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The Links Foundation Incorporated

Promoting and engaging in educational, civic and intercultural activities in order to enrich the lives of members of the larger community.

$8.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
113
Itemized grants FY2024
100
Organizations funded FY2023
4%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$7.6M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$35,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,101,462
Organizations funded a year
79 to 122
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
29
Total assets, FY2024
$32M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 4% of the organizations The Links Foundation Incorporated funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Community ImprovementHealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentAnimalsHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving112$7.6M4%
FY2023100$4.1M4%
FY202279$3.1M4%
FY202194$2.7M5%
FY2020120$5.1M11%
FY2019122$5.9M20%
FY2018120$4.1M41%
FY2017110$3.7Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$34MHealth$1.0MMembership Benefit$623kPublic Benefit$318kYouth Development$242kCommunity Improvement$151kArts & Culture$116kHuman Services$90kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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CA
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 214 grantees
All grantees of The Links Foundation Incorporated by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Links Incorporated Central Area$1,363,712748%
TRINITY (TX) Chapter of the LINKS INCORPORATED$1,105,236999%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$1,000,00010%
Southern Area of the Links Incorporated$964,875632%
Links Inc$811,465881%
Chicago (IL) Chapter of The Links Incorporated$807,170680%
Arlington Chapter of the Links Incorporated$796,939966%
Links Inc Oakland Bay Area Chapter$792,833990%
The Links Inc Dallas Chapter$686,903980%
The Links Inc Plano North Metroplex Chapter$682,651896%
West Palm Beach Chapter of the Links Incorporated$647,927971%
Greater Hudson Valley Chapter The Links Incorporated$610,925971%
The Links Incorporated South Suburban Chicago Chapter$607,795896%
The Links Incorporated Western Area$602,010755%
Town Lake Chapter the Links Inc$560,126968%
Links Inc Crown Jewels (NC) Chapter$527,236864%
San Diego Chapter the Links Inc$461,460764%
Capital City (Dc) Chapter of Links Inc$430,925866%
San Antonio Chapter of The Links Inc$430,780982%
Durham Chapter of the Links Inc$421,251797%
Links Inc Mid-Cities Chapter$416,443693%
Penn Towne Chapter of the Links Inc$373,050672%
Dayton Chapter of the Links Incorporated$371,351881%
Tallahassee (Fl) Chapter the Links Incorporated$367,081950%
Long Island Chapter the Links Inc$358,842870%
Metropolitan DC Chapter The Links Incorporated$346,998764%
Links Inc Harbor City Chapter$343,806771%
Alameda Contra Costa Chapter the Links Inc$336,885875%
Annapolis (Md) Chapter the Links Incorporated$324,126887%
Greater Wayne County Mi Chapter Links Inc$318,539685%
The Links Inc Greater Denton County TX Chapter$304,746768%
Links Incorporated Birmingham Chapter$303,644954%
Silver Spring Md Chapter Links Inc$302,259780%
Columbia Md Chapter the Links Inc$294,105759%
Pontchartrain Chapter the Links Inc$288,759931%
Twin Rivers (OH) Chapter of the Links Incorporated$275,827895%
The Links Inc - Triangle Park Chapter$263,211874%
Links Inc Patapsco River Chapter$262,809956%
Beverly Hills West (CA) Chapter The Links Incorporated$262,234985%
The Links Inc Philadelphia Chapter$253,053825%
Charleston Sc Chapter of the Links Inc$251,2008n/a
Boston Chapter of Links$251,047681%
Richmond Chapter The Links Inc$250,839753%
The Links Inc Western Reserve Chapt$240,186573%
Links Inc San Francisco Chapter$232,000788%
The Greater New York Chapter of the Links Incorporated$221,029365%
Columbia Chapter of the Links Inc$220,444582%
Minneapolis-St Paul Chapter of the Links Inc$219,543638%
Crescent City la Chapter Links Incorporated$219,150697%
New Orleans Chapter the Links Inc$218,791865%
The Eastern Area of the Links Incorporated$217,850438%
Westchester County Chapter the Links Incorporated$216,826843%
New Haven Chapter of the Links Inc$216,617848%
Links Inc (Washington DC Chapter)$216,146627%
The Links Incoporated Columbus Chapter$216,0002n/a
The Links Inc - Middlesex County Chapter$212,2197n/a
Links Inc$204,7637n/a
Greater Queens Chapter of the Links$203,009439%
LINKS Inc Charlotte NC Chapter$202,518737%
Great Lakes Chapter the Links Inc$201,670856%
Tacoma Chapter of the Links Incorporated$199,002970%
LINKS INC Baton Rouge Chapter of the Links Inc$196,782947%
Links Inc - Port City Chapter$196,247841%
Queen City (Oh) Chapter of the Links Incorporated$195,172579%
The Links Incorporated Austin (TX) Chapter$192,9734n/a
Eastern Shore Chapter of the Links$190,333563%
Links Inc Commonwealth Chapter$186,098872%
Links Inc San Bernardino Valley Chapter$183,869850%
Azalea City Chapter the Links Inc$179,222857%
Milwaukee Chapter the Links Inc$179,214863%
Greater Miami(FL)Chapter of The Links Incorporated$178,958568%
The Links Incorporated Montgomery County (Pa) Chapter$174,959830%
The Renaissance Chapter of the Links$173,483441%
Links Inc$173,0498n/a
Magnolia Chapter of the Links Inc$164,350579%
Lake Shore Chapter of the Links Inc$161,555652%
Potomac Chapter of the Links Inc$160,000541%
Links Inc Phoenix Chapter$158,224458%
Texas Spring Cypress Chapter of the Links Inc$153,800358%
Links Inc$152,090457%
La Capitale Chapter of the Links Inc$151,842383%
Dade County (FL) Chapter of The Links Incorporated$144,483669%
Atlanta Chapter of Links Inc$140,0003n/a
Treasure Coast (Fl) Chapter of the Links Incorporated$139,803852%
The Links Inc Shelby County Chapter$136,257449%
Fort Worth (TX) Chapter of the Links Inc$135,341780%
Oakland County (Mi) Chapter the Links Inc$132,899743%
James River Valley Chapter The Links Inc$126,476690%
Patuxent River (Md) Chapter of the Links Inc$123,725548%
Links Inc Links Inc Lefleurs Bluff Chapter$122,775488%
Links Inc Ann Arbor Chapter$122,7327n/a
LINKS INC Archway (MO) Chapter$121,723727%
Tri-Cities WA Chapter of the Links Incorporated$118,88578%
The Links Inc Central New Jersey Chapter$117,463453%
Dogwood City Chapter of the Links Inc$116,922732%
The Links Inc Sacramento Chapter$114,812834%
The Links Incorporated Eden Rose CA Chapter$114,050556%
Topeka Chapter of Links Inc$113,370753%
Chattanooga Chapter$111,4522n/a
The Links Inc - Bucks County Chapter$110,6404n/a
Links Inc$108,982469%
Links Incorporated Fort Lauderdale Fl Chapter$108,629658%
Mount Rose Chapter of The Links Inc$108,182355%
Parthenon Tn Chapter of the Links Incorporated$107,507383%
Hoffman Estates Chapter the Links Inc$103,282548%
North Broward County Chapter the Links Inc$101,781434%
Fort Bend County Chapter of the Links Incorporated$101,327613%
Buckhead Cascade City Chapter the Links$99,137542%
Links Inc$97,8378n/a
Links Inc Orlando Chapter$96,809345%
The Links Inc - Detroit Chapter$93,024433%
Music City Tn Links Incorporated$89,499418%
Links Inc Youngstown Oh Chapter$87,150547%
Links Inc$86,6324n/a
Windy City Chapter - the Links$86,575477%
Gateway (IL) Chapter of the Links Incorporated$83,95357%
Jackson County(Mo) Chapter of the Links Incorporated$82,433639%
Links Inc$81,6503n/a
Links Inc$81,1271n/a
Madison Metropolitan Chapter of the Links$80,775728%
The Links Incorporated$78,8362n/a
The Links Incorporated Gulf Coast$75,0003n/a
Links Inc$74,6432n/a
LINKS INC aka River City (TN) Chapter$71,710432%
Delaware Valley Chapter Links Inc$71,557840%
Bold City Chapter Links Incorporated$70,1305n/a
The Links Incorporated$67,7535n/a
Wilmington de Chapter of the Links Inc$67,218547%
Reston Chapter of the Links Inc$64,503355%
Greater Rappahannock Va Chapter of the Links Incorporated$63,9005n/a
The Links Inc - Miami-Biscayne Bay Chapter$63,0332n/a
LINKS Inc$61,6364n/a
Links Inc$61,2343n/a
Essex County (NJ) Chapter The Links$60,241317%
Bakersfield Chapter the Links Inc$59,8504n/a
Magic City (Al) Chapter of the Links Inc$59,462635%
The Links Inc - Cream City Chapter$58,9572n/a
The Links Incorporated$57,0216n/a
Links Inc$56,1905n/a
Links Inc$54,0373n/a
Miami-Biscayne Bay (Fl)Chapter the Links Inc$53,956340%
Links Inc$53,6544n/a
The Links Incorporated Quad Cities (Il) Chapter$53,618450%
The Links Incorporated Las Vegas Chapter$49,6073n/a
Links Inc$47,350410%
Stockton Chapter the Links Incorporated$46,663332%
Morris County (NJ) Chapter Links Incorporated$44,581160%
Raritan Valley (Nj) Chapter of the Links Incorporated$43,500247%
The Links Incorporated - Cream City (WI) Chapter$41,4003n/a
The Links Inc Cincinnati Chapter Cncinnati$41,025212%
Albany District Chapter of The LINKS INC$40,4702n/a
Links Inc$38,7774n/a
Frankfortlexington (Ky) Chapter of the Links Incorporated$38,5002n/a
Links Inc$37,4012n/a
Palos Verdes Chapter of the Links Incorporated$37,400287%
Links Inc$35,4451n/a
The Hendersonville Area Chapter of the Links Incorporated$34,450143%
Baltimore Chapter of the Links Inc$34,000230%
Peninsula Bay Chapter The Links Inc$33,400342%
Bergen County Nj Chapter the Links Incorporated$33,100424%
US Bank National Association$32,3663n/a
Fayetteville Chapter of Links Inc$32,3661n/a
Bradenton Sarasota Chapter Of$32,000413%
Links Inc$31,7411n/a
Farmington Valley Chapter of the Links Inc$31,168347%
Links Inc San Jose (Ca) Chapter$30,841251%
Newport News (VA) Chapter of The Links Incorporated$29,228313%
Tampa Chapter of the Links$28,875315%
LINKS INC Circle City IN Chapter$28,5802n/a
Links Inc$27,9403n/a
The Links Inc - Fresno Chapter$27,6803n/a
Hampton VA Chapter of The Links Inc orporated$27,361331%
The Links Inc - Lefleur's Bluff Chapter$26,1011n/a
Links Inc (St Louis Chapter)$25,561191%
The Links Incorporated Northern Indiana Chapter$25,443342%
Links Inc$24,8803n/a
Links Inc$24,4751n/a
Link Inc$24,3751n/a
Links Inc$23,1991n/a
Links Inc$22,7532n/a
Camellia Rose Chapter of the Links Incorporated$22,300118%
The Links Inc - Wilmington (Nc) Chapter$22,200257%
The Links Foundation Incorporated$21,88510%
Links Inc$21,8174n/a
The Links Inc - Eastern Area$20,0001n/a
The Links Inc - Indianapolis Chapter$19,8751n/a
The Links Inc$18,6854n/a
Nashville (TN) Chapter of The Links Incorporated$18,675222%
Links Inc$18,5173n/a
Links Inc$18,50035%
Daytona Beach (FL) Chapter of the Links Incorporated$17,771227%
Links Inc$16,8392n/a
Macon Ga Chapter of the Links Inc$15,9532n/a
Links Inc$15,5002n/a
Central Missouri (Mo)$14,8522n/a
Louisville (Ky) Chapter the Links Inc$14,6001n/a
Greater Pearland Area Chapter of the Links Incorporated$14,0002n/a
Links Inc$11,9751n/a
Colorado Springs (Co) Chapter$11,6082n/a
The Erie County Chapter of the Linksinc$11,3741n/a
Waterbury CT Chapter of the Links Inc$10,8141n/a
Links Inc$10,2001n/a
Links Inc$10,0001n/a
Farmington Valley Chapter$10,0001n/a
Claremont Area Chapter of the Links Inc$9,902119%
North Jersey Links Inc$8,83424%
Solano County Chapter of the Links Incorporated$8,0001n/a
Links Inc$7,8001n/a
The Orange Co Chapter of Links Inc$7,525118%
Hilton Head (SC) Links$7,5001n/a
Links Inc$7,4281n/a
Links Inc$7,1501n/a
Petersburg(Va)Chapter of the Links Inc$7,0001n/a
The Links Incorporated - Suffolk (Va) Chapter$5,000113%

Where it is load-bearing

The Links Foundation Incorporated supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 121 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 142 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Links Incorporated Central Area: $1,363,712 over 7y, 48% of budgetTRINITY (TX) Chapter of the LINKS INCORPORATED: $1,105,236 over 9y, 99% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern Area of the Links Incorporated: $964,875 over 6y, 32% of budgetLinks Inc: $811,465 over 8y, 81% of budgetChicago (IL) Chapter of The Links Incorporated: $807,170 over 6y, 80% of budgetArlington Chapter of the Links Incorporated: $796,939 over 9y, 66% of budgetLinks Inc Oakland Bay Area Chapter: $792,833 over 9y, 90% of budgetThe Links Inc Dallas Chapter: $686,903 over 9y, 80% of budgetThe Links Inc Plano North Metroplex Chapter: $682,651 over 8y, 96% of budgetWest Palm Beach Chapter of the Links Incorporated: $647,927 over 9y, 71% of budgetGreater Hudson Valley Chapter The Links Incorporated: $610,925 over 9y, 71% of budgetThe Links Incorporated South Suburban Chicago Chapter: $607,795 over 8y, 96% of budgetThe Links Incorporated Western Area: $602,010 over 7y, 55% of budgetTown Lake Chapter the Links Inc: $560,126 over 9y, 68% of budgetLinks Inc Crown Jewels (NC) Chapter: $527,236 over 8y, 64% of budgetSan Diego Chapter the Links Inc: $461,460 over 7y, 64% of budgetCapital City (Dc) Chapter of Links Inc: $430,925 over 8y, 66% of budgetSan Antonio Chapter of The Links Inc: $430,780 over 9y, 82% of budgetDurham Chapter of the Links Inc: $421,251 over 7y, 97% of budgetLinks Inc Mid-Cities Chapter: $416,443 over 6y, 93% of budgetPenn Towne Chapter of the Links Inc: $373,050 over 6y, 72% of budgetDayton Chapter of the Links Incorporated: $371,351 over 8y, 81% of budgetTallahassee (Fl) Chapter the Links Incorporated: $367,081 over 9y, 50% of budgetLong Island Chapter the Links Inc: $358,842 over 8y, 70% of budgetMetropolitan DC Chapter The Links Incorporated: $346,998 over 7y, 64% of budgetLinks Inc Harbor City Chapter: $343,806 over 7y, 71% of budgetAlameda Contra Costa Chapter the Links Inc: $336,885 over 8y, 75% of budgetAnnapolis (Md) Chapter the Links Incorporated: $324,126 over 8y, 87% of budgetGreater Wayne County Mi Chapter Links Inc: $318,539 over 6y, 85% of budgetThe Links Inc Greater Denton County TX Chapter: $304,746 over 7y, 68% of budgetLinks Incorporated Birmingham Chapter: $303,644 over 9y, 54% of budgetSilver Spring Md Chapter Links Inc: $302,259 over 7y, 80% of budgetColumbia Md Chapter the Links Inc: $294,105 over 7y, 59% of budgetPontchartrain Chapter the Links Inc: $288,759 over 9y, 31% of budgetTwin Rivers (OH) Chapter of the Links Incorporated: $275,827 over 8y, 95% of budgetThe Links Inc - Triangle Park Chapter: $263,211 over 8y, 74% of budgetLinks Inc Patapsco River Chapter: $262,809 over 9y, 56% of budgetBeverly Hills West (CA) Chapter The Links Incorporated: $262,234 over 9y, 85% of budgetThe Links Inc Philadelphia Chapter: $253,053 over 8y, 25% of budgetBoston Chapter of Links: $251,047 over 6y, 81% of budgetRichmond Chapter The Links Inc: $250,839 over 7y, 53% of budgetThe Links Inc Western Reserve Chapt: $240,186 over 5y, 73% of budgetLinks Inc San Francisco Chapter: $232,000 over 7y, 88% of budgetThe Greater New York Chapter of the Links Incorporated: $221,029 over 3y, 65% of budgetColumbia Chapter of the Links Inc: $220,444 over 5y, 82% of budgetMinneapolis-St Paul Chapter of the Links Inc: $219,543 over 6y, 38% of budgetCrescent City la Chapter Links Incorporated: $219,150 over 6y, 97% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 142.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Esther Gordy Bullock Edwards FoundationMI13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The Links Foundation Incorporated

How much does The Links Foundation Incorporated give?
The Links Foundation Incorporated reported 113 itemized grants totaling $7,566,078, out of $8,046,129 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 79 and 122 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Links Foundation Incorporated fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (93%), Health (3%), Membership Benefit (2%).
Who are The Links Foundation Incorporated's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Links Incorporated Central Area ($1.4M), TRINITY (TX) Chapter of the LINKS INCORPORATED ($1.1M), St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc ($1.0M).
Does The Links Foundation Incorporated fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Links Foundation Incorporated?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Esther Gordy Bullock Edwards Foundation.
Where is The Links Foundation Incorporated based?
The Links Foundation Incorporated is based in DC.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 215 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $8.9M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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