Louisiana · Nonprofit
The Arc of East Ascension
The Arc of East Ascension (Louisiana) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $225,165 to it, the largest being LAMAR DIXON EXPO FOUNDATION ($64,100). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $225k
- Net assets
- $5.2M
What The Arc of East Ascension does
Mission
To enhance the quality of life for persons with disabilities and their families through services and advocacy that support choice, independence and diginity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Independent Living- Services such as personal care attendants, respite care & skills are provided to individuals with developmental disabilities, so that they may achieve their fullest potential in life.
$1,583,901 spent$1,648,077 earned by the program56% of program spendingAdult Day Training- Training is provided to individuals with retardation & developmental disabilites. Basic work skills & attitudes such as job responsibility, safety, and punctuality are taught to these individuals.
$651,340 spent$381,151 earned by the program23% of program spendingAttendant Care Services (ACS)- Services provided to an individual in their home or community when the individual lives with a family member. A Direct Support Worker assists with personal care, training with tasks related to safety, health, and maintaining a stable home environment (i.e., housekeeping, laundry, cooking, etc.) The DSW assists the individual with leisure activities in the community.
$407,901 spent$275,848 earned by the program14% of program spendingCenter Based Respite- Provides individuals with disabilities support and supervision in the absence of his or her parents or guardian. The individual's routine is maintained to the best possible to ensure a comfortable stay, with a "Home away from home" atmosphere. This supported care for individuals with disabilities provide their families with a break from the daily routine of caregiving. Other miscellaneous revenue that is related to program services.
$179,742 spent$69,634 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,822,884.
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 2022 to 2023, from $5.0M to $5.9M (+18%).
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: 2019 1% · 2021 16% · 2022 15% · 2023 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
5% of The Arc of East Ascension’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
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.
Chief executive
Raven LaBiche
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $63k → $11k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $11k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Leadership Ascension Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money The Arc of East Ascension raised.
From the IRS filings of The Arc of East Ascension’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 East Ascension leans on a few funders — its largest provides 28% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
64% 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 East Ascension.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 55% · 2019 49% · 2020 38% · 2021 58% · 2022 70% · 2023 70% — 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.
Where its funders are
94% of The Arc of East Ascension's grant income comes from Louisiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 East Ascension is better cushioned than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like The Arc of East Ascension
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 Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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 Arc of East Ascension?
- The Arc of East Ascension (Louisiana) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $225,165 to it, the largest being LAMAR DIXON EXPO FOUNDATION ($64,100). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Arc of East Ascension have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $225,165 in grants to The Arc of East Ascension, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Arc of East Ascension?
- LAMAR DIXON EXPO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $64,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Arc of East Ascension find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 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