Alabama · Nonprofit
THE ARC OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC
THE ARC OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC (Alabama) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $329,280 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC ($227,280). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $329k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What The Arc of Southwest Alabama Inc does
Mission
Provides training for adults with developmental disabilities in an adult training setting and supervised alternative living arrangements for washington county, alabama
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The organization provides adult training services for adults with developmental disabilities in washington county, alabama
$565,220 spent45% of program spendingFunds are granted by the state government to provide housing for the adults with developmental disabilities of washington county, alabama
$585,075 spent47% of program spendingThe organization provides personal care and food services for adults with developmental disabilities in washington county, alabama
$102,240 spent8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,252,535.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.2M to $1.9M (+61%).
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: 2017 79% · 2019 80% · 2020 85% · 2021 88% · 2022 67% · 2023 85% · 2024 94% · 2025 91%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of THE ARC OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $35k → $89k.
From the IRS filings of THE ARC OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA 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 SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% 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
69% 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 SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 67% · 2021 76% · 2022 93% · 2023 62% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE ARC OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC's grant income comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE ARC OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC
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 Alabama
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.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE ARC OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA 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 SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC?
- THE ARC OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC (Alabama) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $329,280 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC ($227,280). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ARC OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $329,280 in grants to THE ARC OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ARC OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC?
- UNITED WAY OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC is the largest funder on record, with $227,280 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ARC OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 2 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