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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
11/17 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

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

  1. 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 program
    46% of program spending
  2. Life 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 program
    36% of program spending
  3. Tyler 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 program
    18% of program spending
  4. Funlover'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.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($174k) Expenses 100 ($232k) Net assets 100 ($49k)2018 Revenue 109 ($190k) Expenses 100 ($233k) Net assets 12 ($6k)2019 Revenue 215 ($374k) Expenses 95 ($221k) Net assets 324 ($159k)2020 Revenue 62 ($107k) Expenses 66 ($153k) Net assets 230 ($113k)2021 Revenue 114 ($199k) Expenses 80 ($185k) Net assets 258 ($126k)2022 Revenue 158 ($275k) Expenses 122 ($282k) Net assets 234 ($115k)2023 Revenue 184 ($319k) Expenses 149 ($347k) Net assets 184 ($90k)2024 Revenue 206 ($359k) Expenses 149 ($346k) Net assets 211 ($103k)
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Revenue (206)Expenses (149)Net assets (211)

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%).

$61k
$59k
$162k
$168k
$180k
$203k
$118k
$123k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

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.

−$58k
’17
−$43k
’18
$153k
’19
−$46k
’20
$14k
’21
−$7k
’22
−$27k
’23
$13k
’24
2.9
months of
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.

201720182019202220232024
Listed201618151515
Joined·+3+2·+6+3
No longer listed·70·63
03Who funds it

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.

49%
largest funder
70%
top three
~4
effective funders

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.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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
PA
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Texas out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

76% of spending goes to programs.

Program 76%Management 20%Fundraising 5%

Governance

15
board members
93%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

96%

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 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