Culture Link Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

2025 Program Service Accomplishments 2025 started strong with three Help! We're Going On A Short-Term Trip! seminars: one in Atlanta, GA, one in Tampa, FL, and one closed class with a church partner in Atlanta, GA. In late January, Ryan Hurlburt conducted a workshop on "Designing Short-Term Trips with Your Partners" at the annual Mission Connexion Northwest Conference in Portland, OR. CULTURELink was a conference sponsor once again. The Ragans returned to Saudi Arabia in February for a 10-day prayer retreat, traveling throughout the country to intercede in strategic places. Afterward, Karen traveled to Tajikistan for a prayer conference, in addition to caring for workers. In February, Larry Ragan conducted a workshop at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church's MOVE Conference. He also taught an Intentional Living seminar for a church partner in the Atlanta, GA area. Larry was invited by the Navigators staff at the University of Alabama to lead a spiritual life retreat for over 30 students in March. In late March, Ryan joined the Ragans in Northern Cyprus for the Groundwork West Conference, where 1000 workers gathered to pray for the Muslim world. Many of those in attendance serve in some of the toughest and most-closed-to-Christianity regions of the world. Karen again helped on the admin team and Larry's time was filled with worker care meetings. Ryan was able to meet many of CULTURELink's global partners for the first time. After Groundwork, the Ragans traveled to Morocco to visit their son, Luke, who was in the middle of a master's degree program (he has since concluded his classwork and internship, and is in the job interview process with multiple organizations). In June, Larry was invited to teach and care for 75 workers (including children) in Thailand as part of Global Frontier Mission's (GFM) 25-year anniversary. These missionaries traveled from all over Southeast Asia, sharing stories of God's faithfulness when ministries were thriving, testimonies of His sustaining grace when people were betrayed, and accounts of God's healing when some faced life-threatening sicknesses. Ryan traveled to south Texas with his family in June to meet with Border Perspective's staff and visit their local partners. Border Perspective equips, educates, and mobilizes people through biblical resources and service-learning trips along the U. S. / Mexico border. Over the summer, the Ragans hosted multiple missionary families: one from Pakistan, two from Egypt, one from Saudi Arabia, and another from Indonesia. These visits allow for more informal, yet deeper conversations and worker care. This care varied from fieldsite debriefing and re-entry processing, trauma care, and marriage counseling. In August, Ryan once conducted a training retreat for Lancaster County Christian School in Pennsylvania to prepare their high school seniors for service with our ministry partner in Costa Rica. At the end of August, Larry spent a weekend conducting a debriefing and trauma care retreat for a team of eight workers who had been suddenly kicked out of a country in the Middle East. Working through their shock and pain, together they grieved their hopes and plans that were shattered after years of ministry. Slowly, we are seeing God healing and redirecting them. Over several weeks in September and October, the Ragans spent time in Uzbekistan, Malaysia, Turkey, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. A major highlight for them was serving as the spiritual directors and leaders for an eight-day prayer event throughout Saudi. In October, Ryan returned to Lancaster, PA to equip leaders at a training seminar at Lancaster Evangelical Free Church. In November, Larry and Karen traveled to Southeast Asia for the Groundwork East Conference, where over 500 workers from across the region gathered. Karen once again fulfilled her role on the admin team and Larry met one-on-one for multiple hours providing counseling, encouragement, and life coaching to workers. Just before Thanksgiving, the Hurlburt

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 93.3%; rating input score 93
• Program expense ratio: 90.6%; rating input score 91
• Fundraising efficiency: $35.1 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
• Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -3%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.29; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 32.1%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings