Liberty ARC
Legal name: Nysarc Inc - Montgomery County Chapter
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 141506257
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Amsterdam, NY, USA
- Phone
- (518) 842-5080
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Developmentally Disabled Centers
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $78,951,437
- Expenses
- $75,102,436
- Assets
- $53,734,346
- Liabilities
- $18,374,396
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
28 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KIM BRUMLEY (PRESIDENT)
- JENNIFER SAUNDERS (CEO)
- DEBORAH SLEZAK (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JENNIFER SAUNDERS (CEO): $307,808 total reported compensation
- CANDACE ROBBINS-OPALKA (COO): $237,232 total reported compensation
- MARGARET ARCHER (DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL): $212,882 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Together we support people with disabilities to achieve a quality of life each person values. Founded by families more than 75 years ago, The Arc New York has driven transformation and progress in the lives of people with disabilities, fought and ended the abuses of institutionalization, and developed a robust system of community support that provides opportunity, dignity, and integration for people with disabilities. Together with Liberty ARC and other Chapters across the state, The Arc New York continues to be an influential advocate for our system of care, and the rights and opportunities of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. You can learn more about The Arc New York here. Our Mission:** Together we support people with disabilities to achieve a quality of lif.
What it reported doing in 2024
Family support services provides a variety of high-quality support programs to best equip families caring for individuals with disabilities. Caregivers are engaged in all of the options available and work with our staff on choosing activities that best support the family and the individual receiving services. Our most popular offerings are respite care, which includes recreation programs (bowling, swimming, arts and crafts, special olympics), after-school programs for ages 5-21, school recess programs for structured activities during school vacations, and summer camps; community habilitation; and medical transportation. We provide families with a caring community, information and referrals, connection with support groups, advocacy, and bi-lingual staff.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 95% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 88
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.6%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 90.6%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- 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: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.9%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.72; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 88.6% of revenue deployed · 90.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $68.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $308K · 28 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $112K reported
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 11 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 54/100.