Maryland · Nonprofit
THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC
THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC (Maryland) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,411,347 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND INC ($1,160,635). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $23M
What The Arc of Frederick County Inc does
Mission
The arc of frederick county helps people with developmental disabilities live enviable lives, that is, lives filled with purpose and meaning, with friends and family. The arc provides services and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Personal support - individual support to assist people to learn activities of daily living; maintain a healthy, active life style; make meaningful community connections; and build self-advocacy skills.
$8,445,555 spent$10,620,825 earned by the program70% of program spendingDay services - individual support to assist people to create meaningful days in working; attending college or other classes; volunteering; vocational skills learning; and by socialization, exploring and learning more about their communities.
$3,055,564 spent$4,581,378 earned by the program25% of program spendingInformation and referral - services to assist people with disabilities, their families, or other community members to locate resources; receive educational advocacy, future and estate planning, and transitioning services; by answering questions and helping solve problems.
$375,344 spent$325,051 earned by the program3% of program spendingAutism waiver services - coordination by implementing a plan of care for students with autism to access in-home and community supports.
$209,922 spent$232,650 earned by the program2% of program spendingRetail income - the arc at market street offers job training programs for people with developmental disabilities.
$122,853 earned by the program
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,086,385.
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 $12M to $20M (+59%).
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 85% · 2018 81% · 2019 12% · 2020 7% · 2021 4% · 2022 3% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Shauna Mulcahy
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $235k → $141k.
4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 83% 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 FREDERICK 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 FREDERICK COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 FREDERICK COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 96% · 2019 88% · 2020 80% · 2021 76% · 2022 66% · 2023 79% — 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
67% of THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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
83% of THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY 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 $239k that is directly attributable, 81% of it comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 FREDERICK 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 Maryland
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
73%
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 3 related entities
- Jeanne Bussard Center LLC · disregarded
- Clarc Properties Inc · exempt
- Arc Propertiesinc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC?
- THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC (Maryland) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,411,347 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND INC ($1,160,635). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $1,411,347 in grants to THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,160,635 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ARC OF FREDERICK COUNTY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 11 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