Atlanta Redemption Ink Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 822254777
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- McDonough, GA, USA
- Phone
- 6789269946
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $73,538
- Expenses
- $120,701
- Assets
- $29,703
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- Jessica Lamb (Founder and Director, Board Chair)
- Valerie Tull (Board Member)
- Tiffany Loveless (Board Member)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
A National Network for tattoo services, scar revisions, iconography training, survivor led and support services.
What it reported doing in 2025
2025 was a challenging year for Atlanta Redemption Ink, and for the tattoo artists who stand by this work. Funding was tight. Demand was high. Many artists were navigating rising costs and personal strain, yet they still showed up for survivors when they could. Some paused. Some stepped back. And we honored that, because sustainability matters. Even in a hard year, survivors were still served at ARI ( Atlanta Redemption Ink) . Free tattoo cover-ups, removals, and scar revision were provided to individuals exiting trafficking, exploitation, self-harm, gang involvement, and addiction. Every referral was handled with care, consent, and safety...never rushed, never forced. We continued vetting and supporting ethical, trauma-informed artists, and we maintained survivor-led education & consultation with professionals willing to listen and learn without sensationalism or optics. Key highlights from 2025: * 68 tattoo cover-ups and removals completed *. 300 hours of service donated * 7,800+ individuals trained through Beyond the Ink 2025 wasn't about big growth for growth's sake. It was about integrity, boundaries, and staying true to survivors, our supporters & our amazing team of growing artists. Thank you for supporting this work in a year when simply continuing mattered.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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.
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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 18
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 76.3%; rating input score 76
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -64.1%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 68.6%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 36.2% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 76.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $92K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.