Minnesota · Nonprofit
THE ARC MINNESOTA INC
THE ARC MINNESOTA INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 67 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,425,001 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($497,500). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 67
- Grants received
- $4.4M
- Net assets
- $5.6M
What The Arc Minnesota Inc does
Mission
The arc minnesota promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, actively supporting them and their families in a lifetime of full inclusion and participation in their communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Public policy and systems advocacy:2,612 people engaged in public policy with the arc minnesota in 2023. These individuals contributed 27,685 hours of volunteer service to advance public policy goals. The capitol connector e-newsletter informed 7,334 people about the ongoing public policy efforts of the arc minnesota. Policy issues include education, employment, health and human services, and housing. The arc minnesota has contracts with the minnesota department of human services to provide housing access services, housing stabilization services, and transition services aimed at helping people with disabilities and those experiencing housing instability access affordable, accessible, inclusive housing of each person's choice in their communities. Housing team memers also connect people with other resources, services, and supports that will help lead to stable and sustainable housing long-term. In 2023, the housing team helped 450 people move into and/or sustain homes of their own and fielded 2,232 unique calls about housing services.
$3,230,354 spentof which $647,547 as grants$2,223,634 earned by the program32% of program spendingIndividual advocacy and support:the arc staff provided free, individualized assistance to 1,443 people across the state, either through phone consultation, email support, or intensive one-to-one support virtually or in person. 38,900 people accessed our self-guided, online advocacy tools and resources.
$1,142,789 spentof which $377,898 as grants$686,450 earned by the program11% of program spendingPlanning services:in 2022 the arc minnesota stopped enrolling new particpants in billable planning services available only for people who could privately pay for the service, or who access waiver services. In 2023, all enrolled particpants completed the program. Through individual advocacy work in 2024, staff will still use principles of planning services, share resources about planning for the future, and help identify the important actions needed to achieve the goals for their family member. We also developed a list of free future planning resources, which was accessed on our website by 191 people.
$190,029 spent$570 earned by the program2% of program spendingPublic awareness, membership and volunteer engagement:public awareness outreach about intellectual and developmental disabilities include website (142,000 page visitors), the arc facebook page (7,675 followers), arc's value village facebook page (14,422 followers), twitter (1,541 followers), linkedin (1.297 followers), e-newsletter (7,334 subscribers). In addition, messages about the arc are included in all arc's value thrift store and donationcenter communications, reaching 715,000+ shoppers, donors, and volunteers. Volunteering is another way individuals connect with the arc. Volunteers provided 27,685 hours in support of the arc minnesota's programs and services, and 27,665 hours in the operations of the arc's value village thrift stores.
$5,476,848 spent$29,470 earned by the program55% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,040,020.
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 2017 to 2018, from $1.5M to $4.6M (+209%).
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: 2017 0% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 13% · 2021 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $282k → $599k.
18 of 67 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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: $150k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Arc Greater Twin Cities). These are real filings, and they are not money THE ARC MINNESOTA INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE ARC MINNESOTA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 67 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
THE ARC MINNESOTA INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
71% 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 ARC MINNESOTA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 57% · 2019 21% · 2020 16% · 2021 12% · 2022 60% · 2023 25% — 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
35% of THE ARC MINNESOTA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
52% of THE ARC MINNESOTA 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 $2.1M that is directly attributable, 81% of it comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.3M 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.
Organizations like THE ARC MINNESOTA 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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
68%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ARC MINNESOTA INC?
- THE ARC MINNESOTA INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 67 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,425,001 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($497,500). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE ARC MINNESOTA INC have?
- IRS filings report 67 organizations giving $4,425,001 in grants to THE ARC MINNESOTA INC, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ARC MINNESOTA INC?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $497,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ARC MINNESOTA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 67 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