Friday 08:30 - 13:00
2nd Office:
Hafia
Address:
Derech HaAtsma'ut 65, Haifa
Office Hours:
Sunday - Thursday 09:00 - 17:30