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THE ARC OF LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES INC
THE ARC OF LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $443,678 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY ($144,307). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $33M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $444k
- Net assets
- $21M
What The Arc of Lehigh and Northampton Counties Inc does
Mission
The arc of lehigh and northampton counties (the arc) champions a life of inclusion, opportunity, and equity for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (idd) through advocacy, education, and supports. Its vision is that all persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities are valued, respected, and fully included members of their community with the right to choose where they live, learn, work, and play.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Sparc:the sparc program is both a community-based program and a state-licensed adult facility program that services adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (idd) in lehigh, northampton, and surrounding counties. The sparc program is designed to provide opportunities for people with idd to explore interests, develop skills, and participate in their communities in a supportive, inclusive environment. The sparc program addresses each person's unique needs through a person-centered approach to help program participants develop daily living skills through communication, socialization, habilitation, and community integration. The sparc program delivers community participation supports (cps), which offers opportunities for personal growth in integrated community settings. The sparc program also delivers adult facility-based service, which provides an accessible environment with adaptive equipment to build skills and explore interests. Program participants can choose to engage in a variety of options based on their abilities and personal choice that includes community volunteerism, community activities, daily living skills, pre-employment skills, and facility-based…
$1,964,481 spent$1,550,928 earned by the program7% of program spendingAgency with choice:the agency with choice (awc) program is a person-centered program based on the philosophy of self-determination. The awc program empowers people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (idd) in lehigh and northampton counties to enhance the quality of their lives by providing individuals with the opportunity for choice and control over their services and supports; the program is designed to acknowledge that each person best knows their own needs and how those needs should be met.an individual participating in the awc program can be their own managing employer (me) or identify a surrogate to act on their behalf as the me. The me can select the support service professionals (ssps) and direct provision of services. The ssp will be hired as an employee of the arc as the employer of record and the arc will assume any liabilities associated with the employment, but the day-to-day direction and control of service activities is under the me's purview.
$24,515,264 spent$30,744,471 earned by the program91% of program spendingAdvocacy:the arc of lehigh and northampton counties advocacy department provides free resource coordination, training, and individualized advocacy support for individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (idd) and their families in lehigh and northampton counties. Guided by the principles of collaboration, education, empowerment, and self-advocacy, the department strives to bridge individuals, families, and community partners to person-centered programs and supports that address their unique needs and promote long-term independence and inclusion.resources are provided to individuals and families through various methods, including community outreach, virtual webinars, and direct contact with the arc by phone or email. Individuals and families may also request information by completing the intake form available on the arc's website.
$357,844 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $26,837,589.
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 $12M to $16M (+29%).
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.
1% of THE ARC OF LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (7% for the typical peer).
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
Lisa Musselman
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 4 funders, grant income rose $21k → $47k.
3 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES 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 LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
60% 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 LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 48% · 2018 47% · 2019 42% · 2020 46% · 2021 61% · 2022 39% · 2023 35% — 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
44% of THE ARC OF LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
94% of THE ARC OF LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $121k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,843 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like THE ARC OF LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES INC
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In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ARC OF LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES INC?
- THE ARC OF LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $443,678 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY ($144,307). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ARC OF LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $443,678 in grants to THE ARC OF LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ARC OF LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES INC?
- UNITED WAY OF THE GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY is the largest funder on record, with $144,307 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ARC OF LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 17 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