Florida · Nonprofit
THE ARC OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC
THE ARC OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC (Florida) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,286,508 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY MIAMI INC ($1,038,946). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $6.5M
What The Arc of South Florida Inc does
Mission
To provide advocacy for the human rights and welfare for persons with developmental disabilities where such services are unavailable or are in short supply.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
During fiscal year 2025, the arc of south florida's children & youth department continued to provide high-quality educational, early intervention, and therapeutic services to children and young adults with intellectual, developmental, and learning disabilities across miami-dade county. During the 2025 school year, the department served 544 students through ace academy and project thrive child development & educational centers, providing individualized educational programming, specialized therapies, behavioral supports, and family-centered services. During the summer, the department served 460 children through its summer enrichment programs, offering academic support, recreational activities, and opportunities for social and emotional development. Additionally, the department's parenting program served 105 families, equipping parents and caregivers with evidence-based strategies, education, and resources to strengthen family relationships and support healthy child development. Key accomplishments during the fiscal year included: - delivering specialized instruction, speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, behavioral support, and developmental services to…
$12,119,230 spent$9,423,411 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $12,119,230.
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 2022 to 2023, from $6.8M to $8.7M (+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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 6% · 2021 8% · 2023 36% · 2024 34% · 2025 31%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Mr Paul Sweeney
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $219k → $338k.
4 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 65% 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 SOUTH FLORIDA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 15 of 16 funders by total. 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 SOUTH FLORIDA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
93% 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 SOUTH FLORIDA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 57% · 2019 65% · 2020 42% · 2021 91% · 2022 82% · 2023 54% — 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
38% of THE ARC OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
65% of THE ARC OF SOUTH FLORIDA 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 $801k that is directly attributable, 83% of it comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M 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.
Government funding THE ARC OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $563k on record.
- FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE - GENERAL $551k
- CARE/SUBSISTENCE - MEDICAL - VENDOR - GENERAL $12k
- FEES - GENERAL - COMMODITIES $164
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
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In Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE ARC OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC: 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 SOUTH FLORIDA INC?
- THE ARC OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC (Florida) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,286,508 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY MIAMI INC ($1,038,946). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE ARC OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $2,286,508 in grants to THE ARC OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ARC OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC?
- UNITED WAY MIAMI INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,038,946 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ARC OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 16 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