Global Link Partners

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841638352
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Prior Lake, MN, USA
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$172,666
Expenses
$195,452
Assets
$43,794
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Rick Allan (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Kendra Havlicek (Member): $45,879 total reported compensation
  • Mark J Gold (Director): $19,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We seek to advance the kingdom of God. Whether it be in North America, Central and South America or Africa and Asia Pacific. Global Link Partners is training and equipping the Church to reach the world with the Good News of Jesus Christ. We do this by meeting with people, building them up in their faith, and giving them the tools to do the same for others.

What it reported doing in 2025

Global Link Partners 2025 summary GLP - Mark: * God sent me to Florida to train youth leaders, to Thailand to encourage missionary kids, to Czech to train youth and leaders, to Nigeria to train youth leaders, to Chicago for street evangelism, to Wisconsin to speak at a camp for Chinese students, to India for a pastors and believers retreat, as well as Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, Iowa, Minnesota and NY. GLP - Student Link summary: * SL Team of 4 attended the Sonlife's Conference and were amazing servants for the week. * Took 5 students and 3 SL team members to Duluth for District Blitz * Summer was busy with mission trip to Madison, XJ Training in Chicago, and serving at Friendship Church youth nights. * September was all about Rekindle in Czech with an amazing group of 11. * SL launched at both Prior Lake and Shakopee campuses. We have 11 students at each campus that have committed to 6 more weeks. * SL launched at a church in Washington & Michigan GLP - Skeptics Journey * Hosted a seminar in March where 27 people came. * Was on the main stage for the Duluth Blitz breakout sessions where over 500 people attended each session. * Was the speaker at an Easter service at a church in California. * Traveled to Czech and shared a few times with them. GLP - Kendra * Student Link - led 16 young adults and students in Student Link with 10 continuing in 2026 * Attended District Blitz with Student Link * Volunteering in 6th grade discussion group at Prior Lake Friendship Church * Speaking engagements at Flood in May and River in March Traveled to FL for Sonlife conference, Chicago to train at XJ, Madison on a youth mission trip, Rekindle in September, and Dubai.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 89% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 62
  • Accountability: 57
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 96.4%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: $157.26 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Pass
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 31.2%; rating input score 31; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: -13.2%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.22; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 33.2%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.4% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 6 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $188K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $46K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 26 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and grants
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.