Charleston SC Chapter of the Links Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
902101144
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2021
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
Charleston, SC, USA
Phone
6095191140
Rating
36
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$72,476
Expenses
$69,394
Assets
$170,467
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Rosemarie D Nance (President)
  • Lisa S King (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Rosemarie D Nance (President)
  • Lisa S King (Vice President)
  • Gail Spencer DeCosta (Recording Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Service organization working in our local community across 5 facets, Arts and Culture, Health and Human Services, Services to Youth, National Trends and Services, and International Trends and Services.

What it reported doing in 2021

Other Program Services: granted Beyond Our Walls $1500; The DIVA Foundation $500; Future Leaders $443.92; Charleston Jazz Academy $250; 75 Million Steps Challenge $165.35; Awarded gift cards to youth who completed the Future Leaders Program- 15graduates (NTS); participated in the Poster Arts contest - 3 winners (Arts), participants in the 75 million Step Challenge - 12 monthly winners (HHS) $1,525; Program supplies purchased by us but used by youth in partner programs $493.63. Expenses included Gift Card Honorariums for speakers at the Future Leaders workshops (NTS); Gift Card Honorariums for instructors for the STYLZ program (Arts) $540.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 1
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 1.4%; rating input score 1
  • Program expense ratio: 1.5%; rating input score 1

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.3%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.46; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 1.4% of revenue deployed · 1.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 6 filed program accomplishments · $1K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 1/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.