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Area Residential Care Inc

Dubuque, Iowa · EIN 42-0936800 · Human Services · tax-exempt since 1969

B

Charity Clarity grade B (score 76.5 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended June 2025.

Graded against 23,236 human services nonprofits with revenue $10M–$50M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.18.8 months76
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.74% of practices74
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.66
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.1% from one source80
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.97.6%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.1.5%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.45not scored

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Year by year

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Jun 2025Form 990$10.07M$9.29M$779K$14.52M18.8222B
Jun 2024Form 990$10.03M$9.01M$1.02M$13.65M18.2243A
Jun 2023Form 990$9.77M$8.89M$883K$12.58M17.0232A
Jun 2022Form 990$9.60M$8.26M$1.34M$11.65M16.9274B
Jun 2021Form 990$10.66M$8.06M$2.60M$10.28M15.3316C
Jun 2020Form 990$8.90M$8.18M$713K$7.53M11.0310A
Jun 2019Form 990$8.96M$7.58M$1.38M$6.93M11.0330B
Jun 2018Form 990$8.13M$7.79M$337K$5.66M8.7389A
Jun 2017Form 990$8.63M$8.46M$162K$5.22M7.4459A
Jun 2016Form 990$8.72M$8.69M$30K$4.90M6.8506A

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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