Greater Kc Linc Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Work skills: under a contract with the state of Missouri to support its Missouri work assistance initiative (mwa), lincworks is responsible for serving unemployed and underemployed adults in the counties of jackson, clay and platte. These counties cover the Kansas city, Missouri metropolitan area and surrounding region. Through development, planning, contracting and monitoring community-based welfare-to-work systems, lincworks focuses on job retention issues, including child care, job readiness, personal skills, employer training and public transportation. Childcare education and support: linc has a long history of working closely with local childcare providers and other organizations who share a common vision of quality childcare. As an integrated community-wide asset, the childcare service network holds high value not only to family's dependent upon it, but to the metropolitan area as a whole. A critical component in quality care is training. Educare services offered by linc represent one of the first steps in a range of training opportunities available for childcare providers in the Kansas city area. Critical skillsets and on-site technical support are made available to providers with the goal of them being able to operate safe, viable, businesses and to increase their desire for more advanced training, accreditation and perhaps pursue a degree in early childhood. Educare is designed to enhance the early childhood development of children between the ages of zero to three years old. The program offers training, educational resources and home visits to family care providers located in jackson, clay and platte counties in Missouri, and addresses core competencies for early care and education professionals.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 92.8%; rating input score 93
• Program expense ratio: 94%; rating input score 94
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Compensation committee: Pass
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 1.9%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.4; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.5%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings