Founded in 2013, LINC is a mission-driven US-based small business committed to supporting local organizations and actors leading their own development. The recipient of USAID's "Small Business of the Year" award in 2017, they are a team of nearly 70 experienced, passionate, and multilingual development professionals.

They support their partners and clients by implementing long- and short-term programs, delivering training, and conducting research in the areas of monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL), capacity strengthening, collective action, and localization. 

They are pioneers of locally led development. Their research, learning, and thought leadership have influenced donor policies, and the projects they have implemented help the international development community better understand, engage, and support local actors worldwide. They partner with donors, implementers, government, universities, civil society, and the private sector through the full program cycle, from design, through implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and learning. They use participatory methods that engage stakeholders, transfer skills, and elevate their voices.