Links Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 232035938
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Lancaster, PA, USA
- Rating
- 54
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $47,221
- Expenses
- $38,698
- Assets
- $40,979
- Liabilities
- $2,281
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Dr Sybil Knight Burney (President)
- Shermaine Mahogany Croney (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Dr Sybil Knight Burney (President)
- Shermaine Mahogany Croney (Vice President)
- Kathryn L Waters Recording (Recording 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
Friends transforming communities thru service. The outstanding programming of The Links Incorporated has five facets which include Services to Youth The Arts National Trends and Services International Trends and Services and Health and Human Services. The programs are implemented through strategies such as public information and education economic development and public policy campaigns.
What it reported doing in 2025
Scholarships: The following scholarship recipients were awarded a scholarship of 1250 pp: 1. Layla King 3214 Penbrook Ave Harrisburg PA 17109 917-327-2066 Laylaking713@gmail. com Dauphin County Tech Howard University Bachelors in Computer Science 100 pts 2. Ariam Genrezgi**Hasnotcashedchecks 2226 Kensington Street Harrisburg PA 17104 717 503-0181 Ariamgebrezgi@gmail. com Harrisburg HS State College Bachelors in Electrical Engineering 100 pts 3. Tai Allen 6131 Charing Cross Mechanicsburg PA 17050 717-802-4778 ttjjhappy@gmail. com Cumberland County HS Louisiana University Bachelors in Kinesiology Athletic Medicine 99 pts 4. Jordanah Wells 620 Georgian Place Harrisburg PA 17111 717-736-1952 jordiwells@yahoo. com Dauphin County Tech Shippensburg University Bachelors in Biology 95 pts FamilyWellnessExpo: served
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 71% for direct work, and 29% for grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 37
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 34%; rating input score 34
- Program expense ratio: 41.5%; rating input score 42
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 18%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.06; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 34% of revenue deployed · 41.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $16K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 42/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.