Arts and Healing Initiative
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Our mission is to transform lives through the innate power of the arts, guided by mental health practices, to foster healing, connection, and resilience for all.
- Income
- $394,632
- Spending
- $390,943
- Spent on programs
- 83%
- Reserves
- 0.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 54%
- Employees
- 4
- Volunteers
- 6
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 51 out of 100. Higher than 18% of charities in its peer group (health care, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
4 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 0.9 months of spending.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 68% of what it owns.
Living within its means
12 of 15Income exceeded spending by 1% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 16% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1583% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 1 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 97 out of 100. Higher than 89% of charities in its peer group (health care, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 254 of 5 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Independent check of accounts
12 of 15Its accounts were reviewed or compiled by an independent accountant, but not audited.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $323,291 spent. We served 8,426 individuals in 2025 through 11 offerings of our signature training programs (450), 20 offerings of our free monthly HOPE Series (802 attending live and 1,138 viewing recordings), and 309 contract services for 55 community partners listed below (5,856 adults and youth).LA OperaSal Castro Middle SchoolTurnaroundArts:CA statewide retreatFoothill Technology High SchoolChild Life on CallLong Beach SchoolsTO ArtsMonterey County Office of EducationChild Care Alliance LATwo ChairsUCLA Visual and Performing Arts EducationWiley CanyonTurnaroundArts: CAUCLA Behavioral Wellness CenterJohn Adams Middle School and Will Rogers Learning CommunityOntario Museum of ArtL A County Museum of ArtMontare Media - Emerging Themes in Behavioral Health 2025 conferenceSegerstrom Center for the ArtsAmerican Alliance of MuseumsAnnual Meeting and Museum ExpoThe GettyUCLA Science of Music courseUCLA Dept of Theatre Film and TelevisionOntario Museum of History and ArtVentura County Family Justice CenterLos Angeles Unified School District Arts Matters SymposiumAmerican Cinema EditorsAveson Global Learning AcademyOntario Museum of History and ArtAveson School of LeadersGrief Dialogues (Let's Make a Musical)TurnaroundArts: CACreativity through MusicUCLA Nathanson Famliy Resiliency Center Department of Mental Health and UCLA Early Childhood FellowshipUCLA Luskin School of Public AffairsGarment Worker CenterBig Bear Retreat CenterUCLA VA Veteran Family Wellbeing CenterUCLA Krieger Early Childhood CenterGrant Elementary School
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2008.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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