California · Nonprofit
Pacific Links Foundation
Pacific Links Foundation (California) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,345,605 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($3,752,821). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 36
- Grants received
- $7.3M
- Net assets
- $4.4M
What Pacific Links Foundation does
Mission
Mission is: To support the sustainable development of Vietnamese communities and the enrichment of their cultural heritage.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
AN GIANG/DONG THAP ALLIANCE FOR THE PREVENTION OF TRAFFICKING (ADAPT) Counter-Trafficking programs invest comprehensively in at-risk youth to prevent trafficking before it starts, and in survivors to help them reclaim their lives. We work throughout Vietnam in trafficking hotspots and collaborate with partner organizations in destination countries, including those in Asia and Europe. Our multi-pronged, grassroots anti-trafficking initiatives include (1) prevention services to empower through education and knowledge (including empowering female migrant workers in the supply chain); (2) protection services for trafficking survivors to empower self-confidence and independence; and (3) partnerships for long-term solutions through collaborations to prevent trafficking in school-based, factory-based, and community-based settings.
$344,429 spentof which $88,253 as grants$378,347 earned by the program25% of program spendingScholarship Program to Elevate Education and Develop Skills (SEEDS) is a long-term scholarship program in rural Central Vietnam to empower talented, underprivileged students youth to reach their full potential and build a brighter future.
$876,212 spentof which $548,230 as grants$911,512 earned by the program64% of program spendingHUMANITARIAN AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH activities promote exchange of skills and expertise between Vietnamese communities (latest knowledge in brain development, maternal and child health, safety improvement and child development, etc.) and facilities humanitarian concerns (heart surgeries, house building, assistance to dire family situations, etc.). Fiscal sponsorship of groups and newly-formed organizations widens our impact and adds to the potential collaboration and growth for programs serving Vietnamese communities worldwide.
$147,086 spentof which $121,218 as grants$172,982 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,367,727.
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.
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 $3.2M to $4.4M (+38%).
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: 2017 20% · 2018 14% · 2020 3% · 2021 4% · 2022 2% · 2023 4% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of Pacific Links Foundation’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
6 Linda My Hang Tran
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $299k → $953k.
20 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 90% 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 Pacific Links Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 funders by total. 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
Pacific Links Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
90% 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 Pacific Links Foundation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 95% · 2018 41% · 2019 63% · 2020 26% · 2021 34% · 2022 55% · 2023 77% — 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 Pacific Links Foundation's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
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
90% of Pacific Links Foundation'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. Of the $733k that is directly attributable, 84% of it comes from funders outside California, across 7 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
Pacific Links Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,607 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding Pacific Links Foundation receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $53k on record.
- Department of State$53k
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 Pacific Links Foundation
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Matera Alliance Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Pacific Links Foundation: 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 Pacific Links Foundation?
- Pacific Links Foundation (California) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,345,605 to it, the largest being VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM ($3,752,821). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Pacific Links Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $7,345,605 in grants to Pacific Links Foundation, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Pacific Links Foundation?
- VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM is the largest funder on record, with $3,752,821 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Pacific Links Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 36 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