Madison Area Rehabilitation Centers Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

Marc, inc. Provides support to more than 350 adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities, like autism and down syndrome, in dane and sauk county, Wisconsin. These services are provided through seven separate and distinct program locations: madison east, madison west, madison south, stoughton, mt. Horeb, Wisconsin dells kalahari resort (project search, ps), va and uw hospitals (ps). Programs at these locations may include supported employment, self-employment, day services, and pre-vocational/production services. The primary source of revenue for the marc programs is the state of Wisconsin family care program. Day service programs provide meaningful activities for adults with disabilities through education, socialization, and inclusion in the community. Marc's goal is to meet each individual's need for flexible and customized services. Activities are designed for each individual's abilities and to maximize participation. Activities can include; arts and crafts, music and karaoke, cooking and baking, gardening, grooming, fishing, games and puzzles, movies, coffee and social time, community adventures, music, and time with animals. Marc also provides a variety of personal care services: incontinence care, assistance with toileting, range of motion exercise, feeding assistance including tube feedings and pureed diets or thickened liquids, medical administration/including prn, monitoring of skin integrity, ambulation assistance, seizure protocols, pivot transfers, lift transfers (hoyer), ez stand, walkers, wheelchairs, and colostomy care. Memory loss programming is offered at marc for our participants allowing them to age in place. Services are designed to meet the progressing needs of individuals as they move through the different stages. Participation in art classes is designed to offer a wide variety of expressive opportunities, through a variety of media. Each individual's participation is celebrated.supported employment programs integrate individuals into their communities through job development, job coaching, and long-term follow along services to ensure successful employment. Marc also supports self-employment business development and project search programs where participants complete internship training to learn job skills with a goal of permanent employment. Marc's goal is to provide as many opportunities as possible in the community for all participants to develop relationships that are meaningful.marc works with the Wisconsin department of vocational rehabilitation, dvr, to assist both recent high school graduates and adults in learning and developing job skills that will provide a foundation for long-term employment and integration in their community. This involves development of a plan, job coaching, mentoring/evaluating, and long-term follow along. These services are provided throughout dane county, and for the project search program in sauk county. As with all marc programs, marc seeks to support full inclusion in the community for all individuals in dvr funded programs. Marc also provides support to individuals with disabilities and local businesses by providing assembly and production services. Such services are either provided at marc locations or are onsite at a variety of local businesses. Services are provided with supervision of marc staff to enhance individual's skills, and independence. Individuals are paid through the marc payroll and marc is then reimbursed by the businesses involved, creating an opportunity to develop employment skills while earning income.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 88.8%; rating input score 89
• Program expense ratio: 89.3%; rating input score 89
• Fundraising efficiency: $4.42 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 5.2%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.04; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 1.6%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings