ARDS has developed a number of close affiliations with other organisations over the years. Below is a list of companies and organisations with whom ARDS has a close association:

Uniting Church Australia
Aboriginal Resource and Development Services Inc. (ARDS) is an Aboriginal organisation incorporated under the Northern Territory Associations Act, and the community development arm of the Northern Regional Council of Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress. The NRCC is also the Aboriginal and Islander Presbytery of the Northern Synod of the Uniting Church in Australia.

Why Warriors Pty. Ltd.
ARDS outsources some specific project work to Why Warriors on a contractual basis. The former CEO of ARDS, Mr Richard Trudgen is a director of Why Warriors. This work is usually of a specialist linguistic or educational consultancy nature.