The Arc Lexington
Legal name: Nysarc Inc Fulton-schoharie Counties Chapter
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 146020996
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Gloversville, NY, US
- Phone
- (518) 773-7931
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Developmentally Disabled Centers
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $123,210,258
- Expenses
- $120,427,058
- Assets
- $88,104,593
- Liabilities
- $26,970,458
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RINALDO ESPOSITO (PRESIDENT)
- JEAN SCHULTZ (VICE PRESIDENT)
- SHALONI WINSTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- DANIEL RICHARDSON (DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- SHALONI WINSTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $353,930 total reported compensation
- DANIEL RICHARDSON (DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $244,306 total reported compensation
- ANTHONY HANSON (ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECT): $224,770 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We empower people with autism and developmental disabilities to live their best lives, every day, by partnering with their families, our employees and our community.
What it reported doing in 2024
Individualized residential alternative (ira) is a home in the community for one or more persons. The majority of the homes are supervised residences which provide supervision and assistance on a twenty four hour basis and may require certain self-maintenance skills as a prerequisite to admission. No services are attached to the home, it is simply the person's home. Residents receive assistance with activities of daily living, community inclusion, relationship building, and self advocacy skills. There are a variety of home settings that are designed to meet the individual's needs and interests. Also included in this group of residences are supportive apartments. This living arrangement requires a greater level of independence on the part of the resident and there is no overnight supervision. Approximately 521 persons are served.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 97% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 95
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.6%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 91.1%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: $4.95 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- 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; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.3%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.4%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 10 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 89.6% of revenue deployed · 91.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $109.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $354K · 15 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $522K reported
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 6 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 21/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.