Massachusetts · Nonprofit
NORTHEAST ARC INC
NORTHEAST ARC INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 94 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,432,101 to it, the largest being ESSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($942,500). 51 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $91M
- Funders on record
- 94
- Grants received
- $5.4M
- Net assets
- $45M
What Northeast Arc Inc does
Mission
Helping adults and children with disabilities, (incl asd), become full participants in the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Residential services - northeast arc has been providing residential services for over 40 years. Residential services are provided to 97 people in 27 homes, located across more than 10 communities on the north shore and in burlington, ma. Services are also provided to 16 people in shared living placements, 31 people in independent living settings, and 9 people in remote supports. Residential services provided include supervised living, supported living, specialty services and supports, deaf services, intensive medical services, training and consultation, nursing case management and specialized health coordination. The unifying theme across residential services is supporting people in being engaged members of their communities and having choice and control in their own lives. Residential services helps individuals reach these goals while providing a safe and well-supported environment.
$25,496,509 spent$1,183,244 earned by the program33% of program spendingClinical services - provides medicaid/medicare certified home health care to medically fragile individuals in two primary programs: continuous care nursing and skilled intermittent care. This is available up to 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, to medically complex children and adults to help them achieve optimum health and wellness. Throughout fy25, 255 nurses provided more than 244,000 hours of support to 151 patients in their homes in over 100 massachusetts cities and towns.
$19,701,914 spent$23,445,804 earned by the program25% of program spendingLong-term support services - the following programs are included in ltss: personal care attendant, adult family care, and day habilitation services.the personal care attendant (pca) program is a masshealth service that allows people with long-term disabilities to live at home independently and manage their own care. Our personal care management (pcm) program at northeast arc serves nearly 5,000 individuals living in communities throughout northeastern massachusetts, greater boston, and the metro west area. Pcm skills trainers, with the help of a nurse and occupational therapist, assess the personal care needs of the individual, prepare a pca application to submit to the consumer's insurer, and help consumers in managing the hiring and training of the pca and the daily operations of the program. Adult family care (also known as adult foster care) is a masshealth program that supports individuals aged 16 and older living in the community with related or nonrelated families. Afc provides monthly home visits from a nurse and social worker, a tax-free caregiver stipend, ongoing training and teaching on the individual's diagnoses, caregiver stress, and coordination of community…
$9,496,295 spent$10,507,235 earned by the program12% of program spendingAutism and specialty aba services- provides an intensive program of evaluation, in-home therapies, and parent training for children and young adults diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders. Aba services employ one-to-one intervention techniques to enhance development in the areas that are most challenging for individuals with the asd diagnosis: social interaction, communication, and play. Programs include building blocks (0-3 in home), building bridges (3+ in home), the learning center (3-6 in center), and spotlight (3-22 in community groups). Family services - northeast arc provides a variety of services designed to support families of children and adults with disabilities. These services, supporting close to 1,000 people, consist of technical assistance, education, recreation, and three specific resource and support centers. The following programs are included in family services: autism support center, adult autism support center, family resource center, guided personal supports, assistive technology center, recreation, individualized living options, and advocacy.the autism support center (northeast regional) - provides referrals, support groups and training to parents,…
$23,339,598 spent$14,329,300 earned by the program30% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $78,034,316.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $49M to $58M (+18%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 8% · 2021 8% · 2022 17% · 2023 43% · 2024 43% · 2025 43%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Jo Ann Simons
President/CEO
Board chair
Heidi Ellard
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 40 funders, grant income rose $123k → $709k.
14 of 94 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $6k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Northeast Hospital Corporation). These are real filings, and they are not money NORTHEAST ARC INC raised.
From the IRS filings of NORTHEAST ARC INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 94 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
NORTHEAST ARC INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
65% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund NORTHEAST ARC INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 27% · 2019 32% · 2020 24% · 2021 19% · 2022 35% · 2023 15% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
33% of NORTHEAST ARC INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
73% of NORTHEAST ARC INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Government funding NORTHEAST ARC INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.1B on record.
- (RR) BENEFIT PROGRAMS$871.9M
- (MM) PURCHASED CLIENT/PROGRAM SVCS$246.7M
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$955k
- (FF) FACILITY OPERATIONAL EXPENSES$90k
- (EE) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES$10k
- (JJ) OPERATIONAL SERVICES$3k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like NORTHEAST ARC INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- North Shore Heritage Associates Inc · exempt
- Residential Options Inc · exempt
- Top House Inc · exempt
- Gloucester Housing Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTHEAST ARC INC?
- NORTHEAST ARC INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 94 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,432,101 to it, the largest being ESSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ($942,500). 51 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTHEAST ARC INC have?
- IRS filings report 94 organizations giving $5,432,101 in grants to NORTHEAST ARC INC, 51 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHEAST ARC INC?
- ESSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $942,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHEAST ARC INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 94 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing