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ESSEX COUNTY NJ CHAPTER THE LINKS INCORPORATED

ESSEX COUNTY NJ CHAPTER THE LINKS INCORPORATED (New Jersey) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $60,241 to it, the largest being THE LINKS FOUNDATION INCORPORATED ($60,241). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$66k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$60k
Net assets
$225k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 17%
01What it does

What Essex County Nj Chapter the Links Incorporated does

Mission

The links incorporated is a volunteer organization predicated on "friendship and service". The organization provides service, through four program facets: the arts, services to youth, health and human services, and national and international trends and services.

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Through its national trends and services and international trends and services programs, the organization supports initiatives designed to improve the quality of life of people of african ancestry locally and globally. During the year, the organization supported the restoration of a school in st. Mary, jamaica, that sustained damage from a hurricane, helping to provide students and the surrounding community with a safe and functional learning environment.

    $40,271 spent
    52% of program spending
  2. Through its health and human services program, the organization conducted activities designed to promote healthy living and reduce chronic health disparities, particularly within communities of color. These activities included health education, advocacy, community outreach, and initiatives to increase awareness of and access to appropriate healthcare resources and services.

    $8,553 spent
    11% of program spending
  3. Through its services to youth facet, the organization provides programs and initiatives, including a debutante leadership program, designed to support the personal development, leadership skills, educational advancement, and overall growth of young people within the african american community.

    $8,863 spent
    11% of program spending
  4. All other programs

    $20,232 spent
    26% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $77,919.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($66k) Expenses 100 ($48k) Net assets 100 ($87k)2018 Revenue 350 ($230k) Expenses 230 ($110k) Net assets 236 ($204k)2020 Revenue 543 ($357k) Expenses 913 ($436k) Net assets 201 ($174k)2021 Revenue 54 ($35k) Expenses 127 ($61k) Net assets 172 ($149k)2022 Revenue 47 ($31k) Expenses 73 ($35k) Net assets 168 ($145k)2023 Revenue 66 ($43k) Expenses 99 ($47k) Net assets 163 ($141k)2024 Revenue 126 ($83k) Expenses 238 ($114k) Net assets 0 ($0)2025 Revenue 328 ($215k) Expenses 382 ($182k) Net assets 165 ($143k)2026 Revenue 101 ($66k) Expenses 188 ($90k) Net assets 259 ($225k)
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Revenue (101)Expenses (188)Net assets (259)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $141k to $0 (−100%).

$87k
$204k
$174k
$149k
$145k
$141k
$0
$143k
$225k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$18k
’17
$120k
’18
−$80k
’20
−$25k
’21
−$4k
’22
−$4k
’23
−$31k
’24
$33k
’25
−$24k
’26
9.4
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

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Listed65556666
Joined··+0+3+4+0+5+2
No longer listed··033052
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $40k → $20k.

Funder
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total
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of ESSEX COUNTY NJ CHAPTER THE LINKS INCORPORATED’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.

Where its funders are

ESSEX COUNTY NJ CHAPTER THE LINKS INCORPORATED draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 1 state in all.

DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
New Jersey out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like ESSEX COUNTY NJ CHAPTER THE LINKS INCORPORATED

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NJ

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Questions and answers

Who funds ESSEX COUNTY NJ CHAPTER THE LINKS INCORPORATED?
ESSEX COUNTY NJ CHAPTER THE LINKS INCORPORATED (New Jersey) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $60,241 to it, the largest being THE LINKS FOUNDATION INCORPORATED ($60,241). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ESSEX COUNTY NJ CHAPTER THE LINKS INCORPORATED have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $60,241 in grants to ESSEX COUNTY NJ CHAPTER THE LINKS INCORPORATED, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ESSEX COUNTY NJ CHAPTER THE LINKS INCORPORATED?
THE LINKS FOUNDATION INCORPORATED is the largest funder on record, with $60,241 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ESSEX COUNTY NJ CHAPTER THE LINKS INCORPORATED 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 1 funders 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 October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing