North Carolina · Nonprofit
The Arc of Mecklenburg County Inc
The Arc of Mecklenburg County Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $116,592 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC ($113,857). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2018
- $83k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $117k
- Net assets
- $73k
What The Arc of Mecklenburg County Inc does
Mission
The Arc Of Mecklenburg County Serves Individuals With Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities And Their Families By Identifying Needs, Developing Programs And Providing Resources, To Promote And Support Independent And Productive Citizens Within Our Community.
As stated on its FY2018 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The Arc Of Mecklenburg County Serves Individuals With Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities And Their Families By Identifying Needs, Developing Programs And Providing Resources, To Promote And Support Independent And Productive Citizens Within Our Community.Awareness & Education: Continued to provide assistance to individuals in the community needing connections to services and support.FASD:Continued to work with Mecklenburg County ABC Board to raise awareness of FASD through billboard advertising & community events.Aktion: Continued to operate 5 local Aktion club chapters in the area partnering with Kiwanis and providing monthly get togethers and service projects for individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities.Operation Santa: Provided Christmas gifts to several hundred individuals with developmental disabilities.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $79k → $5.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg County Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 Mecklenburg County Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 99% · 2020 95% · 2021 100% — 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
100% of The Arc of Mecklenburg County Inc's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 Mecklenburg County Inc
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In North Carolina
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Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds The Arc of Mecklenburg County Inc?
- The Arc of Mecklenburg County Inc (North Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $116,592 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC ($113,857). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Arc of Mecklenburg County Inc have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $116,592 in grants to The Arc of Mecklenburg County Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Arc of Mecklenburg County Inc?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHARLOTTE INC is the largest funder on record, with $113,857 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Arc of Mecklenburg County Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 FY2018 (financials across 2018–2018), and the filings of 4 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