Anti-Recidivism Coalition
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
THE ANTI-RECIDIVISM COALITION (ARC) WORKS TO END MASS INCARCERATION IN CALIFORNIA. TO ENSURE OUR COMMUNITIES ARE SAFE, HEALTHY, AND WHOLE, ARC EMPOWERS FORMERLY AND CURRENTLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE TO THRIVE BY PROVIDING A SUPPORT NETWORK, COMPREHENSIVE REENTRY SERVICES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVOCATE FOR POLICY CHANGE. THROUGH GRASSROOTS POLICY ADVOCACY, WE ARE DEDICATED TO TRANSFORMING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM SO THAT IT IS MORE JUST AND EQUITABLE.
- Income
- $23.3 million
- Spending
- $24.3 million
- Spent on programs
- 83%
- Reserves
- 9.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- government grants, 58%
- Employees
- 208
- Volunteers
- 500
- Highest pay
- $211,052, executive director (thru 04/2025)
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 86 out of 100. Higher than 75% of charities in its peer group (crime and legal services, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 9.2 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 8% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 4% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 3% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1583% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 3 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 31% of charities in its peer group (crime and legal services, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2513 of 14 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.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 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 (7)
- $6.6 million spent. INSIDE PROGRAMMING:ARC LAUNCHED THE HOPE & REDEMPTION TEAM (HART) IN 2017, BRINGING FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE BACK INSIDE TO PROVIDE PAROLE AND REENTRY PROGRAMMING TO THEIR CURRENTLY INCARCERATED COMMUNITY MEMBERS. ORIGINATING IN SEVEN CALIFORNIA PRISONS, HART HAS SINCE EXPANDED TO 29 PRISONS, INCLUDING WOMEN'S FACILITIES CIW, CCWF, AND SACRAMENTO CCTRP. ARC ALSO OFFERS INREACH PROGRAMMING AT CALIFORNIA FIRE CAMPS PINE GROVE AND GROWLERSBERG.
- $5.0 million spent. RESIDENTIAL:ARC HAS A TRACK RECORD OF PROVIDING EFFECTIVE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING SERVICES FOR FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS, BOTH ADULTS AND TRANSITIONAL-AGED-YOUTH. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAMS PROVIDE RESIDENTS WITH ON-SITE LIFESKILLS PROGRAMMING, COUNSELING, EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT GUIDANCE, AND LIVE-IN MENTORS TO PROMOTE INDEPENDENT LIVING AND WELLNESS AMONG RESIDENTS. BY PROVIDING THESE SERVICES, ARC WORKS TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM AND IMPROVE REENTRY OUTCOMES AMONG FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS RETURNING HOME TO LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
- $4.0 million spent. MEMBERSHIP SERVICES:ARC'S MEMBER SERVICES PROGRAM ENCOMPASSES MEMBERSHIP AND MEMBERSHIP EVENTS, ARC'S CLINICAL & WELLNESS SERVICES, TAY SERVICES, WOMEN'S PROGRAMMING, AND RIDE HOME PROGRAMMING. THE DEPARTMENT CONSISTS OF STAFF IN THE LOS ANGELES AND SACRAMENTO OFFICES WORKING TO SUPPORT INNOVATIVE AND EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAMS THAT INTEGRATE TENANTS OF CARE, WHOLE PERSON CARE, INCREASING ACCESSES TO SERVICES, AND REDUCING THE DIVIDE BETWEEN PHYSICAL EMOTIONAL AND OVERALL WELL BEING.
- $2.0 million spent. WORKFORCE AND EDUCATION:OUR KEY VOCATIONAL TRAINING INITIATIVE IS OUR LOS ANGELES SECOND CHANCE APPRENTICESHIP READINESS PROGRAM, AN 11-WEEK CROSS-SECTOR PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (LAUSD) AND THE LA/OC BUILDING TRADES. ALL PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS ARE PAID LIVABLE WAGES DURING COHORT TRAINING PRIOR TO BEING PLACED DIRECTLY IN UNION APPRENTICESHIPS. WE HAVE SERVED OVER 413 PARTICIPANTS (ADULT AND TAY) THUS FAR, WITH A 75% GRADUATION RATE AND 82% PLACEMENT RATE OF GRADUATES. IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA, THERE IS A NEED FOR SKILLED OCCUPATIONAL CREDENTIAL PROGRAMS, SUCH AS THOSE IN RENEWABLE ENERGY.
- $1.5 million spent. ADVOCACY:ARC'S POLICY AND ADVOCACY DEPARTMENT WORKS TO ADVANCE POLICY AND ADVOCACY EFFORTS TO REFORM OUR CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM. THROUGH THE PASSAGE OF 39 ARC CO-SPONSORED BILLS, OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND MEMBER-LED ADVOCACY HAS LED TO REFORMS TO CALIFORNIA'S JUSTICE SYSTEM, IMPACTING OVER ONE MILLION JUSTICE-INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS. ARC EMPOWERS FORMERLY INCARCERATED TRANSITIONAL AGE YOUTH (TAY) AND ADULTS TO PLAY A CENTRAL ROLE IN LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL JUSTICE SYSTEM REFORM EFFORTS THROUGH LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, AND ADVOCACY. THE TEAM LEADS WEEKLY ADVOCACY WORKSHOPS OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS TO TRAIN AND INFORM OUR COMMUNITY HOW TO SPEAK TO LEGISLATURES AND ADVOCATE FOR THE CHANGES THEY WANT TO SEE.
- $487,620 spent. COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING:THE ARC COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT LEADS TOP-LINE COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY, OVERSEES EXECUTION AND APPROVAL OF OWNED DIGITAL PROPERTIES, AND SERVES AS CHIEF SPOKESPERSON FOR ARC. WE WORK TO PERFORM NARRATIVE CHANGE BY SHAPING HOW CURRENTLY AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES ARE REPRESENTED, HEARD, AND UPLIFTED. THROUGH STORYTELLING, STRATEGIC MESSAGING, AND PLATFORM-BUILDING, WE WORK TO SHIFT PUBLIC PERCEPTION AND ADVANCE A MORE JUST UNDERSTANDING OF INCARCERATION, REENTRY, AND COMMUNITY HEALING. THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OVERSEES ALL TOP-LEVEL COMMUNICATIONS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE ORGANIZATION, INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY AND CONTENT CREATION, EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS AND NEWSLETTERS, WEBSITE MANAGEMENT, AND MEDIA AND PRESS RELATIONS. WE ENSURE ARC'S MISSION, PROGRAMS, AND IMPACT ARE COMMUNICATED CLEARLY, CONSISTENTLY, AND POWERFULLY ACROSS EVERY CHANNEL. FROM ELEVATING MEMBER STORIES TO COORDINATING PRESS OPPORTUNITIES AND DRIVING DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT, THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ADVANCING ARC'S VISION AND CONNECTING OUR WORK WITH THE BROADER COMMUNITY.
- $426,311 spent. LEARNING AND INNOVATION:THE LEARNING AND INNOVATION (RESEARCH) PROGRAM AT ARC SERVES AS THE ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY ENGINE FOR DATA-DRIVEN ADVOCACY AND INTERNAL EVALUATION. THIS INITIATIVE BRIDGES THE GAP BETWEEN FRONTLINE DIRECT SERVICES AND SYSTEMIC POLICY CHANGE BY SYSTEMATICALLY DOCUMENTING THE SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES OF THE REENTRY PROCESS. RATHER THAN CONDUCTING ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN A VACUUM, THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH, OFTEN INVOLVING FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS IN THE DATA-GATHERING PROCESS. BY ANALYZING PARTICIPANT OUTCOMES ACROSS HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, AND WELLNESS, THE PROGRAM IDENTIFIES WHICH INTERVENTIONS MOST EFFECTIVELY REDUCE RECIDIVISM AND FOSTER LONG-TERM STABILITY. ULTIMATELY, THE PROGRAM TRANSFORMS INDIVIDUAL STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION INTO A COLLECTIVE DATA SET THAT ADVOCATES FOR A MORE EQUITABLE AND EFFECTIVE JUSTICE SYSTEM.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 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 June 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 April 2013.
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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