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The Arc of the United States

THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES (the arc) promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (idd) and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
55
Grants FY2025still arriving
28
States reached
$135k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$1.9MHuman Services$781kEducation$353kEmployment$343kCivil Rights$314kYouth Development$115kCommunity Improvement$111kPublic Safety & Disaster$54kOther$0
02FY2025 · 55 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 55 grants below total $1,053,668, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,103,132 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $49,464 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.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k53 grants · $913k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $135k
$15,000
Median grant
28
States reached
$23M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE ARC OF NEW MEXICO$135,000
THE ARC HARRIS COUNTY$42,000
THE ARC OF OKLAHOMA$40,000
THE ARC OF INDIANA$38,125
THE ARC OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND$32,000
RIDGE AREA ARC$30,000
THE ARC OF BENTON COUNTY$29,272
THE ARC OF HARRISONBURG AND ROCKINGHAM$25,000
THE ARC OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA$24,771
THE ARC OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY$22,400
THE ARC OF NORTHEAST COLORADO$22,000
THE ARC LANE COUNTY$22,000
THE ARC OF BUTTE COUNTY$22,000
SERTOMA (NEWSTAR) SERVICES$22,000
THE ARC OF UNION COUNTY$22,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $1.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 77% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE ARC OF GREATER BROCKTON: $20k → 8%THE ARC OF PHILADELPHIA: $20k → 22%THE ARC OF SAN FRANCISCO: $20k → 10%THE ARC OF BUTTE COUNTY: $22k → 18%AHRC - NASSAU: $15k → 6%AHRC - NEW YORK CITY: $45k → 17%THE ARC OF OKLAHOMA: $40k → 15%THE ARC OF PALM BEACH COUNTY: $15k → 11%RIDGE AREA ARC: $30k → 16%THE ARC OF RACINE COUNTY INC: $20k → 10%STAR INC: $25k → 9%THE ARC OF WELD COUNTY: $35k → 9%THE ARC OF LARIMER COUNTY: $18k → 11%NOBLE ARC: $22k → 16%THE ARC OF THE QUAD CITIES AREA: $23k → 15%THE ARC OF MISSISSIPPI: $14k → 23%AHRC - NASSAU: $15k → 6%AHRC - NEW YORK CITY: $28k → 17%THE ARC OF OKLAHOMA: $30k → 15%THE ARC OF PALM BEACH COUNTY: $15k → 11%RIDGE AREA ARC: $30k → 16%STAR INC: $18k → 9%THE ARC OF NORTHEAST COLORADO: $22k → 9%NOBLE ARC: $22k → 16%THE ARC OF OKLAHOMA: $30k → 15%RIDGE AREA ARC: $30k → 16%STAR INC: $15k → 9%THE ARC TENNESSEE: $40k → 14%THE ARC OF WELD COUNTY: $18k → 9%NOBLE ARC: $22k → 16%THE ARC OF THE QUAD CITIES AREA: $15k → 15%AHRC - NEW YORK CITY: $18k → 17%THE ARC OF OKLAHOMA: $25k → 15%THE ARC OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: $15k → 14%RIDGE AREA ARC: $23k → 16%THE ARC OF DAVIDSON COUNTY AND GREATER NASHVILLE: $22k → 14%THE ARC OF WELD COUNTY: $18k → 9%THE ARC OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $18k → 16%AHRC - NEW YORK CITY: $15k → 17%RIDGE AREA ARC: $19k → 16%THE ARC OF DAVIDSON COUNTY AND GREATER NASHVILLE: $22k → 14%THE ARC OF WELD COUNTY: $18k → 9%THE ARC OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $18k → 16%THE ARC OF DAVIDSON COUNTY AND GREATER NASHVILLE: $22k → 14%THE ARC OF GREATER INDIANAPOLIS: $18k → 16%THE ARC TENNESSEE: $19k → 14%THE ARC OF INDIANA: $38k → 16%THE ARC OF INDIANA: $23k → 16%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.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
WA
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NM
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
TX
FL
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.4M · 77 repeat orgs$803k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

77 repeat relationships: 44 still active in FY2025, 33 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

77
52

Total granted

$4.4M
$648k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+21%

Still filing today

92%
96%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $155k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEmploymentPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther
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

  • TA
    THE ARC OF NEW MEXICO
    5× · 2017–2025 · $548k · revenue +36%
  • TA
    THE ARC NATURE COAST INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $178k · revenue +38%
  • TA
    The Arc of Oklahoma Inc
    7× · 2019–2025 · $150k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE ARC OF GREATER PRINCE WILLIAM/INSIGHT INC
    one grant, 2024 · $50k · revenue +3%
  • TA
    THE ARC OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue +38%
  • AM
    ARC MICHIGAN
    one grant, 2024 · $27k · revenue -3%
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
Arc of the Ozarks

To be a leader in service delivery for persons with disabilities by providing an array of supports and services to integrate them into their communities and to enhance the quality of their lives.

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2
Arc of West Central Colorado

The Arc of West Central Colorado is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, educational and scientific purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations…

Human Services
3
The Arc of Lancaster County

Empowering people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (i/dd) and their families to lead full, satisfying, independent lives of their choice.

Health
4
The Arc Alliance Advocacy Services

To assist people of all ages with intellecutal and developmental disabilities to obtain the rights and resources they require to become, to the fullest-extent possible, independent, self-sufficient, participating and contributing members…

Civil Rights
5
The Arc of Adams County Inc

To protect, preserve and promote the human civil rigths of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively support their full inclusion and participation in the commnunity throughout their lifetimes.

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6
The Arc of Crawford County Inc

The ARC of Crawford County, Inc. advocates for the rights of citizens with intellectual and developmental disabilities and enhances their lives by promoting maximum independence and affording them opportunities for enrichment.

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7
The Arc Community Advocates

We exist as an advocacy organization to make it possible for each person with a developmental disability to participate fully in all aspects of community and to support the effort of each individual to determine their own future.

Human Services
8
Arc Services of Macomb Inc

The organization specializes in providing services to individuals with disabilities primarily through vocational, social, educational and residential programs.

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9
The United Arc Inc

See schedule othe united arc supports people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities in achieving the universal goals of inclusion, choice and independence. all people are valued and deserve full access to opportunities in…

Human Services
10
The Arc of Southeast Iowa

Provide services to people with disabilities in the local area.

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11
The Arc of Colorado

The arc of colorado provides individual and systems change advocacy for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities (idd) residing in colorado and their families.

Human Services
12
The Arc of Southside Inc

The arc promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Arc Northern Chesapeake Region Inc; the most unlike its peers is Nami National. 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

134 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 134 of the 140 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
131/134
Grantees still filing
97/134
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE ARC OF NEW MEXICO: $548,127 · OtherTHE ARC OF NEW MEXICOTHE ARC NATURE COAST INC: $177,500 · OtherTHE ARC NATURE COAST INCThe Arc of Harris County: $155,593 · OtherARC OF LANE COUNTY: $139,250 · OtherTHE ARC OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND INC: $121,000 · OtherYOUTH IMPACT: $110,000 · Other+74 more: $1,914,229 · Other+74 moreThe Arc of Oklahoma Inc: $150,000 · Human ServicesThe Arc of Oklahoma IncRIDGE AREA ARC INC: $147,500 · Human ServicesRIDGE AREA ARC INCTHE ARC OF NORTHEAST COLORADO: $120,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF NORTHEAST COLORADONoble Inc: $118,500 · Human ServicesNoble IncNYSARC INC NEW YORK CITY CHAPTER: $112,500 · Human ServicesNYSARC INC NEW YORK CITY CHAPTERTHE ARC OF INDIANA INC: $92,621 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF INDIANA INCThe Arc of Tennessee Inc: $70,250 · Human ServicesSTAR INC - LIGHTING THE WAY: $70,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARC DAVIDSON COUNTY & GREATER NASHVILLE: $66,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARC OF THE QUAD CITIES AREA: $62,500 · Human Services+33 more: $534,212 · Human Services+33 moreSERTOMA STAR SERVICES INC: $130,500 · EmploymentEducational Programs Inspiring Communities Inc: $37,500 · EmploymentLARC INC: $11,556 · EmploymentABC Hopes Inc: $45,000 · HealthFELLO INC: $20,000 · HealthNAMI National: $16,000 · HealthNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNCILS ON DEVE: $16,000 · HealthTHE ARC OF YORK COUNTY INC: $15,000 · HealthAUTISTIC SELF ADVOCACY NETWORK INC: $15,000 · HealthTHE ARC OF LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES INC: $10,000 · HealthVOLUNTEER SERVICE BUREAU OF WESTCHESTER INC: $42,500 · PhilanthropyAHRC NEW YORK CITY FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · PhilanthropySUSQUEHANNA VALLEY UNITED WAY: $15,000 · PhilanthropyFeeding Children Everywhere Inc: $30,000 · Food & NutritionNASHVILLE FOOD PROJECT INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionATHLETES FOR HOPE: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE BLUE RIDGE INC: $20,000 · Youth Development
Other$3,165,699Human Services$1,544,083Employment$179,556Health$137,000Philanthropy$87,500Food & Nutrition$50,000Youth Development$45,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE ARC OF NEW MEXICO: $548,127 over 5y, 13% of budgetTHE ARC NATURE COAST INC: $177,500 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetThe Arc of Harris County: $155,593 over 5y, 11% of budgetThe Arc of Oklahoma Inc: $150,000 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetRIDGE AREA ARC INC: $147,500 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetARC OF LANE COUNTY: $139,250 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetSERTOMA STAR SERVICES INC: $130,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND INC: $121,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC OF NORTHEAST COLORADO: $120,000 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetNoble Inc: $118,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNYSARC INC NEW YORK CITY CHAPTER: $112,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Arc of Union County Inc: $101,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC MUSKEGON: $96,692 over 5y, 10% of budgetTHE ARC OF INDIANA INC: $92,621 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE ARC OF HARRISONBURG & ROCKINGHAM INC: $87,500 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetTHE ARC OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $85,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetThe Arc of Northern Virginia: $70,334 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetThe Arc of Tennessee Inc: $70,250 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetSTAR INC - LIGHTING THE WAY: $70,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ARC MARYLAND INC: $68,700 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetTHE ARC MONTGOMERY COUNTY INC: $66,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC DAVIDSON COUNTY & GREATER NASHVILLE: $66,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE ARC OF THE QUAD CITIES AREA: $62,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC OF NEW JERSEY INC: $58,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe Arc of Illinois: $58,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetTHE ARC OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: $54,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ARC OF GREATER PRINCE WILLIAM/INSIGHT INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Arc of the Mid Ohio Valley Inc: $48,500 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetTHE ARC - KING COUNTY: $47,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetABC Hopes Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetTHE ARC SAN FRANCISCO: $42,832 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNYSARC INC Nassau County Chapter: $42,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVOLUNTEER SERVICE BUREAU OF WESTCHESTER INC: $42,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ARC OF PENNSYLVANIA: $42,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetTHE ARC OF BENTON COUNTY INC: $38,647 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetEducational Programs Inspiring Communities Inc: $37,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetTHE ARC OF AURORA: $32,500 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetThe Arc of Midland: $32,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetTHE ARC OF THE CAPITAL AREA: $32,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ARC OF VIRGINIA INC: $30,400 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTHE ARC OF PALM BEACH COUNTY INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFeeding Children Everywhere Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ARC OF RACINE COUNTY INC: $30,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetTHE ARC OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAHRC NEW YORK CITY FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetARC California: $28,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetARC MICHIGAN: $27,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetATHLETES FOR HOPE: $25,000 over 2y, 0.9% 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.

With FoundationArc Thrift Stores IncUnited Way of the Nat…The Hsc FoundationNext for Autism IncTruist Foundation IncSourceamericaGannett Foundation IncMarie Lamfrom Charita…Td Charitable Foundat…Mother Cabrini Health…Lumina Foundation for…
With FoundationCA19.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 7 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: With Foundation · Arc Thrift Stores Inc · United Way of the National Capital Area · The Hsc Foundation · Next for Autism Inc · Truist Foundation Inc · Sourceamerica · Gannett Foundation Inc · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Td Charitable Foundation · Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc

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 of the United States funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Arc of the United States. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 73%
  • Arc Massachusetts Inc: 100% of income from government
  • The Arc Eastern Connecticut Inc: 88% of income from government
  • Star Inc - Lighting the Way: 88% of income from government
  • Ccarc Inc: 85% of income from government
  • Arc of Lane County: 79% of income from government
  • Center of Hope Foundation Inc: 74% of income from government
  • Northeast Arc Inc: 73% of income from government
  • The Arc Oregon: 38% of income from government
  • The Arc of Benton County Inc: 26% of income from government
  • The Arc of Southern Maryland Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Arc of Prince George's County Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Larc Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Scarc Inc: 0% of income from government
  • The Arc Nature Coast Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
53report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
7rely on government for over half their income
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 140 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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