The Arc of District of Columbia Inc

Analysis

The Arc of District of Columbia Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, The Arc of District of Columbia Inc reported income of $816k and spending of $959k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.1m to $816k (-27%), an average of -7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Arc of District of Columbia Inc sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 51st percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include India House Inc ($816k), We Ignite Nations ($817k) and Farmers Market Federation of New York ($816k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 10% and program service revenue 90% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $114k (12% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $344k. At year end it held assets of $636k against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of -$418k. It reported 13 employees.