New Jersey · Nonprofit
AFRICAN LINK INITIATIVE INC
AFRICAN LINK INITIATIVE INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $59,175 to it, the largest being THE JAY AND LINDA GRUNIN FOUNDATION INC ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
AFRICAN LINK INITIATIVE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 14,524 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,524 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- The Mimi Washington Starrett Foundation Incshared funders
- Smith Family Foundation Incportfolio match
- Baltimore Children and Youth Fund Incportfolio match
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $1k → $3k.
From the IRS filings of AFRICAN LINK INITIATIVE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AFRICAN LINK INITIATIVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 50% · 2023 53% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
96% of AFRICAN LINK INITIATIVE INC's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 6 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The Mimi Washington Starrett Foundation Incshared fundersNJ · backs 25 organizations that share your funders
- Smith Family Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Baltimore Children and Youth Fund Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Full of Grace Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Urban League of Greater Atlanta Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- 4point0 Schoolsportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Justice Outsideportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Fund for Southern Communities Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Children's Foundation of the Orangesportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- National Basketball Association Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Anderson Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Project Redwoodportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government funding AFRICAN LINK INITIATIVE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20k on record.
- GRANT IN AID$20k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like AFRICAN LINK INITIATIVE INC
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AFRICAN LINK INITIATIVE INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds AFRICAN LINK INITIATIVE INC?
- AFRICAN LINK INITIATIVE INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $59,175 to it, the largest being THE JAY AND LINDA GRUNIN FOUNDATION INC ($50,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AFRICAN LINK INITIATIVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $59,175 in grants to AFRICAN LINK INITIATIVE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AFRICAN LINK INITIATIVE INC?
- THE JAY AND LINDA GRUNIN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AFRICAN LINK INITIATIVE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 6funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing