LINK of Hampton Roads
Legal name: Link of Hampton Roads Incorporated
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 541556503
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2023
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-T 2022
- Location
- Newport News, VA, USA
- Phone
- 757-595-1953
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Emergency Assistance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,617,708
- Expenses
- $3,585,786
- Assets
- $1,509,099
- Liabilities
- $1,000,942
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- LYNNE FINDING (FORMER EXE D): $121,333 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
LINK is a nonprofit volunteer organization that exists to help people help themselves through education, direct services, advocacy, and outreach programs. Our dedicated team of friendly volunteers is readily available to provide assistance with vital necessities, including but not limited to food, clothing, formula, diapers, and essential household items. FOOD PANTRY At the heart of our mission, the food pantry serves as a vital distribution center, extending a helping hand to families facing hunger. Our provisions are sourced not only from the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank but also from the generosity of local donors. The quantity of food disbursed is thoughtfully tailored to meet the unique requirements of each individual and family, ensuring that those in need receive the appropriate support.
What it reported doing in 2023
Veteran's rehabilitative shelter program - to provide housing and supportive services, transportation, meals, assisting with resume writing and job placement for veterans in need of rehabilitative housing as they recover from illness.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 69% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 50% for direct work, and 50% for grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
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: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.1%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 86.8%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: $284.2 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.9%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.66; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.4%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 86.1% of revenue deployed · 86.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $121K · 16 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $236K reported
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.