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The Arc Maryland Inc

The arc maryland works to create a world where children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (idd) have and enjoy equal rights and opportunities.

$30k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$110kEducation$7kHuman Services$5k
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $11,705, the rows itemized in this filing. The $30,153 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $18,448 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$6,506
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GLENELG HIGH SCHOOL$6,506
THE AUTISM GRIND INC$5,199
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–21, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%PENN-MAR ORGANIZATION INC: $5k → 11%SHARED SUPPORT MARYLAND INC: $13k → 19%SHARED SUPPORT MARYLAND INC: $5k → 19%THE ARC BALTIMORE: $5k → 19%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$63k · 3 repeat orgs$53k to everyone else

3 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
6

Total granted

$63k
$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+64%
+77%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEmploymentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • FI
    FELLO INC
    2× · 2019–2021 · $24k · revenue +713%
  • S
    SEEC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $20k · revenue +64%
  • SS
    SHARED SUPPORT MARYLAND INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $19k · revenue -40%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE ARC OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +77%
  • PF
    PATHFINDERS FOR AUTISMgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +105%
  • TA
    THE ARC OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $6k · revenue +94%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
SpArc Services

To provide day programming services that will assist people to learn skills in order to live independently.

Employment
2
The Arc of Southern Maryland Inc

Create opportunities for independence and personal success for people with different abilities in inclusive communities.

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3
The Arc of the Capital Area

We empower central texans with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families through compassionate case management and innovative programs.

—
4
The Arc of the District of Columbia Inc

To improve the quality of life for all persons with intellectual disabilities and their families through supports and advocacy.

Human Services
5
Penn-Mar Organization Inc (Md)

To provide support services which promote value, independence & self-determination to families & individuals with disabilities or human service needs.

Health
6
Providence of Maryland Inc

To support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to discover and live their best lives.

Employment
7
Autism Services Inc

To provide cost-effective residential, social, intellectual, physical and vocational services to individuals with autism in group homes and in home support.

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8
Spectrum Support Inc

To form relationships which support people to achieve their life goals in the areas of residential, employment, meaningful community engagement and personal services.

Employment
9
Autism Society of Maryland Inc

The autism society of marylands mission is to create connections, empowering everyone in the autism community with the resources needed to live fully.

Health
10
Spectrum for Living Development Inc

To enable individuals who have developmental and/or physical disabilities to have the opportunity to attain their highest level of skills, purpose and independence.

Human Services
11
Ardmore Enterprises Inc

Ardmore empowers people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live meaningful lives in their communities. ardmores promoting individual choice and supports people to be as self sufficient as possible.

Employment
12
The Arc of Delaware Inc

The arc of delaware promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and actively supports full inclusion and participation in the community through advocacy and services to individuals and…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Arc of Prince George's County Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Autism Grind Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 12 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
10/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FELLO INC: $24,100 · HealthFELLO INCPATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM: $9,873 · HealthPATHFINDERS FOR AUTISMTHE AUTISM GRIND INC: $5,199 · HealthTHE AUTISM GRIND INCHUMANIM INC: $5,000 · HealthHUMANIM INCSHARED SUPPORT MARYLAND INC: $18,826 · Human ServicesSHARED SUPPORT MARYLAND IN…PENN-MAR ORGANIZATION INC (PA): $5,002 · Human ServicesPENN-MAR ORGANIZATION INC …THE ARC BALTIMORE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARC BALTIMORE INCTHE ARC OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND INC: $9,877 · OtherTHE ARC OF SOUTHERN M…HOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM: $6,506 · OtherHOWARD COUNTY PUBLIC …THE ARC OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY INC: $6,257 · OtherTHE ARC OF PRINCE GEO…SEEC: $19,619 · EmploymentSEECPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $6,500 · Philanthropy
Health$44,172Human Services$28,828Other$22,640Employment$19,619Philanthropy$6,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFELLO INC: $24,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSEEC: $19,619 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSHARED SUPPORT MARYLAND INC: $18,826 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetTHE ARC OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND INC: $9,877 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM: $9,873 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARC OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY INC: $6,257 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENN-MAR ORGANIZATION INC (PA): $5,002 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUMANIM INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ARC BALTIMORE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

The United Way of Cen…The Harry and Jeanett…The Albertsons Compan…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The United Way of Central Maryland IncMD13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The United Way of Central Maryland Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · The Albertsons Companies Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Arc Maryland Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Arc Maryland Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • The Arc of Southern Maryland Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Arc of Prince George's County Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Arc Baltimore Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Humanim Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 12 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $20k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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