Public Charity

LINKING FAMILIES & COMMUNITIES

LINKING FAMILIES & COMMUNITIES is a Public Charity headquartered in FORT DODGE, IA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $776K revenue, $574K expenses, $1.3M total assets. 4 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $40K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 421595304 FORT DODGE, IA Ethnic & Immigrant Centers NTEE: P84 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$776K
Total Expenses$574K
Total Assets$1.3M
Grant Records4
Funding Total$40K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

TO ENCOURAGE EARLY INTELLECTUAL STIMULATION OF VERY YOUNG CHILDREN, INCREASE THE BASIC SKILL LEVELS OF STUDENTS ENTERING SCHOOL, INCREASE THE HEALTH STATUS OF CHILDREN, REDUCE THE INCIDENCE OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, INCREASE THE ACCESS OF CHILDREN TO AN ADULT MENTOR, INCREASE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND INCREASE THE QUALITY AND ACCESSABILITY OF CHILD CARE.

Where $100 goes at Linking Families & Communities

How Linking Families & Communities divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$93 Programs the work itself
$7 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $93 for programs

$93
As the organizational entity and fiscal agent for the community empowerment area consisting of calhoun, pocahontas and webster counties, services provided include the fostering of collaboration among state…
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

MEMBER Bob Thode
CHAIRPERSON Clarence Siepker
MEMBER David George
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Elizabeth Stanek
MEMBER Justin Daggett
MEMBER Lindsay Laufersweiler

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Human & Social Services
$10,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$30,000 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $776K $574K $1.3M
2024 $778K $460K $1.1M
2023 $645K $567K $860K
2022 $597K $923K $753K
2021 $1.0M $680K $1.1M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $1.0M to $776K (-25%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.3M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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