Delaware · Nonprofit
THE ARC OF DELAWARE INC
THE ARC OF DELAWARE INC (Delaware) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,266,843 to it, the largest being Annie E Casey Foundation Inc ($425,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $368k
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $-169040
What The Arc of Delaware Inc does
Mission
The arc of delaware promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and actively supports full inclusion and participation in the community through advocacy and services to individuals and their families.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The arc of delaware outreach program supports people with intellectual/developmental disabilities (I/dd) and their families in the community. Since 1992, the arc has offered the necessity of life fund as a resource to individuals in delaware with I/dd to help purchase items essential to their quality of life that they would not otherwise be able to afford. In addition to helping these individuals with critical needs and necessities, the arc of delaware also recognizes the importance of recreational activities for developing social and communication skills, which can improve a person's ability to live and work in the community, and contribute to a successful and fulfilled life.
$151,323 spent48% of program spendingThe employment program helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities with employment by providing community integrated job development, job coaching, placement and follow-along support to ensure long term success.
$141,456 spent45% of program spendingApproximately 1,200 people statewide received information and referral services from the arc of delaware in 2024.
$22,594 spent7% of program spendingMiscellaneous revenues related to the housing program exempt activities, such as management fees and insurance proceeds.
$117,342 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $315,373.
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. 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 2023 to 2024, from $161k to $310k (+92%).
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 37% · 2018 41% · 2019 41% · 2020 46% · 2021 25% · 2022 15% · 2023 15% · 2024 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
60% of THE ARC OF DELAWARE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (37% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Chief executive
Susannah Eaton-Ryan
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $78k → $143k.
2 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 DELAWARE 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 DELAWARE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 52% · 2019 91% · 2020 47% · 2021 57% · 2022 34% · 2023 52% — 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
60% of THE ARC OF DELAWARE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
THE ARC OF DELAWARE INC draws 55% of its grant income from funders outside Delaware, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $17k 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.
Against its field
THE ARC OF DELAWARE INC's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 8 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,828 housing & shelter nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE ARC OF DELAWARE 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 Delaware
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Affiliates of the Arc of Delaware Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ARC OF DELAWARE INC?
- THE ARC OF DELAWARE INC (Delaware) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,266,843 to it, the largest being Annie E Casey Foundation Inc ($425,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ARC OF DELAWARE INC have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $1,266,843 in grants to THE ARC OF DELAWARE INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ARC OF DELAWARE INC?
- Annie E Casey Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $425,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ARC OF DELAWARE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Delaware. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 19 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