Linden Fund USA

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
113485488
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Phone
7186350117
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$103,777
Expenses
$82,865
Assets
$83,872
Liabilities
$3,050

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

People named in this filing

  • PAULA WALCOTT-QUINTIN (CHAIRPERSON)
  • KEITH SEMPLE (VICE-CHAIR)
  • CYRILENE HWRIGHT (TREASURER - SEE SCHEDULE O)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the linden fund USA is to play a leadership role in the revitalization of region 10 in guyana, which includes linden and its surrounding communities. The linden fund USA forms strategic partnerships with other entities with similar interests. It shall provide funding for projects, programs, and initiatives that promote and enhance the academic, social, medical, and economic standing and wellbeing of region 10.

What it reported doing in 2024

Senior citizens program: senior citizens support: in response to the covid-19 pandemic in 2020, lfu guyana inc. Produced reusable masks and delivered twice-per-week hot meals for nine weeks to 150 senior citizens in mid-2020. Support was extended to delivering hampers to 30 of the most food-insecure from august to december.in 2021, special meal deliveries were made in celebration of mother's and father's day to 150 elderly residents, with december holiday distribution of personal care items to the same cohort. Since then, a comprehensive plan to engage the senior citizen community is underway with local stakeholders, including a group of re-migrant seniors. Lfu guyana inc. Initiated a series of surveys among the seniors, resulting in gathering 225 distinct survey results that revealed their immediate needs, leading to the launch of the "senior lime" initiative in 2024 that will see quarterly social engagement activities of the elderly in linden and the environs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 73% for direct work, and 27% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 55
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 50.4%; rating input score 50
  • Program expense ratio: 63.1%; rating input score 63

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.2%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.01; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.4%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 26.6% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 35.4% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 50.4% of revenue deployed · 63.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $52K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.