The Links, Incorporated is an international, not-for-profit corporation, established in 1946. The membership consists of 12,000 professional women of color in 280 chapters located in 41 states, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. It is one of the nations oldest and largest volunteer service organizations of extraordinary women who are committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry.
The members of The Links, Incorporated are influential decision makers and opinion leaders. The Links, Incorporated has attracted many distinguished women who are individual achievers and have made a difference in their communities and the world. They are business and civic leaders, role models, mentors, activists and volunteers who work towards a common vision by engaging like-minded organizations and individuals for partnership. Links members contribute more than 500,000 documented hours of community service annually strengthening their communities and enhancing the nation. The organization is the recipient of awards from the UN Association of New York and the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation for its premier programs.
Related: The Links Recognized Leaders at 10th Biennial Holiday Gala with CC Minton.
The outstanding programming of The Links, Incorporated has five facets which include Services to Youth, The Arts, National Trends and Services, International Trends and Services and Health and Human Services. The programs are implemented through strategies such as public information and education, economic development, and public policy campaigns.
The Links Foundation, Incorporated is the philanthropic arm of The Links, Incorporated. The Foundation was established in 1979 to enhance and expand the philanthropic endeavors of The Links, Incorporated. The Foundation provides grants to innovative programs that address problems to be solved, or opportunities to be seized, that are of regional, national or international significance. Under Foundation guidelines, grants are made to support the five program facets of The Links, Incorporated. The Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit corporation operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes.
For more information go to metromanhattanlinksinc.org/
Photo credit: With writer CC Minton at The Links event in Harlem NY 2013.
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