Vital Link Inc

Analysis

Vital Link Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Batesville, AR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Vital Link Inc reported income of $9.5m and spending of $8.6m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $6.0m to $9.5m (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Vital Link Inc sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within AR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beautiful Savior Home ($9.5m), Columbus Regional Medical Foundation Inc ($9.5m) and Metrohealth Foundation Inc ($9.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 14% and program service revenue 79% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $396k (4.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $3.7m. At year end it held assets of $10.0m against liabilities of $1.2m, net assets of $8.8m. It reported 101 employees.