The Arc, Oneida-Lewis Chapter

Legal name: Nysarc Inc Oneida-lewis Chapter

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
150581298
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Utica, NY, USA
Phone
(315) 272-1500
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$46,598,459
Expenses
$46,672,620
Assets
$35,859,434
Liabilities
$7,649,675

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

96 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LELAND MCCORMAC III (PRESIDENT)
  • DR BRIAN BELLAIR (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DRJOHN KOWALCZYK (DIRECTOR & PAST PRESIDENT)
  • DANIEL MARTINDALE (BOARD OF GOVERNORS-PRESIDENT)
  • KAREN KOROTZER (CEO)
  • ERIK GEIZER (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • KAREN KOROTZER (CEO): $375,709 total reported compensation
  • VINCENT F VETERE (CFO): $157,930 total reported compensation
  • FRANCESCO COLUCCIO (CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER): $119,199 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Arc, Oneida-Lewis Chapter is a leader in services for people with developmental disabilities, providing support and advocacy to individuals and their families in Oneida and Lewis counties.

What it reported doing in 2025

Employment solutions - facility based employment opportunities occur in a variety of settings where rehabilitative and other clinical services are provided as well.employment services works with individuals with disabilities preparing them for employment and assisting them with their job search so they are able to become contributing members of their local community.employment services - provides job placement services to the local business community and to individual with disabilities, matching employer needs with employee skills and abilities.individuals served - 391units of service - 75,397

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 94% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.5%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 90.5%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • 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; 64th 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: -0.2%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.77; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.4%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 12 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 91.5% of revenue deployed · 90.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 7 filed program accomplishments · $42.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $376K · 96 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $745K reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.