Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES
THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 104 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,617,337 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($1,950,000). 53 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 104
- Grants received
- $15M
- Net assets
- $14M
What The Arc of the United States does
Mission
The Arc of the United States (the arc) promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (idd) and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Arc of the United States (the arc) is constantly striving to improve the quality of life for people with idd and their families, including by promoting the development of best practices in programs, services and supports for people with idd. The arc's special projects advance the field of programs, services and supports for people with idd and their families as follows: program innovation:the arc's health programs have started a three-year project to promote and provide education and training on people with idd and mental health needs. The national center on criminal justice and disability worked to educate law enforcement, court and corrections personnel to accommodate the needs of people with idd in the criminal justice system. The wings for autism/wings for all project, which provides an airport travel simulation for children with an autism spectrum disorder or other disabilities and their families, is beginning to gain momentum since covid-19. The center for future planning provides an online resource center to assist adults with idd and their families to plan for their future needs, and to provide resources for chapters of the arc to support them. The arc is working with…
$3,792,458 spentof which $1,043,117 as grants$40,287 earned by the program33% of program spendingPublic policy:The Arc of the United States (the arc) advocated to promote and protect the civil rights and human rights of people with idd and for funding and support for the programs, services and supports that enable them to be fully included in all aspects of community life. The arc monitored developments in federal public policy, including legislation, regulations, administrative actions, litigation and judicial decisions, of importance to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (idd) and their families. The arc regularly informed chapter leaders, government officials, the media, leaders of other nonprofits and other interested parties of developments in the field through an email newsletter, periodic special reports and alerts and content posted to the arc's website and social media. Educational and advocacy activities cut across a broad range of topics, such as health care, long term supports and services, education, employment, civil rights, social security and more. The arc also regularly educated and informed elected and appointed government officials about the needs, interests and concerns of people with idd and their families and about the likely impact…
$3,310,529 spentof which $53,370 as grants$362,579 earned by the program29% of program spendingChapter leadership, volunteer & professional development:The Arc of the United States (the arc) supported a network of nearly 550 affiliated state and local chapters that advocated on behalf of, and provided services and supports for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (idd) and their families. The arc promoted best practices in access, equity, and inclusion through a series of chapter webinars and promoted best practices in programs, services and supports for people with idd. The arc kept chapters informed of critical information and developments in the field, including in subject areas such as early intervention, integrated education, transition, supported employment, supported and independent living, health care, decision-making supports, financial planning and recreation and community service. Support was provided to board members, executive directors and other volunteers and staff of the affiliated chapters through a bi-weekly email newsletter (fusion), a state chapter retreat, periodic video conferences for chapter leaders, periodic webinars, an annual leadership institute, a national convention, written educational materials, email discussion groups,…
$2,801,819 spentof which $6,645 as grants$3,585,502 earned by the program24% of program spendingPublic education:The Arc of the United States (the arc) educated people with disabilities, their parents and other family members, the media and members of the public about the needs, interests, issues and concerns of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (idd) and their families. The arc's public education efforts covered a broad range of subject areas, such as public policy, housing, employment, education, healthcare, criminal justice, and volunteerism and community service.the arc's e-newsletter, empower, was distributed throughout the year to members of the association as well to other interested individuals. The arc's websites provide members of the public access to a broad range of information and a variety of free publications providing practical advice about the inclusion of people with idd in all aspects of community life. Social media sites help spread the information to a broader audience. The arc also monitors local and national media coverage about people with idd, and developments reported by state and local chapters, and informs website users about current events affecting people with idd and their families. Our public service announcements…
$1,559,519 spent$40,286 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,464,325.
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 2022 to 2023, from $16M to $21M (+34%).
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 4% · 2018 2% · 2019 3% · 2020 13% · 2021 15% · 2022 3% · 2023 4% · 2024 7% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
56% of THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES’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. 6 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.
Chief executive
Katherine Neas
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 32 funders, grant income rose $606k → $2.4M.
27 of 104 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $983k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Arc US Foundation (Fka Foundation of the Arc of the United States)). These are real filings, and they are not money THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES raised.
From the IRS filings of THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 104 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 UNITED STATES has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
47% 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 UNITED STATES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 31% · 2019 30% · 2020 21% · 2021 36% · 2022 36% · 2023 34% — 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
31% of THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES draws 92% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 22 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 18 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 UNITED STATES 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 UNITED STATES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $38k on record.
- NJ$33k
- OR$5k
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 UNITED STATES
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 38 states
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- The Arc US Foundation · exempt
- The Arc of the District of Columbia Inc · exempt
- The Arc of Georgia Services Corporation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES: 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. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES?
- THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 104 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,617,337 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($1,950,000). 53 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES have?
- IRS filings report 104 organizations giving $14,617,337 in grants to THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES, 53 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES?
- THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,950,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ARC OF THE UNITED STATES 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 104 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