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LINKS TO SUCCESS

LINKS TO SUCCESS (Florida) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,896,337 to it, the largest being CHARLES & MARGERY BARANCIK FOUNDATION INC ($1,311,975). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$493k
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$1.9M
Net assets
$103k
5/10 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Links to Success does

Mission

The mission of Links 2 Success is to help at-risk/low-income youth in Desoto County discover their potential. This organization helps students discover other avenues of success besides college but also helps pave the way for those who want to attend college.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. College and Career Program - Program Costs Initiative: Links to Success strategically broadened the College and Career program, previously focused on juniors and seniors, to include freshmen and sophomores. This expansion demonstrates our commitment to early and comprehensive educational support. Enhancements: The program evolved from a summer-centric model to a more robust year-round initiative. We introduced monthly workshops on leadership, career exploration, financial literacy, meal preparation, and decision-making. Field trips now encompass visits to technical schools, offering a wider perspective on educational and career opportunities. Family Involvement: To ensure holistic support, we engaged families in the educational process, including providing translators for for non-English speaking participants, thereby fostering an inclusive and supportive learning environment. Impact: This expansion resulted in a 55% increase in program participation, evidencing the successful broadening of our outreach. College and Career Program- Employee Costs Hiring Strategy: Recognizing the need for personalized guidance, we hired a dedicated mentor to support our senior students with college…

    $282,623 spentof which $282,623 as grants
    100% of program spending
  2. N/a

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  3. N/a

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $282,623.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($72k) Expenses 100 ($76k) Net assets 100 ($26k)2022 Revenue 285 ($204k) Expenses 158 ($120k) Net assets 481 ($127k)2023 Revenue 303 ($217k) Expenses 307 ($233k) Net assets 418 ($111k)2024 Revenue 687 ($493k) Expenses 661 ($503k) Net assets 388 ($103k)
2017202220232024
Revenue (687)Expenses (661)Net assets (388)Peer revenue range

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 $111k to $131k (+19%).

$26k
$127k
$111k
$131k
2017202220232024
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
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of LINKS TO SUCCESS’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (54% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,338 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

−$4k
’17
$84k
’22
−$17k
’23
−$10k
’24
1.1
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.

Chief executive

Ashley Coone

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

202220232024
Listed464
Joined·+2+2
No longer listed·04
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $28k → $235k.

4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 LINKS TO SUCCESS’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

LINKS TO SUCCESS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

29% 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 LINKS TO SUCCESS.

69%
largest funder
94%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 89% · 2022 69% · 2023 66% — diversifying over time.

“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.

How long its funders stay

50% of LINKS TO SUCCESS's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

100% of LINKS TO SUCCESS's grant income comes from Florida funders.

DE
FL

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

’21
’22
’23
Florida out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $483k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

LINKS TO SUCCESS has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,276 employment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−2% · below the median
Months of reserve1.1mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)32% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,276 employment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Government funding LINKS TO SUCCESS receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5k on record.

State$5k
Top programs
  • EDUCATION/OUTREACH $5k

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 LINKS TO SUCCESS

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 Florida

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

56% of spending goes to programs.

Program 56%Management 44%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

FL

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LINKS TO SUCCESS: 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 LINKS TO SUCCESS?
LINKS TO SUCCESS (Florida) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,896,337 to it, the largest being CHARLES & MARGERY BARANCIK FOUNDATION INC ($1,311,975). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does LINKS TO SUCCESS have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,896,337 in grants to LINKS TO SUCCESS, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LINKS TO SUCCESS?
CHARLES & MARGERY BARANCIK FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,311,975 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LINKS TO SUCCESS find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 10 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