Maryland · Nonprofit
V-LINC INC
V-LINC INC (Maryland) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $186,486 to it, the largest being BALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($82,500). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2017
- $241k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $186k
- Net assets
- $558k
What V-Linc Inc does
Mission
To identify and create technological solutions to improve independence and quality of life for people with disabilities.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
V-linc provides assessments and custom solutions to people with disabilities through its volunteer medical professionals and engineers as well as partnerships with engineering classes in secondary schools and at institutions of higher education. Solutions include adaptive devices, equipment modifications and software (assistive technologies) aiming to promote independence and full participation in society. V-lincs custom solutions to meet unique needs are considered when no commercial product is easily available. Engineering and medical professionals, among other professionals, contributed services valued at $97,800 to people with disabilities by customizing devices or equipment to help them become more independent. In addition, engineering classes in 11 secondary schools and institutions of higher education provided over 5,300 hours of volunteer time customizing devices or equipment. As part of its training activities v-linc offers an inclusive day camp program for children with and without disabilities; camp includes computer and tablet training and creative activities as well as field trips.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base narrowed from 8 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $66k → $10k.
2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 V-LINC 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
V-LINC INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
57% 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 V-LINC INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 33% · 2019 100% · 2020 91% · 2021 88% · 2022 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
11% of V-LINC INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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 FY2022, 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
53% of V-LINC INC'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 $87k that is directly attributable, 51% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $100k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Organizations like V-LINC 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for V-LINC 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 V-LINC INC?
- V-LINC INC (Maryland) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $186,486 to it, the largest being BALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($82,500). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does V-LINC INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $186,486 in grants to V-LINC INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of V-LINC INC?
- BALTIMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $82,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like V-LINC INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), 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