New York · Nonprofit
LINDEN FUND USA
LINDEN FUND USA (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,205 to it, the largest being THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($22,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $104k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $41k
- Net assets
- $81k
What Linden Fund USA does
Mission
The mission of the Linden Fund USA is to play a leadership role in the revitalization of region 10 in guyana, which includes linden and its surrounding communities. The Linden Fund USA forms strategic partnerships with other entities with similar interests. It shall provide funding for projects, programs, and initiatives that promote and enhance the academic, social, medical, and economic standing and wellbeing of region 10.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Economic development: this program serves as a catalyst for development in the community by providing leadership to encourage growth through active cultivation of new and existing collaborations with the municipal and regional infrastructure, as well as business and community partners.
$33,537 spent64% of program spendingUg scholarships: lfu manages several university of guyana (lfu) scholarships that are funded by donors who desire to offer tertiary level education opportunities to youths in linden and region 10. The mccammon memorial scholarship is open to applicants studying agriculture at the university of guyana and the guyana school of agriculture. The terry bovell scholarship fund supports the college aspirations of graduates of the scholarship of the scholarship for success (sfs) program and is awarded on case-by case basis.
$13,901 spentof which $13,901 as grants27% of program spendingTeachers workshops: workshops provide teachers and administrators with critical training in hands-on workshops on classroom and instructional best practices, from nursery to high school. Guided by a survey of specific needs identified by the local school system, lfu educators focus on delivering immersive sessions that are designed to move teaching and learning to a higher level.
$2,914 spent6% of program spendingSpelling bee competition: this program promotes academic achievement and excellence in grade six students from each of the nine (9) primary schools in linden and region 10. It began on april 29, 2009, and is one of lfu's most valued activities in the local community. The spelling bee competiton is usually held during the annual linden town week celebrations and is attended by several members of the community.
$1,364 spent3% of program spendingSenior citizens program: senior citizens support:in response to the covid-19 pandemic in 2020, lfu guyana inc. Produced reusable masks and delivered twice-per-week hot meals for nine weeks to 150 senior citizens in mid-2020. Support was extended to delivering hampers to 30 of the most food-insecure from august to december.in 2021, special meal deliveries were made in celebration of mother's and father's day to 150 elderly residents, with december holiday distribution of personal care items to the same cohort. Since then, a comprehensive plan to engage the senior citizen community is underway with local stakeholders, including a group of re-migrant seniors. Lfu guyana inc. Initiated a series of surveys among the seniors, resulting in gathering 225 distinct survey results that revealed their immediate needs, leading to the launch of the "senior lime" initiative in 2024 that will see quarterly social engagement activities of the elderly in linden and the environs.
$565 spent1% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $52,281.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
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 $60k to $84k (+39%).
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.
58% of LINDEN FUND USA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Paula Walcott-Quintin
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $104 → $6k.
4 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of LINDEN FUND USA’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
LINDEN FUND USA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund LINDEN FUND USA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 58% · 2023 98% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of LINDEN FUND USA's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $41k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
LINDEN FUND USA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like LINDEN FUND USA
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
69%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LINDEN FUND USA: 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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LINDEN FUND USA?
- LINDEN FUND USA (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $41,205 to it, the largest being THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($22,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LINDEN FUND USA have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $41,205 in grants to LINDEN FUND USA, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LINDEN FUND USA?
- THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $22,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LINDEN FUND USA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 4 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing