The Arc Tampa Bay Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
591056551
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Clearwater, FL, USA
Phone
7277993330
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$18,937,155
Expenses
$15,475,643
Assets
$18,835,913
Liabilities
$2,588,723

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TRAVIS FINCHUM (PRESIDENT)
  • KEVIN KENNEY (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • STEPHEN HELLER (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • BRIAN SIRACUSA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRIAN SIRACUSA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $171,816 total reported compensation
  • JENNIFER PELLEGRINO (ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECT): $129,052 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 mission of the arc tampa bay, inc. Is to support and empower people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Behavior services provided through the arc tampa bay are available to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (idd) from the tampa bay area. Behavior services are provided as an adjunct service to the adult day training program, supported employment setting or the residential habilitation program. It is conducted in all settings and without the interruption of other services. In addition, the team works with several physicians, including psychologists and psychiatrists, to help in managing any challenging behaviors. Children are also given behavior services through the richard b. Funk center for great expectations.(continued on schedule o)the arc tampa bay assists individuals with idd by providing assistance in helping to manage extremely challenging behaviors. The behavior team helps to minimize challenging behaviors by replacing them with functionally equivalent replacement behaviors when applicable. A determination is made if the individual requires additional services, after conducting a thorough behavioral assessment. The arc tampa bay has behavior analysts on staff to write a person-centered behavior plan and trains the staff providing the individual with idd their services. They complete staff proficiency evaluations and provide feedback on the staff and their interaction with the individual based on their person-centered plan. The arc tampa bay provides the necessary level of assistance to ensure those with any challenging behaviors can safely live in their home and successfully access the community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 73% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Assets have declined or grown slowly and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.4%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 84.5%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: Pass
    • 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: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 18.3%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.22; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.9%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.4% of revenue deployed · 84.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $13.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $172K · 21 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 9 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: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.