The Arc Davidson County & Greater Nashville
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 620588710
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Nashville, TN, USA
- Phone
- 6153215699
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,723,931
- Expenses
- $3,615,703
- Assets
- $2,215,063
- Liabilities
- $98,781
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- APRIL SCANLON (PRESIDENT)
- KAY DODD (VICE PRESIDENT)
- SHEILA MOORE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- DONNA BRYANT (DIR OF PROG DEV '24, CEO '25)
Highest reported compensation
- SHEILA MOORE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $123,482 total reported compensation
- LORIE GOLDEN (DIRECTOR OF FAMILY SUPPORT): $83,952 total reported compensation
- DONNA BRYANT (DIR OF PROG DEV '24, CEO '25): $83,065 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The arc davidson county & greater nashville is a family-based organization that promotes, protects, and advocates for the right of people with intellectual/developmental disabilities to live self-determined, meaningful lives in inclusive communities.
What it reported doing in 2024
Katie beckett program - the arc davidson county & greater nashville contracts with the dda as part of the katie beckett program, part b. This program serves children with disabilities or complex medical needs who are enrolled in medicaid. Eligible children can receive up to $10,000 annually in services. Families have the flexibility to choose any or all of the following services within their budget. Our role is to assist in coordinating these services and benefits throughout the year. As of today we serve 75 members.Tennessee family strong - the arc collaborates with the dda on the Tennessee family strong families hra program. This program is available to children in state custody who have intellectual or developmental disabilities (idd). As the isc, our role is to assist families in requesting the Tennessee strong families hra benefit. Please note that this is a one-time annual allocation and cannot be modified. As of today we serve 26 members.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 67% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 69% for direct work, and 31% for grants.
- 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 80.9%; rating input score 81
- Program expense ratio: 82.5%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: $11.41 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 42; 42nd 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; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- 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 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: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.9%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 11.7%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 80.9% of revenue deployed · 82.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $123K · 19 people listed
- Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 42/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.