Link School Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
932481412
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Acworth, GA, USA
Phone
4045589809
Rating
95
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$211
Expenses
$246
Assets
$754
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Rebecca Sartain (Director and President)
  • Paige Freeman (Director, Vice-President, Secretary)

People named in this filing

  • Rebecca Sartain (Director and President)
  • Paige Freeman (Director, Vice-President, Secretary)
  • Jennifer Hutchins (Director)

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

Supporting Organization for a special needs school.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, the Foundation purchase a gaming system that allows for indoor physical movement for students when the weather does not permit outdoor activities. It also worked with The Link School to secure a booth at the Acworth Farmers Market to sell Garden Hods the students made in woodworking class. This is a first step in raising visibility for the school and the Foundation. The Foundation plans to increase its support of this endeavor in 2026 and create an online store to enable easier fundraising efforts.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 85.8%; rating input score 86

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -16.6%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.07; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 150% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 26.1% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 64.5% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $211 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.