Arc of Justice foundation channeled $3.2 million to CodePink over 15 years, Fox News investigation finds
A Fox News Digital investigation into the complete IRS filing history of Arc of Justice, a $54.6 million private foundation formerly known as The Benjamin Fund and linked to CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin, found the organization directed nearly $3.2 million to CodePink across 15 tax years and distributed roughly $24.6 million across close to 1,500 grants since its early days. California has revoked the foundation's charitable registration following years of financial compliance failures, and Benjamin has since stepped down from the board, with new leadership working to redirect its giving priorities.
Key takeaways
- A Fox News Digital investigation found the Arc of Justice foundation, formerly The Benjamin Fund and linked to CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin, directed nearly $3.2 million ($3,195,280) to CodePink across 15 tax years.
- The foundation has distributed roughly $24.6 million across close to 1,500 grants and holds an asset base that grew from $39.63 million at the end of 2020 to $54.64 million by 2024.
- California revoked the foundation's charitable registration after it missed five years of filings covering 2020 through 2024, which the foundation attributed to an administrative misunderstanding about a relocation to Florida.
- Medea Benjamin has stepped down from the board, and her daughter Maya Danaher is now president, with new leadership intending to shift grantmaking toward domestic childhood enrichment and family well-being programs.
- CodePink was the foundation's largest activist beneficiary, receiving more than twice the roughly $1.33 million it got from the funding network linked to Shanghai-based investor Neville Roy Singham.
A Fox News Digital investigation into the complete IRS filing history of Arc of Justice, a $54.6 million private foundation formerly known as The Benjamin Fund and linked to CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin, found the organization directed nearly $3.2 million to CodePink across 15 tax years and distributed roughly $24.6 million across close to 1,500 grants since its early days. California has revoked the foundation's charitable registration following years of financial compliance failures, and Benjamin has since stepped down from the board, with new leadership working to redirect its giving priorities.
The grant ledger
The foundation began funding CodePink in 2009, making it the foundation's largest activist beneficiary at $3,195,280 in total. That figure is more than twice the approximately $1.33 million CodePink received from the funding network linked to Shanghai-based tech investor Neville Roy Singham, whose network Fox News Digital previously found directed at least $278 million into organizations promoting pro-China messaging. Other large recipients included Global Exchange at roughly $2.05 million, Grassroots International at about $2.24 million, Social Good Fund at approximately $1.61 million and the Center for Constitutional Rights at about $1.29 million. Benjamin told Fox News Digital the grants to CodePink were intended to support its anti-war work.
The foundation's asset base expanded even as grants went out. IRS filings show assets grew from $39.63 million at the end of 2020 to $54.64 million by 2024. In 2023, the foundation reported nearly $2 million in revenue: $1.11 million from dividends and interest on securities, $166,421 in interest on savings and temporary cash investments, and $686,919 in net gains from asset sales. The family contributions that built the pool arrived in large installments. The estate of Benjamin's mother contributed $10,863,060 in 2010, her father's estate added $15 million in 2015 and another $8,603,450 in 2019, and Benjamin personally contributed $1 million in 2022.
Compliance failures and new direction
California revoked Arc of Justice's charitable registration after the foundation missed five years of filings covering 2020 through 2024. The foundation recently submitted those overdue reports and paid $1,800 in filing fees and penalties as part of a reinstatement petition to California regulators. Through attorney David Levitt, the foundation attributed the missed filings to an administrative misunderstanding about whether it had successfully relocated from California to Florida, a move Levitt says was ultimately abandoned without transferring any assets.
Benjamin is no longer listed on the foundation's board. Maya Danaher, Benjamin's daughter, is now identified as president of the California foundation. Levitt told Fox News Digital the new management intends to shift grantmaking toward domestic childhood enrichment programs and organizations supporting the well-being of children, families and individuals in need throughout the U.S. The California reinstatement petition is the next filing to watch.
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Filed by the newsroom of MarketPR on September 18, 2026. Source: foxnews.com. Indicative figures are not investment advice.