New Jersey · Nonprofit
The Arc of Cape May County Inc
The Arc of Cape May County Inc (New Jersey) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $139,413 to it, the largest being Kessler Foundation Inc ($91,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $139k
- Net assets
- $16M
What The Arc of Cape May County Inc does
Mission
The Arc of Cape May County, Inc. works to promote and protect the human rights of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities by actively supporting their full inclusion and participation in the community. To also provide the instruction, care, training and recreation of such persons, and in every way to encourage and insure their physical and mental well-being through the development of their capabilities to their highest potential. The Arc of Cape May County, Inc. is committed to enhancing the quality of life of those individuals and their families through direct services, advocacy, empowerment, education and prevention.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Residential: This program provides homes in the community for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) in group homes and supervised apartment settings. Supportive living is also offered to developmentally disabled individuals who live independently in the community. Special residential respite services are available to individuals in need of short-term care due to a personal or caregiver crisis.
$5,625,090 spent$9,832,762 earned by the program79% of program spendingDaybreak:Daybreak is a special needs program currently serving individuals with physical, developmental and intellectual disabilities. The individuals spend time in the program and out in the community participating in various activities designed to develop skills specific to their needs. Activities include Self Care Skills such as hygiene and personal presentation, Fitness and Nutrition through yoga and menu planning, and Independent Living Skills that include cooking, budgeting and grocery shopping.
$672,663 spent$1,414,288 earned by the program9% of program spendingThrift Shop:The Arc's thrift shop is located in Rio Grande, New Jersey and receives donations of clothing and household goods for resale. Individuals with (I/DD) receive job skills training working in the shop as preparation for community employment.
$511,155 spent7% of program spendingRespite- This program helps relieve the stress of providing twenty-four hour care to individuals with (I/DD). Respite providers give in-home care to children and adults so that parents and other long-term caregivers can attend to personal matters.Adult Training Services- This program is designed to assist individuals with (I/DD) find employment within the community through skills training and job search support. Job coaches maintain close contact with employers and employees to ensure successful job placement and continuity. This program can also include crew labor as one element.Recreation- Programs include dances, picnics and other recreational activities for individuals with (I/DD) to support social skills and socialization.
$272,697 spent$153,392 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,081,605.
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 $16M to $20M (+23%).
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 87% · 2018 70% · 2019 11% · 2020 7% · 2021 16% · 2022 3% · 2023 2% · 2024 1% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Majken Mechling
Chief Executive Officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $40k → $2k.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 Cape May County 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 Arc of Cape May County Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
84% 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 Cape May County Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 88% · 2020 49% · 2021 80% · 2022 44% · 2023 87% — broadly stable.
“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 The Arc of Cape May County Inc'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
78% of The Arc of Cape May County Inc's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11k 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.
Government funding The Arc of Cape May County Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $24.5M on record.
- GRANT IN AID$23.6M
- FEDERAL$508k
- TRUST FUND$200k
- BOND FUND$150k
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 The Arc of Cape May County 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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
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 1 related entity
- Arc Cape May Housing Inc · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Arc of Cape May County Inc: 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 Cape May County Inc?
- The Arc of Cape May County Inc (New Jersey) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $139,413 to it, the largest being Kessler Foundation Inc ($91,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Arc of Cape May County Inc have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $139,413 in grants to The Arc of Cape May County Inc, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Arc of Cape May County Inc?
- Kessler Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $91,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Arc of Cape May County Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 8 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