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The Links Incorporated South Suburban Chicago Chapter

The Links Incorporated South Suburban Chicago Chapter (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $607,795 to it, the largest being THE LINKS FOUNDATION INCORPORATED ($607,795). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$105k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$608k
Net assets
$95k
1/1 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What The Links Incorporated South Suburban Chicago Chapter does

Mission

To identify the needs of adults and children in the various communities of the southern suburbs of Chicago and to best serve and address these needs by providing appropriate financial & educational with social & civic awareness.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Provide scholarships and charitable contributions

    $32,178 spent
    27% of program spending
  2. Membership & Facets of Services to Youth, National Trends & Services,Health & Human Services,International Trends & Services, & The Arts

    $88,496 spent
    73% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $120,674.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($157k) Expenses 100 ($147k) Net assets 100 ($138k)2018 Revenue 100 ($157k) Expenses 123 ($181k) Net assets 83 ($115k)2019 Revenue 81 ($128k) Expenses 56 ($83k) Net assets 115 ($159k)2020 Revenue 55 ($86k) Expenses 59 ($87k) Net assets 115 ($159k)2021 Revenue 72 ($114k) Expenses 53 ($79k) Net assets 140 ($194k)2022 Revenue 67 ($105k) Expenses 74 ($109k) Net assets 138 ($190k)2023 Revenue 74 ($116k) Expenses 70 ($104k) Net assets 147 ($203k)2024 Revenue 15 ($24k) Expenses 71 ($105k) Net assets 88 ($122k)2025 Revenue 67 ($105k) Expenses 90 ($132k) Net assets 69 ($95k)
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Revenue (67)Expenses (90)Net assets (69)

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $203k to $122k (−40%).

$138k
$115k
$159k
$159k
$194k
$190k
$203k
$122k
$95k
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Total assets

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
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$10k
’17
−$24k
’18
$45k
’19
−$514
’20
$35k
’21
−$4k
’22
$13k
’23
−$81k
’24
−$27k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $87k → $102k.

Funder
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total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of The Links Incorporated South Suburban Chicago Chapter’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

The Links Incorporated South Suburban Chicago Chapter draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.

DC

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

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Illinois out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

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05Profile & governance

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds The Links Incorporated South Suburban Chicago Chapter?
The Links Incorporated South Suburban Chicago Chapter (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $607,795 to it, the largest being THE LINKS FOUNDATION INCORPORATED ($607,795). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does The Links Incorporated South Suburban Chicago Chapter have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $607,795 in grants to The Links Incorporated South Suburban Chicago Chapter, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of The Links Incorporated South Suburban Chicago Chapter?
THE LINKS FOUNDATION INCORPORATED is the largest funder on record, with $607,795 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like The Links Incorporated South Suburban Chicago Chapter 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.

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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 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