Illinois · Nonprofit
LINK FURTHER
LINK FURTHER (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $283k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $25k
- Net assets
- $40k
What Link Further does
Mission
Link Further exists to bring together industry professionals' wisdom and resources so students can go further.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The transition program will help teens balance adulthood while achieving their post-high school goals. The transition conference will be a celebratory event for high school seniors.
$95,730 spent34% of program spendingThe transition career exploration experience will include: - out-of-school trips to colleges - corporations - city landmarks - students will see various roles of industry professionals
$78,836 spent28% of program spendingVent is a program strategically geared toward high school students to promote positive expression. Students will learn how to articulate creative expression through writing and how it can benefit overall speaking, listening, and reading skills.
$106,992 spent38% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $281,558.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $86k to $40k (−53%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2025 62%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of LINK FURTHER’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Chief executive
Jason Clark
Founder/CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of LINK FURTHER’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
100% of LINK FURTHER's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
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.
Against its field
LINK FURTHER has grown faster than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like LINK FURTHER
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LINK FURTHER: 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 LINK FURTHER?
- LINK FURTHER (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LINK FURTHER have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $25,000 in grants to LINK FURTHER.
- Who is the largest funder of LINK FURTHER?
- UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN CHICAGO INC is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LINK FURTHER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing