Linc Nw
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 383873959
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- N Lakewood, WA, USA
- Phone
- 3606544205
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Protestant
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $813,373
- Expenses
- $790,762
- Assets
- $246,281
- Liabilities
- $3,324
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Ryan Brown (Executive Director/CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Ryan Brown (Executive Director/CEO): $104,555 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our work is made easier through donations and financial support from our community partners… like YOU! Community Closet Donations We strive to support the community through operating an ongoing closet of essential items for children and families in need. Donations can be dropped off at the Center, where our team of volunteers will sort and distribute items. We are currently accepting these new & gently used items sizes 4T - 4X:. The Cold Weather Shelter opens anytime the temperature drops below 34* in Marysville. We use an Amazon Wish List to ensure that we receive the kinds of items that we can put directly to use. Thank you for your contribution! We go through cleaning supplies, meal supplies, bedding, and consumable/comfort items for our guests. Shopping from this wishlist gives us exactly what we need to help care for folks!
What it reported doing in 2024
Community resource drop-in center and cold weather shelter: visitors to the drop-in center receive immediate help and assistance to meet their daily needs - emergency food, emergency overnight shelter when temperature is under 34 degrees, financial assistance with rent and utilities to keep them from becoming homeless, clothing, cold weather gear, and shelter. Drop-in staff and volunteers walk alongside and mentor individuals through housing and job searches, addiction and mental health services, and together discover and work through application processes to additional community resources. Longer term mentoring is provided to help individuals and families improve their life skills, increase their income potential, and strengthen their personal and economic stability.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 61% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 60
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- 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: 2.8%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 13.2%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 22.4% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 23.6% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $791K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $105K · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.