The Anti-recidivism Coalition
Overview
Mission
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.
What it reported doing in 2024
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.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 462140915
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2013
- Headquarters
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Phone
- 2139555885
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Crime Prevention
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 87
- Accountability: 96
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.5%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 82.6%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: $32.2 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4.2%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.71; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 23.3% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 26.8% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.5% of revenue deployed · 82.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 7 filed program accomplishments · $20.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $211K · 24 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.6M reported
- Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
- Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 10 annual filings from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Leadership & pay
24 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- SAMUEL LEWIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 04/2025)): $211,052 total reported compensation
- ALY TAMBOURA (DIR. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP): $171,547 total reported compensation
- DANA JACKSON (HUMAN RESOURCE DIRECTOR): $167,423 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.