Community Change Center Weareone
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
REENTRY ASSIST DURING & POST INCARCERATI
- Income
- $161,082
- Spending
- $70,900
- Reserves
- 36.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 68%
- Highest pay
- $40,085, reentry program coordinator
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending October 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 84% of charities in its peer group (crime and legal services, under $250k).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 36.5 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 1% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 56% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending October 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending October 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 (3)
- $43,445 spent. COMMUNITY-BASED REENTRY SUPPORT - PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT, PEER SUPPORT AND RESOURCE REFERRAL TO 125 INDIVIDUALS
- $28,152 spent. FRESH STARTS FOOD TRUCK - PROVIDED SUPPORT EMPLOYMENT TO 10 JUSTICE INVOLVED INDIVIDUALS, WHERE THEY EARN INCOME AND RECEIVE WRAP AROUND SUPPORT SERVICES
- $13,550 spent. TRANSITIONAL LIVING REENTRY HOMES - PROVIDING TRANSITIONAL LIVING AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO 4 INDIVIDUALS RETURNING TO THE COMMUNITY AFTER INCARCERATION
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending October 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 October 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 December 2019.
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.
Could it be confused with another charity? Worth knowing.
A much larger organization has a similar name: Center for Community Change (Washington, DC), EIN 52-0888113. If that is the one you meant, check the EIN before giving.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
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