The Arc of Southeast Iowa
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 420933140
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Iowa City, IA, USA
- Phone
- 3193515017
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,333,436
- Expenses
- $2,627,150
- Assets
- $1,955,665
- Liabilities
- $717,032
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
People named in this filing
- SHAWN CONLEY (Director)
- JJ ALBERHASKY (Director)
- BROOKE NOACK (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Provide services to people with disabilities in the local area.
What it reported doing in 2024
In general the arc of southeast Iowa (the arc) is an autonomous, self-governing, not for profit agency. The arc of southeast Iowa is a dues-paying member of the arc of Iowa and the arc of u.s. Associations that advocate and lobby for the rights of the disabled on the state and national level. The arc of southeast Iowa is also a dues-paying member of the Iowa association of community providers, which is committed to promoting healthy and secure communities for children and adults with disabilities. Since 1958 the arc has focused on inclusion for persons with developmental disabilities in their home communities throughout their lifespan. The arc is committed to being a leader in offering information, services, and advocacy to individuals with developmental disabilities, their families, and community: to promote informed choices and the realization of their goals relating to where and how they live, learn, work, and play.during fy2025 the arc provided thousands of hours of service in respite care, supported community living, consumer directed attendant care, and supported employment services to assist persons in acquiring and maintaining jobs. The arc also provided: community education, advocacy, information and referrals, respite for weekly parent connection support groups, monthly group respite days, coordination of families and social work students in meeting and learning together through the script program, home and vehicle modification programs, site-based daycare services, and a monthly newsletter to all members.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 78% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 74.2%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 65.9%; rating input score 66
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: -12.6%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.74; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.37; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.2% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 74.2% of revenue deployed · 65.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.