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California-Shuttered $54M CodePink-Linked Foundation Reappears at Miami Home
Arc of Justice, a California foundation linked to CodePink that reported $54.6 million in assets, lost its state registration for missing filings, then resurfaced as a new Florida nonprofit at a modest Miami residence.
A California foundation that bankrolled left-wing activist groups and reported $54.6 million in assets before being shut down by state regulators has resurfaced at a small Miami home. Arc of Justice, co-founded by CodePink co-founder Susan Medea Benjamin, lost its charitable registration in California after years of failing to file required financial paperwork. Documents show a nonprofit with the same name was incorporated in Florida in May at a single-story house owned by Benjamin's longtime partner and fellow activist, Tighe Barry.
The California Attorney General's Office revoked Arc of Justice's registration in January 2025 after the foundation failed to submit annual filings for 2020 through 2024. The office said Arc of Justice had ignored delinquency and suspension notices before the revocation. Under the revocation, the foundation was barred from distributing or spending its charitable assets without the attorney general's prior written approval and was required to provide an accounting of those assets within 30 days.
Federal tax returns provided by Arc of Justice's attorney show the foundation's assets grew from $51.4 million at the end of 2023 to $54.6 million at the end of 2024, even as it continued issuing millions of dollars in grants. IRS filings show Arc of Justice has funded CodePink, Global Exchange, the Alliance for Global Justice and the National Iranian American Council. CodePink has campaigned against U.S. policy toward China and Cuba and has been accused by congressional investigators of promoting Chinese Communist Party interests, allegations the group denies.
Benjamin, a longtime activist who has disrupted congressional hearings, co-founded CodePink with Jodie Evans, wife of Shanghai-based tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham. Singham's funding network has faced congressional and federal scrutiny over alleged foreign influence and the use of tax-exempt organizations. Now Arc of Justice's finances are drawing similar attention.
Patrick Sternal, a former IRS official who specialized in tax-exempt organizations, called the compliance failure unusual. "Most private foundations are fairly scrupulous on their compliance efforts," he said. "So it's unusual for a private foundation with that much in the bank to fall out of compliance and to be suspended." Laurie Styron, CEO of nonprofit watchdog CharityWatch, echoed that view, saying a foundation with tens of millions of dollars in charitable assets "certainly has the resources to comply with basic reporting requirements."
California regulators issued another notice on June 19, 2026, reiterating the outstanding asset-accounting requirement and warning that Arc of Justice could not distribute or spend charitable assets without the attorney general's written approval. The notice said the foundation would need to demonstrate that there had been "no loss of charitable assets" if it sought reinstatement. As of Sept. 9, the foundation's registration remained "REVOKED," though its reporting status had changed to "IN REVIEW." The Attorney General's Office said it had not received the required accounting of charitable assets.
The Florida corporation was created on May 8 in the Little River neighborhood of North Miami, just six weeks before California's latest compliance notice. David Levitt, an attorney representing Arc of Justice, said the Florida entity was a "placeholder" while the foundation considered relocating operations from California. The California Attorney General's Office said it had not received notice of any planned transfer, merger or dissolution and had not approved any transfer of assets. Levitt did not respond to questions about why the foundation failed to file in California or provide documentation of reinstatement filings by publication time.
