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BRIDES ACROSS AMERICA

United in Love

Andover, MA   |  www.bridesacrossamerica.org

Mission

Brides Across America plays a role in making military and first responder brides dreams come true by gifting them a free designer wedding gown during a Brides Across America’s Operation Wedding Gown Event. Due to deployment, financial hardship, and other challenges unique to servicemen and women, military and first responder brides can find it difficult to plan a wedding. Brides Across America is connecting with bridal salons across the nation to help spread the love to our heroes. Founded by Heidi Janson in 2008, Heidi was inspired to do something special to express gratitude to the dedicated service men and women.

Ruling year info

2012

Principal Officer

Heidi Janson

Main address

342 North Main Street

Andover, MA 01810 USA

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EIN

45-3203669

NTEE code info

Gift Distribution (P58)

Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution (T12)

Philanthropy / Charity / Voluntarism Promotion (General) (T50)

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Our programs

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What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Operation Wedding Gown Events

Brides Across America plays a role in making their dreams come true by giving a military and first responder brides a free designer gown during an Operation Wedding Gown Event. Events are held twice a year in partnership with bridal salons across the country

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Goals & Strategy

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Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

Brides Across America continues to help more military couples in need and expanding to first res ponders.
Brides Across America continues to support wounded warriors, post-traumatic stress, and employment for veterans.
We are an organization about supporting our heroes through community awareness and leading social responsibility.

Our mission is to hold events twice a year so military brides can go to their local bridal salon and select a wedding gown for free. This is our way to show our support and say thank you.
BAA will be partnering with non profits to gift 3-6 weddings a year through building local and national support.
BAA will build community awareness by volunteering at local events and fundraising to support our veterans.

BAA will be partnering with Weddings for Warriors to help those military don't have the funds for a wedding; gifting 5 weddings each Nov.
BAA will be working with other vendors to fund raise and support our mission through various platforms such as online giving, charitable road races and local community events.
BAA will strive to increase its awareness and gift more free wedding gowns to our service men and women by increasing events and gaining more brand recognition.

Fundraising and sponsorship we seem to lack on because of our short staffing. We are hoping to add more medical need base funding to support those vets that need assistance in this area.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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BRIDES ACROSS AMERICA

Board of directors
as of 03/07/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board co-chair

Holly Coolican

Raymour & Flanigan

Term: 2015 -


Board co-chair

Theresa Brumley

Paulette Cleghorn

Yumi Katzura

Board leadership practices

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Not applicable
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Not applicable
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 3/7/2023
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female
Sexual orientation
Decline to state
Disability status
Decline to state

Race & ethnicity

No data

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability

No data

Equity strategies

Last updated: 03/07/2023

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Policies and processes
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.