Links Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
566085458
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Greensboro, NC, USA
Rating
48
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$102,806
Expenses
$103,618
Assets
$82,931

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Teresa Vincent (President)
  • Paula McKinney (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Teresa Vincent (President)
  • Paula McKinney (Vice President)
  • Pamela Meadows (Reocrding 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 through service. Greensboro NC Chapter has a 66-year history of community engagement with local and area institutions. The Chapter has partnered with such institutions as the following in response to their needs: Guilford County Schools Guilford County Department of Health and Human Services and the Shirley T. Frye YWCA. As members of the Southern Area of The Links Incorporated we advocate for and support such programs as Closing the Gap on Foster Care Artist Noir HeartLinks and the HBCU Initiative.

What it reported doing in 2025

The 2026 Black Family Wellness Expo is a FREE community event designed to promote awareness of all aspects of health and wellness including physical mental financial and spiritual and will feature a variety of organizations and businesses offering educational or service related health and wellness information specially designed for the African American Community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 67% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 17
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 17%; rating input score 17
  • Program expense ratio: 16.9%; rating input score 17

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.8%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.8; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 28.9% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 17% of revenue deployed · 16.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $18K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2009 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 17/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.