The Arc of Bergen and Passaic Counties
Legal name: The Arc of Bergen and Passaic Counties Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 221620254
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Hackensack, NJ, US
- Phone
- (201) 343-0322
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $24,241,198
- Expenses
- $23,550,292
- Assets
- $18,549,753
- Liabilities
- $6,061,205
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
21 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KATHY WALSH (PRESIDENT/CEO)
- ALICE SIEGEL (SR VICE PRESIDENT)
- DALE SAKURAI (VICE PRESIDENT)
- DEIRDRE O'REILLY (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- MARIBEL MARTINEZ (ASLEEP OVERNIGHT COUNSELOR): $172,307 total reported compensation
- KUIRSTEN SIMMONS (ASSISTANT MANAGER): $167,582 total reported compensation
- KATHY WALSH (PRESIDENT/CEO): $160,343 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 of Bergen and Passaic Counties is committed to supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families to live, work, and thrive in their communities.
What it reported doing in 2024
Early intervention program: infant/toddler services: the child center serves over 400 children from birth to three years of age who have mental, physical or sensory delays or disabilities. Evaluation and assessment as well as speech, physical and occupational therapy, social and cognitive development, and communication services are available. Counseling and support are also provided for parents and siblings. Transitional services are provided to assist children in transferring to preschool programs. Our time classes are being held for children ages 20-36 months receiving early intervention services. The small groups meet weekly and are staffed by teachers and therapists. The classes focus on separation, socialization and language skills. A parent/caretaker support group, facilitated by a social worker, runs simultaneously. Intact: a specialized program of training, counseling and case management provides support and assistance with child rearing for individuals with disabilities who are also parents.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 82% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 71
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.8%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 90.8%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: $26.09 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 20th 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: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 24th 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: 2.9%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.7%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 87.8% of revenue deployed · 90.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 12 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $21.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $172K · 21 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $150K reported
- Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 3 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 45/100.