Jackson MS Chapter of The Links Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
646029529
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Jackson, MS, USA
Phone
6017502428
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$63,054
Expenses
$59,628
Assets
$118,741

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Letitia Johnson (President)
  • Kinshasa Watson (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Letitia Johnson (President)
  • Kinshasa Watson (Vice President)
  • Mary Cox (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Promote and engage in educational, civic, and intercultural activities throughout the Jackson, MS Metropolitan Area

What it reported doing in 2025

Enriched the quality of life for students and families. Fostered an appreciation of the arts in the school/community and raised the awareness of health and wellness issues and behavior. Over 1500 participants served in all programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 73% for direct work, and 27% for grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 25
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 25%; rating input score 25
  • Program expense ratio: 26.5%; rating input score 26

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.4%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.99; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 25% of revenue deployed · 26.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 25/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.