THE LINK OF CULLMAN COUNTY

EIN 45-4587097 CULLMAN, AL

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Revenue 2025: $1,222,196
Expenses 2025: $894,380

Program services were 72.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: S20
Classification: 2000
Street: 708 9TH ST SE

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 · 2025

Mission

TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE POOR & VERNABLE THAT OFFERS THEM THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LIFE TRANSFORMATION BY PROVIDING COUNSELING AND EDUCATION.

TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE POOR & VERNABLE THAT OFFERS THEM THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LIFE TRANSFORMATION BY PROVIDING COUNSELING AND EDUCATION.

Expenses $649,187 · Revenue $1,132,849

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Madeline ShugartsMADELINE SHUGARTS

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Melissa HaighMELISSA HAIGH

VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Angela BurnsANGELA BURNS

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Stephen FreemanSTEPHEN FREEMAN

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Brian SpaethBRIAN SPAETH

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Bridgette WalkerBRIDGETTE WALKER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
David FikesDAVID FIKES

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Eddie CanadayEDDIE CANADAY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Mandy WilhiteMANDY WILHITE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Missy BlaylockMISSY BLAYLOCK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Sara MannetySARA MANNETY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Willie CriderWILLIE CRIDER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2

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

2025

Revenue

$1,222,196

Expenses

$894,380

Contributions

$1,171,934

Grants paid

$0
2024

Revenue

$1,001,300

Expenses

$965,229

Contributions

$946,038

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$870,176

Expenses

$1,019,541

Contributions

$822,297

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$737,763

Expenses

$725,341

Contributions

$691,937

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2025	$1,222,196	$894,380	$1,171,934	$0
2024	$1,001,300	$965,229	$946,038	$0
2023	$870,176	$1,019,541	$822,297	$0
2022	$737,763	$725,341	$691,937	$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

$659,712

Expenses

$615,322

Assets (EOY)

$170,186
2020 · 990

Revenue

$536,108

Expenses

$460,250

Assets (EOY)

$149,862
2019 · 990

Revenue

$452,226

Expenses

$473,451

Assets (EOY)

$85,102
2018 · 990

Revenue

$492,744

Expenses

$495,342

Assets (EOY)

$100,954
2017 · 990

Revenue

$499,122

Expenses

$514,738

Assets (EOY)

$107,156
2016 · 990

Revenue

$458,726

Expenses

$472,990

Assets (EOY)

$104,671
2015 · 990

Revenue

$325,033

Expenses

$326,935

Assets (EOY)

$86,528
2014 · 990

Revenue

$215,654

Expenses

$216,362

Assets (EOY)

$67,468

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$659,712	$615,322	$170,186
2020	990	$536,108	$460,250	$149,862
2019	990	$452,226	$473,451	$85,102
2018	990	$492,744	$495,342	$100,954
2017	990	$499,122	$514,738	$107,156
2016	990	$458,726	$472,990	$104,671
2015	990	$325,033	$326,935	$86,528
2014	990	$215,654	$216,362	$67,468

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2012

Tax period: 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012
Principal officer: Dawn Owens
Mailing address: 1101 3rd Ave SECullman AL 35055

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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

WALKER AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$410,000

2025 EXPANSION OF THE PANTRY AT THE LINK OF CULLMAN
NAVIGATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PARTNERS INC

$100,000

2022 Housing program to end homelessness
NAVIGATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PARTNERS INC

$100,000

2023 THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO SUPPORT ANYONE IN TIMES OF HOUSING CRISISES OR THOSE IN IN IMMIDIATE DANGER OF BEING EVICTED FROM WHERE THEY ARE LIVING.
NAVIGATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PARTNERS INC

$100,000

2024 HOUSING PROGRAM - OUR HOUSING PROGRAM WILL UTILIZE THESE FUNDS TO ASSIST THOSE IN CULLMAN COUNTY WHO ARE EXPERIENCING MONETARY HARDSHIPS AND ARE IN NEED OF EMERGENCY SHELTER, GAINING HOUSING THROUGH RAPID REHOUSING, AND RETAINING HOUSING THROUGH EVICTION PREVENTION. WE WILL ALSO USE A PORTION OF THESE FUNDS TO ASSIST WITH "STREET OUTREACH". THIS WILL INCLUDE FOOD AND HYGIENE ITEMS WHILE WE ARE ASSISTING WITH HOUSING NEEDS.
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

$45,000

2022 POVERTY
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

$25,000

2022 CHARITABLE DONATION
STONIER SCHOLARSHIP INC

$24,000

2024 GENERAL SUPPORT TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S PURPOSE.
ALABAMAS MTNS RIVERS AND VALLEYS RSC CONSERVATION AND DEV COUNCIL

$13,184

2022 EDUCATION
ALABAMAS MTNS RIVERS AND VALLEYS RSC CONSERVATION AND DEV COUNCIL

$10,000

2024 The Pantry at The Link
STONIER SCHOLARSHIP INC

$10,000

2022 GENERAL SUPPORT TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S PURPOSE.

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.