Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE ARC OF THE SOUTH SHORE INC
THE ARC OF THE SOUTH SHORE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,615,531 to it, the largest being THE FLATLEY FOUNDATION ($975,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $9.4M
What The Arc of the South Shore Inc does
Mission
The arc of the south shore is committed to empowering families and individuals of all ages with disabilities to reach their fullest potential. The organization achieves this by providing high quality individualized services and opportunities that foster independence, community inclusion, and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Residential - the residential division provides a wide range of housing options, including single family homes, condos and apartments for adults with developmental disabilities, and shared living. In these settings, supports are designed around the needs of the individual with emphasis on health, safety, and independence.
$6,539,581 spent$556,329 earned by the program46% of program spendingEarly intervention - the early intervention division is an integrated developmental service, offering both evaluation and therapeutic services to children from birth to 3 years of age for whom there are developmental concerns due to biological, medical or environmental factors. Early intervention services are provided individually in the home, in small integrated groups at our center and in a range of community settings. Parent support, educational and resource referral services are also provided.
$2,365,888 spent$1,974,693 earned by the program17% of program spendingAdult foster care - the adult foster care division provides 24 hour services in a personalized home setting to eligible individuals who are at least 16 years of age. This program allows individuals who require assistance with activities of daily living to maintain their dignity and pursue typical life routines with individualized assistance from a family or non-family caregiver who lives in the home.
$1,904,568 spent$2,175,895 earned by the program13% of program spendingDay habilitation - the day habilitation division is a multi-faceted program for adults with disabilities. The program employs a team approach to provide a wide range of therapeutic supports with the goal of improving independent functioning in the areas of self-care, mobility, communication, health maintenance, nutrition, social skills, community integration and behavior management. Pathways to possibilites - the pathways to possibilities division (formerly community-based day supports) provides adults with developmental disabilities with skills needed to develop, enhance and maintain their competence and confidence in personal, social and community-based activities. Included in the program are training and work options to develop and foster skills and attributes necessary for social and vocational independence. Personal care management - the personal care management division enables eligible individuals with a permanent or chronic disability to live in their own residence or community with support provided by a personal care attendant who provides physical assistance in at least 2 areas of activities of daily living. Family supports - the family supports division provides respite…
$3,337,211 spent$2,466,308 earned by the program24% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,147,248.
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 $10M to $12M (+18%).
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 49% · 2018 51% · 2019 51% · 2020 53% · 2021 58% · 2022 61% · 2023 55% · 2024 55% · 2025 53%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
57% of THE ARC OF THE SOUTH SHORE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
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
Marynel Wahl
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 17 funders, grant income rose $5k → $397k.
7 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 SOUTH SHORE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 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 THE SOUTH SHORE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 86% · 2019 65% · 2020 56% · 2021 65% · 2022 68% · 2023 63% — 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
45% of THE ARC OF THE SOUTH SHORE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
98% of THE ARC OF THE SOUTH SHORE INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $118k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Against its field
THE ARC OF THE SOUTH SHORE INC is better cushioned than half of the 2,396 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,396 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding THE ARC OF THE SOUTH SHORE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $98.5M on record.
- (MM) PURCHASED CLIENT/PROGRAM SVCS$64.9M
- (RR) BENEFIT PROGRAMS$33.6M
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$25k
- (JJ) OPERATIONAL SERVICES$2k
- (NN) INFRASTRUCTURE:$1k
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 SOUTH SHORE 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Fab Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ARC OF THE SOUTH SHORE INC?
- THE ARC OF THE SOUTH SHORE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,615,531 to it, the largest being THE FLATLEY FOUNDATION ($975,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ARC OF THE SOUTH SHORE INC have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $1,615,531 in grants to THE ARC OF THE SOUTH SHORE INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ARC OF THE SOUTH SHORE INC?
- THE FLATLEY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $975,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ARC OF THE SOUTH SHORE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 33 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