The Arc of Somerset County Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
221968555
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Manville, NJ, USA
Phone
9082526653
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$19,060,362
Expenses
$19,973,077
Assets
$10,162,225
Liabilities
$5,116,476

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TOM APPLEGATE (PRESIDENT)
  • DARRYL VOORHEES (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • CHRISTOPHER CORVINO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHRISTOPHER CORVINO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $163,775 total reported compensation
  • SANDEE MILLER (ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECT): $128,147 total reported compensation
  • MONIMALA NANDAN (DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCE): $119,799 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 somerset county provides a lifetime of comprehensive services, advocacy and supports to individuals with intellectual and devlopmental disabilities and their families to promote growth, achievement, and ongoing involvement in the community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Children's services- children's services provides a full range of comprehensive, developmental and recreation programs for children and young adults from birth through 21 years of age. Our programs offer both home and community based services provided by highly credentialed therapists, teachers and support staff. Programs include: early intervention (birth to 3 years)-therapeutic services that can be provided both in the home or in the child care center. 130-145 children served on a monthly basis. Developmental day care & preschool (3 months-6 years- our developmental day care & preschool program is a fully integrated program designed to challenge each child to develop & grow through evidence based curriculum & programs. Up to 30 children may be served monthly. Parents and childrentogether for families for whom the head of household is an individual with an intellectual/developmental disability. This program supports and teaches parenting skills and also provides the support to help keep the families and their children on track educationally, socially and emotionally. Up to 30 individuals served monthly. Family support services (5-21 years)- thefamily support services program provides families with the opportunity to have a caregiver come to the home to support the child with an intellectual/developmental disability, while giving parents the occasion to manage personal obligations/needs. Roughly 200 individuals served each month.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 94% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 93
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.9%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 85.8%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 97%; rating input score 97; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.8%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.5; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.9% of revenue deployed · 85.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $17.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $164K · 13 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $117K reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.