FIRSTLINK

EIN 45-0419491 FARGO, ND

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Revenue 2024: $2,085,915
Expenses 2024: $2,169,441

Program services were 93.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: P99Z
Classification: 1000
Street: 4342 15TH AVE S STE 201 # A

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

FIRSTLINK IS YOUR LOCAL 24/7 AGENCY THAT SPECIALIZES IN SUICIDE SUPPORT SERVICES, VOLUNTEERISM, AND LINKING PEOPLE TO THOUSANDS OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES, INCLUDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FIRSTLINK ANSWERS THE 988 SUICIDE AND CRISIS PHONE LINES AND THE 211 INFORMATION AND REFERRAL HELPLINE.

FIRSTLINK ANSWERS THE 988 SUICIDE AND CRISIS PHONE LINES AND THE 211 INFORMATION AND REFERRAL HELPLINE. FIRSTLINK ALSO COLLABORATES WITH AGENCIES TO ANSWER THEIR PHONE LINES AFTER HOURS, ON WEEKENDS, AND ON HOLIDAYS. FIRSTLINK MAINTAINS A ROBUST COMMUNITY DIRECTORY, PROVIDES TRAINING TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND PROVIDES A CARE AND SUPPORT PROGRAM. FIRSTLINK'S SERVICE AREA IS THE ENTIRE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA AND 17 COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA.

Expenses $2,033,151 · Revenue $1,924,207
EDUCATIONAL EVENTS

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Jennifer IllichJENNIFER ILLICH

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$97,459

From this org

$92,763

From related orgs

$0

Other

$4,696

Hours/week

45
Kyle VeumKYLE VEUM

BOARD CHAIR/VICE CHAIR OF INTERNAL

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Sarah AabergSARAH AABERG

VICE CHAIR OF GOVERNANCE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Dave LundDAVE LUND

VICE CHAIR OF EXTERNAL

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Chelsey MatterCHELSEY MATTER

INTERNAL DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Darren SchmidtDARREN SCHMIDT

INTERNAL DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Sandra BuchholzSANDRA BUCHHOLZ

INTERNAL DIRECTOR (FROM FEB.)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Elizabeth MeddELIZABETH MEDD

EXTERNAL DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Blaise KautzmanBLAISE KAUTZMAN

EXTERNAL DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Kathryn NorbyKATHRYN NORBY

EXTERNAL DIRECTOR (FROM FEB.)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Timothy BriggemanTIMOTHY BRIGGEMAN

GOVERNANCE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.3
Kristi CliftonKRISTI CLIFTON

GOVERNANCE DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.3
Ashley SchmidtASHLEY SCHMIDT

GOVERNANCE DIRECTOR (FROM FEB.)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.3
Thomas TwetenTHOMAS TWETEN

VICE-CHAIR EXTERNAL (UNTIL FEB.)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Hollie McLeanHOLLIE MCLEAN

BOARD CHAIR/VCE-CHAIR OF GOVERNANCE (UNTIL FEB.)

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2024

Revenue

$2,085,915

Expenses

$2,169,441

Contributions

$158,569

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$1,949,930

Expenses

$1,750,331

Contributions

$187,196

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$1,492,878

Expenses

$1,215,967

Contributions

$314,021

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$2,085,915	$2,169,441	$158,569	$0
2023	$1,949,930	$1,750,331	$187,196	$0
2022	$1,492,878	$1,215,967	$314,021	$0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

2021 · 990

Revenue

$1,002,523

Expenses

$1,126,077

Assets (EOY)

$775,774
2020 · 990

Revenue

$1,057,223

Expenses

$969,257

Assets (EOY)

$897,489
2019 · 990

Revenue

$853,865

Expenses

$918,029

Assets (EOY)

$800,504
2018 · 990

Revenue

$1,106,738

Expenses

$873,740

Assets (EOY)

$858,118
2017 · 990

Revenue

$720,744

Expenses

$757,897

Assets (EOY)

$640,520
2016 · 990

Revenue

$798,767

Expenses

$769,746

Assets (EOY)

$682,871
2015 · 990

Revenue

$644,777

Expenses

$807,465

Assets (EOY)

$641,981
2014 · 990

Revenue

$890,153

Expenses

$699,827

Assets (EOY)

$801,883
2013 · 990

Revenue

$458,373

Expenses

$656,836

Assets (EOY)

$610,977
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$675,066

Assets (EOY)

$832,738

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$1,002,523	$1,126,077	$775,774
2020	990	$1,057,223	$969,257	$897,489
2019	990	$853,865	$918,029	$800,504
2018	990	$1,106,738	$873,740	$858,118
2017	990	$720,744	$757,897	$640,520
2016	990	$798,767	$769,746	$682,871
2015	990	$644,777	$807,465	$641,981
2014	990	$890,153	$699,827	$801,883
2013	990	$458,373	$656,836	$610,977
2012	990	not reported	$675,066	$832,738

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

SANFORD

$25,000

2022 COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT
INNOVIS HEALTH LLC

$15,100

2022 PROGRAM SUPPORT
ALTRU HEALTH SYSTEM

$10,000

2022 FUNDING FOR CARE AND SUPPORT PROGRAM PARTNERSHIP
THE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK CITY INC

$8,000

2022 LIFELINE SERVICES
ICHF FOUNDATION

$7,000

2024 TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN PROGRAM'S MISSION.
ICHF FOUNDATION

$6,500

2022 TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN PROGRAM'S MISSION.
FARGO-MOORHEAD AREA FOUNDATION CORPORATION

$6,200

2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
DAKOTA MEDICAL FOUNDATION

$5,245

2024 Provide suicide and crisis phone lines and 211 information and referral helpline
INSPIRITUS COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION

$5,220

2022 TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN PROGRAM'S MISSION.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.