Minnesota · Nonprofit
THE LINK
THE LINK (Minnesota) receives grants from 112 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,017,006 to it, the largest being GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY ($1,607,826). 66 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 112
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $3.6M
What The Link does
Mission
See schedule omissionThe Link and subsidiary works with youth and families to overcome the impacts of poverty and social injustice.visiona community supporting all youth in having equitable access and opportunity.valuesyouth: we value and incorporate youth voice into all we do.inclusion: we respect all people, value diversity and are committed to equity.quality: we strive for program excellence through continuous improvement and evidence-based practices.advancement: we aspire to lead through innovative and cutting-edge programming.edi commitment statementThe Link and subsidiary will promote ongoing learning to better serve youth and families, broaden staffknowledge base and cultural awareness/competence resulting in equity, diversity and inclusion visible at alllevels of the organization.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Housing and homeless services divison - see schedule o.housing and homeless services: The Link's housing and homeless services division consists of housing programs, a drop-in resource center and a street outreach program including: lindquist apartments (north minneapolis) housing first (hennepin county) cairn housing (hennepin, scott, carver, dakota, washington and anoka counties) rapid rehousing (metro-wide) suburban rapid rehousing (scott, carver, dakota, washington and anoka counties) young families program (metro-wide) project live out loud (metro-wide) c.o.r.e. (community. Outreach. Resources. Empowerment.) drop-in center (apple valley) the street outreach program (hennepin, dakota, scott and carver counties) periscope (hennepin county) northside homeless prevention program street outreach (metro-wide) dignity house emergency shelter (hennepin county) hotel shelter program (dakota county) The Linked circle program The Link and subsidiary operate over 260 units of supportive housing through our ten housing programs, which also provide intensive case management services in a caring, supportive context as well as life skills, education and employment support, mental and…
$8,771,684 spent63% of program spendingYouth advocacy division - see schedule o. Youth advocacy divisionThe Link and subsidiary's youth advocacy programs recognize that young people engaging in criminal activity are often times doing so in order to survive or for other underlying reasons, such as homelessness, being victimized by sex trafficking or suffering from a mental health issue. The Link and subsidiary's youth advocacy programs offer alternative strength-based youth programming for youth age 10-17 that have committed low level or high level offenses. The Link and subsidiary's programming helps to resolve the underlying reasons for criminal activity and empowers youth to attend school regularly and not continue down a path of criminal activity.The Link has the following youth advocacy programs: the youth connections center (ycc) the marshall reed youth centers (mrycs) school matters the parent support program p.o.w.e.r (positive opportunities for women of every race) program community navigator programthe youth connections center is located in downtown minneapolis where any law enforcement within hennepin county can drop off youth for low level or status offenses, felony car theft and/or sexual exploitation. The…
$2,773,030 spent20% of program spendingSafe harbor division - see schedule o.safe harbor divisionThe Link and subsidiary partner within the state of minnesota's safe harbor law and no wrong door response for sexually exploited youth and provide the following programs: passageways emergency shelter and housing program west metro regional navigator aftercare and outreach mental health and family reunificationthe passageways emergency shelter and housing program is located in prior lake and provides six emergency shelter beds and ten units of supportive housing for sex trafficked youth of all gender identities age 13-24, including parenting youth with children. The program has specialized on-site services for sexually exploited youth including an on-site school in partnership with the prior lake school district, individual and family mental health counseling, a survivor mentor program, case management, medical care and chemical dependency services.west metro regional navigator provides services for hennepin, scott and carver counties. This position provides a 24/7 response for sexually exploited youth, and provides safety and needs assessments and planning, crisis intervention, assistance with basic and longer term needs,…
$2,348,941 spent17% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $13,893,655.
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 2020 to 2021, from $4.1M to $6.6M (+60%).
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 81% · 2018 75% · 2019 75% · 2020 74% · 2021 60% · 2022 74% · 2023 77% · 2024 79%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of THE LINK’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Jamar Hardy
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 51 funders, grant income rose $213k → $1.4M.
20 of 112 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 THE LINK’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 112 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
THE LINK has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
52% 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 THE LINK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 39% · 2019 24% · 2020 32% · 2021 16% · 2022 13% · 2023 20% — 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
51% of THE LINK's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
93% of THE LINK's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
THE LINK has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,289 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,289 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding THE LINK receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20.3M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$17.5M
- Department of Justice$2.1M
- Department of Health and Human Services$640k
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 THE LINK
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE LINK: 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 THE LINK?
- THE LINK (Minnesota) receives grants from 112 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,017,006 to it, the largest being GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY ($1,607,826). 66 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE LINK have?
- IRS filings report 112 organizations giving $11,017,006 in grants to THE LINK, 66 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LINK?
- GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY is the largest funder on record, with $1,607,826 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LINK find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 112 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