Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE ARC OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INC
THE ARC OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $284,679 to it, the largest being Washington Winter Show Inc ($207,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE ARC OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INC's revenue fell 21% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,584 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Biotechnology Innovation Organizationshared funders
- Metropolitan Washington Council of Governmentsportfolio match
- The Eacho Family Foundationportfolio match
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.
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 23% · 2018 15% · 2019 2% · 2020 2% · 2021 20% · 2022 3% · 2023 4% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
1% of THE ARC OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $43k → $35k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 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 THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 100% · 2019 87% · 2020 44% · 2021 48% · 2022 100% · 2023 57% — 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
97% of THE ARC OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INC's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 stateis 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 7 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Biotechnology Innovation Organizationshared fundersDC · backs 33 organizations that share your funders
- Metropolitan Washington Council of Governmentsportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Eacho Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Arc Thrift Stores Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Washington Regional Association of Grantmakersportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Trevelyan Family Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Shared Ascent Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Stichman Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- England Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Graham Stretch Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- S Kann Sons Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- World Bank Community Connections Fundshared funderslocalDC · backs 34 organizations that share your funders · funds 130 organizations near you
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government funding THE ARC OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.5M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$2.9M
- Department of Agriculture$2.5M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$171k
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.
Organizations like THE ARC OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INC
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
22% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
61%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- The Arc of the United States · exempt
- The Arc of Georgia Services Corporation · exempt
- The Foundation of the Arc of the United States · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE ARC OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ARC OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INC?
- THE ARC OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $284,679 to it, the largest being Washington Winter Show Inc ($207,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ARC OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $284,679 in grants to THE ARC OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ARC OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INC?
- Washington Winter Show Inc is the largest funder on record, with $207,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ARC OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 7funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing