Restorative Arlington
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Dedicated to bringing restorative justice practices to Arlington Countys legal system, schools, and the community.
- Income
- $502,986
- Spending
- $482,195
- Spent on programs
- 93%
- Reserves
- 1.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- government grants, 73%
- Employees
- 2
- Volunteers
- 18
- Highest pay
- $53,333, director of operations
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
Fair: 60 out of 100. Higher than 25% of charities in its peer group (crime and legal services, $250k to $1m).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 1.1 months of spending.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 63% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 4% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 79% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1593% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 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
Good: 81 out of 100. Higher than 53% of charities in its peer group (crime and legal services, $250k to $1m).
Independent board
25 of 256 of 6 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
0 of 10Did not give 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
6 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed 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 (1)
- $448,786 spent. During FY25, Restorative Arlington served our community by accepting 16 referrals to our Heart of Safety Restorative Justice Conferencing Program. The program supports victims of crime (people harmed) and people responsible for crime in exploring what happened, why, and how to move forward in ways that offer healing and practical measures for taking accountability. RA offered experiential learning sessions including a conference role play with our referral partners as part of our commitment to ongoing orientation and education. We joined a 5-year pilot program to offer community members an option to request and receive restorative justice services to address domestic and intimate partner violence directly from our organization. This is a new program representing a significant expansion in access to our services, as Heart of Safety requires a referral from our criminal legal system partners. A new staff member was hired to direct program design and implementation. We joined our local coordinated community response to prevent and address domestic, dating and sexual violence as part of this work, and regularly meet with a national technical assistance and evaluation team who act as partners on the pilot project. We developed a Circle Training program to address the specific needs of our community in collaboration with a local restorative justice facilitator with years of experience doing this work in our region, which will be piloted in FY26. We hired a part time Executive Director to support the integration and growth of our programs, increase organizational sustainability, and act as the public face of our organization to increase community visibility and public engagement. Staff participated in training from The Restorative Justice Project at Equal Justice USA to build internal capacity to train future program service providers. This alongside our Circle Training are essential steps towards organizational and program sustainability. We offered 9 Community Advisory Team meetings to offer information on our work, share updates, and create space for community and system partner stakeholders to voice their feedback. RA presented at the Mid-Atlantic Association for Court Management in September at the invitation of our local County Clerks Office, and offered the keynote speech at the Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice at Restorative Justice Day in April. RA was invited to speak and offered a session on Nonviolent Communication at the June 2025 Restorative Justice in Education Conference hosted by The Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University.
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 November 6, 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 2022.
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 November 4, 2026.
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