Colorado · Public charity
Arc Thrift Stores Inc
As one of the nations largest employers of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, we believe in the power of employment to foster independence and fulfillment. By providing enriching job opportunities and educational programming, we empower people with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and other intellectual…
- $17M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $988,371
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,049,468
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $174M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Arc Thrift Stores Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 17 | $17M | 6% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $16M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $15M | 6% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $14M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $12M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $10M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $11M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $11M | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Arc Pikes Peak Region | $14,131,994 | 9 | 83% |
| Arc of Denver Inc | $13,452,646 | 9 | 96% |
| The Arc Arapahoe Douglas & Elbert Counties Inc | $12,157,253 | 9 | 98% |
| The Arc - Jefferson Clear Creek & Gilpin Counties | $11,222,852 | 9 | 92% |
| The Arc of Adams County Inc | $9,353,666 | 9 | 98% |
| Association for Community Living | $8,097,248 | 9 | 69% |
| The Arc of Aurora | $8,073,332 | 9 | 91% |
| Arc of Larimer County | $7,267,835 | 9 | 94% |
| The Arc of Northeast Colorado | $6,603,628 | 9 | 93% |
| The Arc of Colorado | $5,609,734 | 9 | 86% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Arc Pikes Peak Region | $14,131,994 | 9 | 83% |
| Arc of Denver Inc | $13,452,646 | 9 | 96% |
| The Arc Arapahoe Douglas & Elbert Counties Inc | $12,157,253 | 9 | 98% |
| The Arc - Jefferson Clear Creek & Gilpin Counties | $11,222,852 | 9 | 92% |
| The Arc of Adams County Inc | $9,353,666 | 9 | 98% |
| Association for Community Living | $8,097,248 | 9 | 69% |
| The Arc of Aurora | $8,073,332 | 9 | 91% |
| Arc of Larimer County | $7,267,835 | 9 | 94% |
| The Arc of Northeast Colorado | $6,603,628 | 9 | 93% |
| The Arc of Colorado | $5,609,734 | 9 | 86% |
| The Arc of Pueblo Inc | $5,146,155 | 9 | 98% |
| Advocacy Resource Coalition People With Developmental Disabilities | $4,317,212 | 9 | 99% |
| Ability Connection Colorado Inc | $4,038,598 | 9 | 5% |
| ARC of West Central Colorado | $2,475,919 | 9 | 96% |
| The Arc of Southwest Colorado Inc | $1,818,383 | 9 | 80% |
| Arc of the Central Mountains | $892,140 | 3 | 96% |
| The Arc of New Mexico | $63,575 | 1 | 3% |
Where it is load-bearing
Arc Thrift Stores Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 15 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · The Arc of the United States · The Denver Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Arc Thrift Stores Inc
- How much does Arc Thrift Stores Inc give?
- Arc Thrift Stores Inc reported 17 grants totaling $16,611,448 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Arc Thrift Stores Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (100%).
- Who are Arc Thrift Stores Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Arc Pikes Peak Region ($14M), Arc of Denver Inc ($13M), The Arc Arapahoe Douglas & Elbert Counties Inc ($12M).
- Does Arc Thrift Stores Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Arc Thrift Stores Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Colorado Gives Foundation, The Arc of the United States, The Denver Foundation.
- Where is Arc Thrift Stores Inc based?
- Arc Thrift Stores Inc is based in CO.
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