$54M CodePink-linked foundation shut down in California pops up at ramshackle Miami home

Medea Benjamin, who led the California-based Arc of Justice foundation and co-founded CodePink, holds a “Let Gaza Live” sign as she is removed by U.S.Capitol Police after interrupting a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 2024.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Registration revoked in California

The California Attorney General’s Office, led by Democrat Rob Bonta, revoked Arc of Justice’s charitable registration in January 2025 after it failed to submit required annual filings with the state for 2020 through 2024.The foundation had already been suspended for more than a year before the revocation.The state Attorney General’s delinquency and suspension notices before its registration was revoked.

Under the revocation, Arc of Justice had 30 days to provide the state with an accounting of its charitable assets and was barred from distributing or spending them without the attorney general’s prior written approval.

The years of noncompliance culminated in another notice fromCaliforniaregulators on June 19, 2026, reiterating the outstanding asset-accounting requirement and warning that Arc of Justice couldn’t distribute or spend charitable assets without the attorney general’s written approval.

The notice said Arc of Justice would also have to provide regulators with enough information to assure the state that there had been “no loss of charitable assets” if it sought to have its registration reinstated.The Network Contagion Research Institute previously detailed Arc of Justice’s regulatory problems in a Mayreportexamining the foundation’s finances and activities.

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David Levitt, an attorney representing Arc of Justice, said the foundation has submitted filings seeking reinstatement with California regulators.

The Attorney General�3, 2026, that it had not received the required accounting of Arc’s charitable assets.At the time, Arc was listed as “REVOKED” and “PAST DUE.” As of Sept.9, its registration remained “REVOKED,” while its reporting status had changed to “IN REVIEW.”

California’s reinstatement rules require a revoked charity to explain why it failed to comply with reporting requirements and respond to Registry notices.

Laurie Styron, CEO and executive director of nonprofit watchdogCharityWatch, said Arc’s substantial assets made the compliance failures difficult to explain.

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“A foundation with tens of millions of dollars in charitable assets certainly has the resources to comply with basic reporting requirements,” she said.

He had not responded to those questions by publication time.

New nonprofit surfaces in Florida

California’s latest compliance notice to Arc of Justice came just six weeks after a new Arc of Justice surfaced in Florida.

On May 8, Barry and other people associated with the original foundation incorporated a new nonprofit bearing the same name in the Little River neighborhood in North Miami.

The timing raised obvious questions: Was the California foundation moving to Florida after its charitable registration was revoked, and what was happening to its assets?

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The Miami property listed as the address of the newly incorporated Arc of Justice nonprofit sits at a corner in Miami’s Little River neighborhood.

�placeholder” while Arc considered relocating its operations from California, but the move was never completed.He said the California corporation was never formally wound down, no assets were transferred and the Florida entity “holds no assets and has conducted no business.”

“Arc of Justice, the California nonprofit corporation, currently still holds the assets,” Levitt said, adding that they remain professionally managed “in the same accounts they have been in for years.”

The Miami address wasn’t new.The original Arc of Justice had been using Barry’s property on its federal tax filings since at least 2017, even as it remained incorporated in California.

Federal filing questions

Questions have also emerged about the original foundation’s federal filings.

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“I’m 100% positive.We have filed the 990s every single year,” Benjamin said.

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Benjamin was less certain about the foundation’s California regulatory problems, saying she had moved to Florida and that “the lawyer knows more than I do.”

CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin in Washington, D.C., on May 11, 2026, with her partner Tighe Barry.

After reviewing the newly produced returns, Sternal said the documents showed Arc of Justice’s accountant had at least made an effort to file them, but said questions remained over whether and when they were actually submitted.

“Maybe they are trying to get back into compliance with the IRS,” Sternal said.“They still have a lot of clean up to do with California.”

Styron similarly said determining when the returns were actually filed was critical to assessing Arc of Justice’s compliance.She noted that IRS and state databases can lag behind submissions but said delays of several years would be unusual.

“It would be tough to say more without knowing when forms were signed and filed,” Styron said.

While the new records accounted for the foundation’s assets and provided the previously unavailable returns, questions remained over when the federal returns were actually filed.

Styron also said Arc of Justice’s explanation for creating the Florida nonprofit did not absolve the California foundation’s board of its responsibility to file the active organization’s required forms on time.

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Meanwhile, Sternal, who is now a nonprofit tax attorney at law firmHoltzman Vogelwho advises nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations, said there is nothing wrong or unusual about forming a nonprofit in another state.What raises questions, he said, is whether the new Florida organization is intended to take over the original foundation or its assets — a move that would trigger additional legal requirements.

“It’s not so easy,” Sternal said.“It can be done, it’s possible, but there are a lot of hoops that they have to jump through.”

Because Arc of Justice remained a California corporation, Sternal said it would have to work with California’s attorney general before transferring funds to another organization or moving the foundation out of state.

A painted pig holds a “ONE LOVE” sign on the weathered fence outside the Miami property listed as the address of the newly incorporated Arc of Justice nonprofit.

Same name, new home

Along with the new Florida corporation bearing the same Arc of Justice name and Miami address used by the embattled California foundation, two of its three officers also held positions with the original organization.

Maya Danaher, Benjamin’s daughter and former treasurer of the original Arc of Justice, is president of the new Florida corporation.

Jonathan Raggett, who served as secretary of the original foundation, is now its treasurer.

Benjamin served as president of the original California foundation but is not listed as an officer of the new Florida corporation.

Meanwhile, Benjamin’s longtime partner, Barry, was not listed as an officer of the original foundation but serves as secretary of the new organization.He is also listed as incorporating Arc of Justice in Florida and serves as its registered agent.

Its stated goal is blunt: “WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT SOCIAL JUSTICE NON PROFITS,” according to the articles of incorporation.

All three officers list the Miami house as their address — a 1,334-square-foot Miami duplex owned by Barry, property records show.

The Miami property listed as the address of the newly incorporated Arc of Justice nonprofit, with its street number painted on the front fence.

Fading artwork of colorful cats, pigs, flowers, hearts and peace symbols covered the fence, including a pink pig holding a “ONE LOVE” sign.A large “PEACE” poster hung on the house, while a turquoise-shaded canopy stretched across the property.

Two campaign signs for Democrat Kendrick Meek Jr., who unsuccessfully ran in the Democratic primary election for Florida’s 24th Congressional District, stood outside.

Google Street View images from 2022 show the property in brighter colors before the paint faded and vegetation obscured parts of the fence.

The images also show a small white van with its front bumper missing parked outside, with “CODEPINK” written across its side in pink marker along with the Spanish words “Cuba vive y trabaja” — “Cuba lives and works.”

The house’s number was painted vertically on the weathered front gate — the same address listed by the original California foundation and the newly incorporated Florida Arc of Justice.

A large “PEACE” poster hangs on the turquoise exterior of the Miami property listed as the address of the newly incorporated Arc of Justice nonprofit.

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Where did the money come from?

Arc of Justice was formerly known as The Benjamin Fund, Inc., with California corporate records showing the foundation formally changed its name in November 2019.

Its fortune was built largely on Benjamin family money.

Benjamin’s father, Alvin Benjamin, was a prominent Long Island real estate developer who founded The Benjamin Companies in the early 1960s.The Benjamin Fund’s initial 2003 IRS return shows he contributed a partnership interest valued at $683,715 to the foundation, with Medea Susan Benjamin serving as president.

Much larger contributions followed.In 2010, the estate of Benjamin’s mother, Rose Benjamin, contributed $10,863,060, according to the foundation’s IRS filing.Five years later, the Estate of Alvin Benjamin contributed another $15 million, followed by another $8,603,450 in 2019.

The foundation’s wealth also grew through its investments.In 2020, Arc of Justice reported $12,344,501 in unrealized gains on securities, helping push its year-end assets to nearly $40 million.

Medea Benjamin — identified as Susan Benjamin on the filing — personally contributed $1 million to Arc of Justice in 2022, listing the Miami house as her address.

On June 4, 2024, CodePink’s Medea Benjamin interrupts a Capitol Hill news conference in Washington, D.C., organized to commemorate the anniversary of the 1989 Tienanmen Square Massacre and to discuss the “ongoing struggle for human rights and democracy in China.” Her sign says, “China is not our enemy.”(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The foundation subsequently became a vehicle for funding activist organizations, including Global Exchange, the advocacy group Benjamin co-founded with her then-husband, Kevin Danaher.The organization remains active today, with Danaher still serving on its board, according to its 2024 Form 990.

Benjamin later co-founded CodePink in 2002 with Evans and has remained one of the anti-war group’s most prominent activists and public faces.

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Arc of Justice would go on to pour substantial sums into CodePink, including $251,500 in 2020 and $355,350 in 2022, according to the foundation’s IRS filings.

The newly obtained returns show that Arc of Justice gave CodePink $277,580 in 2023 and another $350,000 in 2024.

CodePink has itself come under federal scrutiny.Benjamintraveled to Cuba in Marchwith fellow CodePink co-founder Evans and far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker as part of a roughly 170-person convoy to the communist-run island.

Benjamin later confirmed that the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, which enforces U.S.sanctions against Cuba, sent CodePink a detailed inquiry seeking information about the trip’s financing, logistics, participants and activities.

CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin dances barefoot with CodePink activist Tighe Barry at the wedding of Jodie Evans and Neville Roy Singham in February 2017 in Ocho Rios, Jamaica.(Osbourne Chin / Chinphotographic)

Benjamin said the group brought about $600,000 worth of humanitarian aid toCubaand described the Treasury inquiry as “serious,” while also calling it an “intimidation tactic.”

Evans and a network of nonprofits funded by her husband, Singham, have also come under congressional and federal scrutiny.

CodePink is one of those nonprofits.

The congressional investigation remains ongoing, while Singham is separatelyunder federal criminal investigation.Neither Singham nor CodePink has been charged with wrongdoing in connection with the investigations described here.

Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink, holds a sign supporting Cuba at Miami International Airport on March 20, 2026, before a delegation travels to Cuba.(Eva Marie Uzcategui/AFP)

Same name, separate entity

Florida officials confirmed the new Arc of Justice was created as a Florida nonprofit on May 8, 2026, rather than simply registering the existing California corporation in the state.

“That entity is on our records as a Domestic Nonprofit corporation.It is a Florida entity,�

�t currently registered to solicit charitable contributions in the state and has not applied for a charitable solicitation registration or exemption.

The department also said it hasn’t received any filings identifying assets transferred from the California Arc of Justice to the new Florida corporation nor any complaints, referrals or regulatory inquiries concerning the new organization.

Sternal stressed that the available records don’t establish that Arc of Justice’s assets were misappropriated or improperly used.He said the foundation’s years of California noncompliance remained highly unusual.

“This organization with this large endowment has simply fallen off the radar, as it were, with its filings, with its compliance with California,” Sternal said.

“Those don’t belong to the officers and directors of the foundation.Those belong to the foundation,” Sternal said.“They must be used for public charitable purposes.”

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Levitt said Arc of Justice’s board is still considering moving the foundation out of California and potentially establishing two separate charitable vehicles so the foundation’s founder and its officers and directors can pursue separate charitable activities.

For now, the original Arc of Justice remains a California corporation and continues to hold its assets, while the future of the newly incorporatedFloridaorganization remains unsettled.

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