LYN Community Corp

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
822424778
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
North Miami, FL, USA
Phone
9173404039
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Human Rights

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,183,048
Expenses
$1,102,297
Assets
$371,478
Liabilities
$266,012

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Wade Kusack (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Chris Seiple: $157,078 total reported compensation
  • Wade Kusack (CEO): $88,288 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote religious freedom in Eastern Europe & Central Asia through partnership with government, civil society, and religious communities through strategic community building and extending the love of God in a practical and tangible way.

What it reported doing in 2024

Under a grant originally scheduled to conclude in 2023 but extended due to COVID-related delays, LYNC completed its final activities for TRT Grant 2020-10370 in 2024. From July 17, LYNC organized a series of roundtable discussions in Almaty, Shu, Shymkent, and Astana, engaging 58 leaders from diverse religious communities. Co-hosted with the IRF Secretariat, the events fostered dialogue on religious freedom and social cohesion, incorporated civil society in agenda-setting, and included recommendations related to Kazakhstans 2011 Law on Religious Activity. The roundtables were led by alumni of LYNCs Train-the-Trainers program who shared their applied experience with the LYNC-IRF model.In 2024, under short-term grant 2024-33377 from TRT, LYNC conducted an independent assessment of religious freedom in Uzbekistan. The nine-day field study, led by four international experts, included unrestricted interviews with government officials, religious leaders, and civil society representatives. The project addressed key areas including legal frameworks, human rights, education, and counter-extremism efforts. Findings and policy recommendations were developed in collaboration with the Uzbek government and shared at a public briefing at the ANC. This one-time initiative aimed to support ongoing reforms and model constructive engagement between governments and civil society on religious freedom.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 62
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.6%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 87.5%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $251.79 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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; 63rd 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: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.8%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.34; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.72; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.3%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 40.6% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 38.5% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.7% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.6% of revenue deployed · 87.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 2 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $965K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $157K · 4 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.