CULTURE LINK INC

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

PO BOX 6623, MARIETTA, GA 30065-0623

In care of

% LARRY RAGAN DIR

Principal officer (990 for 2025)

Ben Larry Ragan, PO BOX 6623, MARIETTA, GA 30065

Signed the 990

Ben Larry Ragan, President

Phone

(770) 973-8809

Website

www.culturelinkinc.org

Return prepared by

MERSEREAU LAZENBY & ROCKAS LLC

Mission

CULTURE LINK provides practical training and resources to enable churches, mission organizations, and corporations to impact others as they effectively serve in cross-cultural settings.

Program accomplishments

• 2025 Program Service Accomplishments 2025 started strong with three Help! We're Going On A Short-Term Trip! seminars: one in Atlanta, GA, one in Tampa, FL, and one closed class with a church partner in Atlanta, GA. In late January, Ryan Hurlburt conducted a workshop on "Designing Short-Term Trips with Your Partners" at the annual Mission Connexion Northwest Conference in Portland, OR. CULTURELink was a conference sponsor once again. The Ragans returned to Saudi Arabia in February for a 10-day prayer retreat, traveling throughout the country to intercede in strategic places. Afterward, Karen traveled to Tajikistan for a prayer conference, in addition to caring for workers. In February, Larry Ragan conducted a workshop at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church's MOVE Conference. He also taught an Intentional Living seminar for a church partner in the Atlanta, GA area. Larry was invited by the Navigators staff at the University of Alabama to lead a spiritual life retreat for over 30 students in March. In late March, Ryan joined the Ragans in Northern Cyprus for the Groundwork West Conference, where 1000 workers gathered to pray for the Muslim world. Many of those in attendance serve in some of the toughest and most-closed-to-Christianity regions of the world. Karen again helped on the admin team and Larry's time was filled with worker care meetings. Ryan was able to meet many of CULTURELink's global partners for the first time. After Groundwork, the Ragans traveled to Morocco to visit their son, Luke, who was in the middle of a master's degree program (he has since concluded his classwork and internship, and is in the job interview process with multiple organizations). In June, Larry was invited to teach and care for 75 workers (including children) in Thailand as part of Global Frontier Mission's (GFM) 25-year anniversary. These missionaries traveled from all over Southeast Asia, sharing stories of God's faithfulness when ministries were thriving, testimonies of His sustaining grace when people were betrayed, and accounts of God's healing when some faced life-threatening sicknesses. Ryan traveled to south Texas with his family in June to meet with Border Perspective's staff and visit their local partners. Border Perspective equips, educates, and mobilizes people through biblical resources and service-learning trips along the U. S. / Mexico border. Over the summer, the Ragans hosted multiple missionary families: one from Pakistan, two from Egypt, one from Saudi Arabia, and another from Indonesia. These visits allow for more informal, yet deeper conversations and worker care. This care varied from fieldsite debriefing and re-entry processing, trauma care, and marriage counseling. In August, Ryan once conducted a training retreat for Lancaster County Christian School in Pennsylvania to prepare their high school seniors for service with our ministry partner in Costa Rica. At the end of August, Larry spent a weekend conducting a debriefing and trauma care retreat for a team of eight workers who had been suddenly kicked out of a country in the Middle East. Working through their shock and pain, together they grieved their hopes and plans that were shattered after years of ministry. Slowly, we are seeing God healing and redirecting them. Over several weeks in September and October, the Ragans spent time in Uzbekistan, Malaysia, Turkey, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. A major highlight for them was serving as the spiritual directors and leaders for an eight-day prayer event throughout Saudi. In October, Ryan returned to Lancaster, PA to equip leaders at a training seminar at Lancaster Evangelical Free Church. In November, Larry and Karen traveled to Southeast Asia for the Groundwork East Conference, where over 500 workers from across the region gathered. Karen once again fulfilled her role on the admin team and Larry met one-on-one for multiple hours providing counseling, encouragement, and life coaching to workers. Just before Thanksgiving, the Hurlburts celebrated the birth of their third son, Ari. From relationships formed and strengthened on the trips mentioned above, Larry has been in regular communication via Zoom with several workers in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia for follow-up care sessions. These servants join the dozens of other workers CULTURELink already mentors around the globe. CULTURELink celebrated its 15th anniversary! In honor of the milestone, a faithful and generous friend of our ministry committed $15,000 to a matching fund. We continue to be thrilled and humbled by the response, as we surpassed that goal. The revised and updated edition of our curriculum, Help! We're Going On A Short-Term Trip!, is complete and will be ready to ship soon! Initial planning has begun to lay out our curriculum in an online learning management system (LMS), along with initial conversations with a videographer to include teaching videos in the LMS modules. Since 2010, the total number of leaders CULTURELink has trained is over 3,400. These servants have gone on to mobilize teams and conduct ministry in 141 nations. CULTURELink continues to provide leadership and resources for a network of other Atlanta-area nonprofits, now known as the Atlanta Missions Collective. Alongside other ministry leaders, the Collective hosts a monthly gathering of staff and mobilizers from a variety of churches and missions organizations. These events are helping ministries better network and more effectively collaborate. CULTURELink continues to invest in and serve our partners in Mombasa, Kenya.
  Expenses $276,335 · revenue $16,634

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

58-2530323

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

2010

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Religion-related (X20)

Assets (IRS master file)

$88,810

Income (IRS master file)

$296,329

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 58-2530323).

Questions about CULTURE LINK INC

What is the EIN of CULTURE LINK INC?

The employer identification number (EIN) of CULTURE LINK INC is 58-2530323.

Is CULTURE LINK INC tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2010.

Are donations to CULTURE LINK INC tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does CULTURE LINK INC file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of CULTURE LINK INC due?

The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did CULTURE LINK INC last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.

Who is the principal officer of CULTURE LINK INC?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Ben Larry Ragan.

Who are the officers and directors of CULTURE LINK INC?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 4 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $98,000 (BEN LARRY RAGAN, PRESIDENT).

How much revenue does CULTURE LINK INC have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $296,329, expenses of $305,077 and total assets of $88,810 at year end.

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