Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE LINKS INC
THE LINKS INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $262,112 to it, the largest being LENOVO FOUNDATION ($125,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.1M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $262k
- Net assets
- $2.6M
What The Links Inc does
Mission
Extraordinary women who are committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the culture and economic survival of african american and other persons of african ancestry.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
National assembly - the foundation holds a biannual meeting for its members. Active members are required to attend and participate in one national assembly every five-year period to maintain membership.
$2,834,393 spent$3,222,600 earned by the program61% of program spendingMember services- the links, incorporated provides services, which supports national, area and chapter membership programs and activities. These services include support of executive and operational committees, leadership and management meetings, and other member activities.
$1,804,729 spentof which $1,883 as grants$559,845 earned by the program39% of program spendingCommunity services - the foundation has established various programs to influence and raise awareness about issues that affect the african-american community, locally and abroad. These programs are designated among five major categories - national trends and services, international trends and services, services to youth, health and human services and the arts.
$33,466 spentof which $9,000 as grants1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,672,588.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $6.0M to $4.4M (−26%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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
Joi Sheffield
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $6k → $11k.
From the IRS filings of THE LINKS INC’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
THE LINKS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2018 27% · 2019 50% · 2020 40% · 2021 98% · 2022 63% · 2023 95% — 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
9% of THE LINKS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
THE LINKS INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Organizations like THE LINKS INC
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Links Foundation Incorporated · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE LINKS INC: 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 LINKS INC?
- THE LINKS INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $262,112 to it, the largest being LENOVO FOUNDATION ($125,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE LINKS INC have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $262,112 in grants to THE LINKS INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LINKS INC?
- LENOVO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $125,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LINKS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 16 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