Michigan · Nonprofit
THE ARC OF CALHOUN COUNTY
THE ARC OF CALHOUN COUNTY (Michigan) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $349,502 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN ($258,078). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $534k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $350k
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What The Arc of Calhoun County does
Mission
The Arc of Calhoun County's mission is to serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, their families, and our community through programming, education, and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Skill building the arc provides adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities with the opportunity to develop, enhance, and exhibit adaptive skills in a community settings alongside people without disabilities. The opportunities for skill development can include socialization, adaptability, self- discipline, independence, self-confidence, sense of belonging, self- advocacy, personal safety, resource allocation, time management, professionalism, problem solving, leadership, and conflict management. The arc also offers classes to youth on workplace readiness, self-advocacy, independent living, post-secondary education and job exploration. The skill building program provided 31 adults with over 6,900 service hours in the community.
$267,200 spent$359,268 earned by the program60% of program spendingEmployment services the arc's employment program helps adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (idd) to obtain and maintain employment. In preparation for work, services include: identifying job interests, training in employment skills, resume writing, job interview preparation, networking with employers, and mock interviewing. Once hired, we provide assistance with acclimation to the work setting, setting up needed supports (such as transportation), helping employers implement accommodations, and job coaching. We fade our job coaching, but provide long-term follow-up should the employer or employee need additional support in order to maintain the employment relationship. The employment services program provided 22 adults with over 1,100 service hours in the community.
$95,374 spent$65,879 earned by the program21% of program spendingAdvocacy the arc advocates for the rights and dignity of all persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities through public policy at the local, state, and federal levels. The arc also offers several options and resources for community members, businesses, and organizations to help educate and inform, for both awareness and professional purposes, regarding alternatives to guardianship, future planning, person centered planning, and many other related issues. The arc supports individuals with disabilities to advocate for themselves.
$13,173 spent3% of program spendingEducational advocacy the arc assists families in guiding and supporting them through the special education process as a bridge between education staff and families. The arc educates on the proper processes to avoid breakdowns in communication and to ensure that the child's needs. The arc reviews documents, consults with family members and school staff, and attends meetings with parents/guardians. Theirlooms the arc maintains a storefront with donated items. Sales support the work of the arc.
$68,979 spent$20,000 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $444,726.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.3M to $1.6M (+20%).
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: 2021 42% · 2022 32%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $60k → $50k.
2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 ARC OF CALHOUN COUNTY’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 ARC OF CALHOUN COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% 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 OF CALHOUN COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 85% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 86% — growing more concentrated.
“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
25% of THE ARC OF CALHOUN COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
100% of THE ARC OF CALHOUN COUNTY's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $51k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 OF CALHOUN COUNTY
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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE ARC OF CALHOUN COUNTY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ARC OF CALHOUN COUNTY?
- THE ARC OF CALHOUN COUNTY (Michigan) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $349,502 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN ($258,078). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ARC OF CALHOUN COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $349,502 in grants to THE ARC OF CALHOUN COUNTY, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ARC OF CALHOUN COUNTY?
- UNITED WAY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MICHIGAN is the largest funder on record, with $258,078 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ARC OF CALHOUN COUNTY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 10 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