The Arc of Madison County Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 630418986
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Huntsville, AL, USA
- Phone
- 2565392266
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $11,865,107
- Expenses
- $11,637,333
- Assets
- $14,830,945
- Liabilities
- $1,095,763
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
21 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ERIC COCHRAN (PRESIDENT)
- LANA RITCH (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
- JEROME SCHERZINGER (2ND VICE PRESIDENT)
- CYNTHIA CRUTCHFIELD (FORMER PRESIDENT)
- SUSAN KLINGEL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- SUSAN KLINGEL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $187,760 total reported compensation
- LUKE OAKLEY (CFO/ACCOUNTS MANAGER UNTIL 12.2025): $81,228 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 organization provides advocacy services for school-aged children and program services for infants, toddlers and adults with disabilities.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization operates an autism clinic that provides comprehensive diagnostic evaluations for autism spectrum disorder (asd) for children ages two through five. The clinic utilizes standardized assessment tools to evaluate social and emotional development, communication, cognitive functioning, adaptive skills, and behavior. Evaluations may be initiated by parents or through physician referral, and services are designed to be accessible to low-income families, including those covered by medicaid or private insurance. The clinic partners with pediatricians and provides detailed evaluation reports with individualized recommendations to support each child's developmental needs and access to further services. During the year, the clinic served an average of approximately 700 children and their families, helping to facilitate early diagnosis and connection to critical intervention resources.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 78% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The program-spending lines do not add up, so the filing cannot show reliably whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 65
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.6%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 91.1%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- 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; 66th 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: 1.9%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.27; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.3%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.6% of revenue deployed · 91.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $10.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $188K · 21 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 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: 2 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.