The Links Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521280198
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Hughesville, MD, USA
Phone
2409883438
Rating
56
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$48,967
Expenses
$33,337
Assets
$17,240

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Dr Theresa Jackson (President)
  • Yonelle More Lee (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Dr Theresa Jackson (President)
  • Yonelle More Lee (Vice President)
  • Tamalyn D Smith (Treasurer)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

A volunteer organization committed to implementing and supporting community service in education and civic activities that impact the lives of those we serve.

What it reported doing in 2024

Each member was responsible for completing the Kidney Disease training 101 with a passing score of 80%. We also delivered kidney disease awareness to thousands of residents of Charles County via an electronic billboard. We also participated in a health fair and provided educational materials.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 67% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

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: 40
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 33.6%; rating input score 34
  • Program expense ratio: 49.3%; rating input score 49

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 31.9%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.52; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -62.7% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -38.6% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -143.7% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 33.6% of revenue deployed · 49.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 7 filed program accomplishments · $16K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 7 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 49/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.