Texas · Nonprofit
THE ARC OF SMITH COUNTY
THE ARC OF SMITH COUNTY (Texas) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,416,408 to it, the largest being SAM J & MARTHA CALHOUN CHARITABLE TRUST ($691,054). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $359k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $103k
What The Arc of Smith County does
Mission
The mission of The Arc of Smith County is to enhance the general welfare of persons with intellectual and development disabilities, throughout their lifetimes, by providing fully inclusive programs, services, education, advocacy, and compassion for those we serve and for their families.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Camping programs - camp heyday and camp kennedy (6 day residential camps for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities ages 16-80)serving approximately 200 campers with 200 counselors; camp friendship (twice a year day camp for ages 16 and up) serving approximately 15 campers at each camp with approximately 7 volunteers; camp holiday (one camp in december - one camp of each year for ages 16 and up) serving approximately 15 campers with approximatley 7 volunteers.life blessings adult day program - a program offering adults with special needs a means to continue their education by learning life skills key to living full and productive lives.
$121,258 spent$50,515 earned by the program46% of program spendingLife blessings - a day-program for adults with special needs. The program offers special needs a way to continue their education learning life skills to help lead full and productive lives.
$93,466 spent$67,249 earned by the program36% of program spendingTyler rose advocates - a group of approximately 25 special needs adults who conduct their own meetings, elect their own officers, raise funds and attend the annual texas advocates conference where they learn how to become leaders for their cause in their communities.
$47,029 spent$3,829 earned by the program18% of program spendingFunlover's dance - a time for fun, dancing and relaxation for clients and caregivers. Project lifesaver - a tracking transmitter program that helps locate children and adults with autism and other related conditions. Arc performing artists - an opportunity for special needs adults to explore and be challenged with the art of theater and other fine arts.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $261,753.
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 2018 to 2019, from $59k to $162k (+175%).
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: 2022 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $111k → $175k.
2 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 SMITH COUNTY’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 SMITH COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
27% 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 SMITH COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 28% · 2019 60% · 2020 38% · 2021 82% · 2022 65% · 2023 67% — 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.
How long its funders stay
73% of THE ARC OF SMITH COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
97% of THE ARC OF SMITH COUNTY's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $186k 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.
Organizations like THE ARC OF SMITH COUNTY
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE ARC OF SMITH COUNTY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ARC OF SMITH COUNTY?
- THE ARC OF SMITH COUNTY (Texas) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,416,408 to it, the largest being SAM J & MARTHA CALHOUN CHARITABLE TRUST ($691,054). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ARC OF SMITH COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $1,416,408 in grants to THE ARC OF SMITH COUNTY, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ARC OF SMITH COUNTY?
- SAM J & MARTHA CALHOUN CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $691,054 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ARC OF SMITH COUNTY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing