North Carolina · Nonprofit
THE APHASIA RECOVERY CONNECTION INC
THE APHASIA RECOVERY CONNECTION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $81,426 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($45,782). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $73k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $81k
- Net assets
- $71k
What The Aphasia Recovery Connection Inc does
Mission
ARCs Community Connection Programs serve as the heartbeat of our mission providing consistent structured touchpoints for people with aphasia and their families who might otherwise feel isolated and alone. Aphasia Connect ARCs Zoom-based virtual community calls brings 20 members together in welcoming sessions that offer reliable connection and a true sense of belonging. ARCs Conversation Club offered weekly in partnership with the University of St. Augustines Speech-Language Pathology program gives 40 participants per week a supportive low-pressure space to practice communication with clinical credibility and peer encouragement. Together with broader community outreach including our 17,000 member online community 4,000 member caregiver forum and social media reaching 250,000 people monthly these programs directly combat the isolation that defines life with aphasia for so many families.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
ARCs Community Programs serve as the heartbeat of our mission providing consistent structured touchpoints for people with aphasia and their families who might otherwise feel isolated and alone. Aphasia Connect calls bring 20 community members together in welcoming virtual sessions that offer reliable connection and a sense of belonging. ARCs Conversation Club offered weekly in partnership with the University of St. Augustines Speech-Language Pathology program gives 40 participants per week a supportive low-pressure space to practice commutation alongside clinical credibility and peer encouragement. Together with broader community outreach - including our 17,000 member online community 4,000 member caregiver forum and social media reaching 250,000 people monthly with a following of 24,000 - these programs directly combat the isolation that defines life with aphasia for so many families.
$37,069 spent45% of program spendingARCs Education & Advocacy Programs ensure that people with aphasia their families and the broader pubic have access to expert knowledge practical tools and a stronger voice. Free monthly seminars - drawing up to 100 participants per session-feature leaders covering topics such as neuroplasticity communication strategies and caregiver wellness. Virtual Care Partner Support Groups meet twice monthly offering family members and caregivers a safe encouraging space to share experiences and find community. World Stroke Day serves as ARCs signature annual awareness event uniting the aphasia and stroke communities to highlight aphasia as a common but underrecognized consequence of stroke. Our monthly newsletter reaches 8,000 subscribers with aphasia friendly resources and digital advocacy tools including our aphasia card and signature Talk Tools have generated over 1000 downloads from our website-putting practical communication support directly to families who need it most.
$22,156 spent27% of program spendingARCs Annual Conference at Sea is one of the organizations most beloved programs bringing together people with aphasia their families and care partners for community connection and expert education in a uniquely accessible setting. The cruise environment removes many of the barriers that make traditional conferences challenging for individuals with aphasia creating a joyful and empowering experience. Structured workshops led by Speech-Language Pathologists and graduate student volunteers follow the Life Participation Approach helping participants rebuild confidence in communication travel and social engagement. Participants consistently report meaningful gains in resilience peer connection and well-being outcomes that reflect ARCs belief that community itself is part of recovery. This program also provides invaluable face-to-face interaction with our members including focus groups that directly inform the development of new initiatives and strengthen our programming.
$8,951 spent11% of program spendingARCs Program Development and community Initiatives reflect the organizations active investment n growing its impact and building the next generation of programs for the aphasia community. In 2025 ARC hosted the ARC Thrive Conference bringing the aphasia community together for inspiration education and connection and participated in the Aphasia Access Conference deepening relationships with professionals and advancing accessibility across the field. Behin the scenes a significant portion of these resources funded the staff time of ARCs core team - investing in program coordination community development and the organizational infrastructure that makes all of ARCs programs possible. New signature initiatives are also actively in development including Mission: Im Possible - a video series designed to share stories of recovery and resilience combat stigma and spark hope for the newly diagnosed. Together these efforts position ARC for growth & expanded reach in years ahead.
$14,965 spent18% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $83,141.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
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 $97k to $71k (−27%).
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.
100% of THE APHASIA RECOVERY CONNECTION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Brandon Rehkopf Esquire
Chairman of the Board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $5k → $36k.
6 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE APHASIA RECOVERY CONNECTION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
THE APHASIA RECOVERY CONNECTION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 THE APHASIA RECOVERY CONNECTION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2021 66% · 2022 98% · 2023 47% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE APHASIA RECOVERY CONNECTION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $360 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside North Carolina, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $81k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Against its field
THE APHASIA RECOVERY CONNECTION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 6,360 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,360 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like THE APHASIA RECOVERY CONNECTION INC
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In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE APHASIA RECOVERY CONNECTION INC?
- THE APHASIA RECOVERY CONNECTION INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $81,426 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($45,782). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE APHASIA RECOVERY CONNECTION INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $81,426 in grants to THE APHASIA RECOVERY CONNECTION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE APHASIA RECOVERY CONNECTION INC?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $45,782 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE APHASIA RECOVERY CONNECTION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 7 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing