The Arc of Fort Bend County
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 746076222
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Jul 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Sugar Land, TX, United States
- Phone
- 281-494-5959
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $986,330
- Expenses
- $1,125,647
- Assets
- $5,665,192
- Liabilities
- $1,126,220
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LAURA L LAVIGNE (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- LAURA L LAVIGNE (CEO): $95,910 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Statement. Core Values. Vision Statement_2022 Board/Staff Strategic Plan. What We Do The Arc is important to families of Fort Bend County because, not only do we provide direct services, but we also provide information to parents about organizations that will help support their children right here in Fort Bend County. Many parents do not know where to go for help. Because The Arc is a membership organization, we provide the networking opportunity for parents so that they can help support one another with the daily challenges of raising a child with a disability. The Arc has many diverse services which improve the lives of people with intellectual disabilities and provides a base of support for their families. Advocacy.
What it reported doing in 2024
Recreation: along with our advocacy work, we provide recreational and social activities each month for our adult and teen/tween clients. Approximately 80 clients attend professional sporting events, dances, disney on ice, festivals, county fair, rodeo, movies in the county and surrounding area each year. Approxibately 40-50 of those clients also participate in weekly bowling. The arc sponsors the largest special olympics program in the area - offering 9 sports (local, area, regional, state) throughout the year and serving over 100 adult athletes. Athletes and bowlers are awarded, and 100 volunteers are recognized at an annual sports banquet each year.parents of youth/teen/tweens are supplied with information and tickets to "disability friendly" family events to attend in the greater houston area. Parents of youth aged 12 - 18 yrs enjoy (3) three hours a month of respite as their children participate in a supervised recrational program.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 68
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 74.8%; rating input score 75
- Program expense ratio: 65.3%; rating input score 65
- Fundraising efficiency: $10.12 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 38; 38th 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: Limited
- 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -14.1%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.03; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.5%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 28th 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: 74.8% of revenue deployed · 65.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $735K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $96K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 38/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.