Double Arc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 341868205
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2017
- Forms available
- Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2015
- Location
- Perrysburg, OH, USA
- Phone
- 4193305062
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Developmentally Disabled Centers
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $203,152
- Expenses
- $504,498
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JANET BOSSERMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- JANET BOSSERMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $38,762 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Double arc, sponsored by the sisters of notre dame, serves children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (fasd) and their families through education, intervention and advocacy. Double arc is a 501(c)3 nonprofit founded by the sisters of notre dame in 1992 to address the needs of children in the regular classroom whose behavior and academic challenges put them at risk for failure or suspension. It continues today to serve children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (fasd) and other diffuse brain damage and their families.
What it reported doing in 2017
Provided advocacy and support by completing our diagnostic process with 8 clients. We utilize a multi-disciplinary team of medical professionals who review school and medical records, do individual assessments including by a developmental pediatrician, neuropsychologist, occupational therapist, speech/language pathologist plus our fasd specialists. Total hours for diagnosis were 667. In addition, we provided one-on-one consulting by phone, email and in person of 434 hours, amounting to 340 different contacts. Double arc advocated for our clients at 12 school meetings, and 3 treatment team meetings. We assisted in organizing and participated in 9 meetings of the northwest Ohio fasd network for adults with fasd and we began monthly support group meetings for parents. Double arc also pioneered an assessment of 325 head start students at toledo public schools.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 81% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 68% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and the required major-donor schedule is missing or incomplete.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 81
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 5
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 91.9%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: $12.14 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: No; rating input score 0
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -148.3%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.7%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 38.1% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -10.9% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 13 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $464K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $39K · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2014 to 2017
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 5 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Major donor itemization scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 47/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.