What after innocence does

After Innocence is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in Oakland, California that provides post-release case management and direct assistance to individuals released from prison after wrongful incarceration. Founded in 2016 by Jon Eldan — a former corporate lawyer who began assisting exonerees pro bono in 2004 — the organization serves a single primary segment: U.S. exonerees, whether released days or decades earlier. Since inception it has reached more than 813 clients across all 50 states, addressing needs that include first-steps assistance (photo ID, Social Security cards, cell phones, stimulus payments), healthcare navigation via specialized advocates, free dental services coordination, pro bono legal representation through a 14-firm referral panel, financial counseling via Certified Financial Planners, mental health treatment, and tax relief.

The service model is human-delivered case management rather than a technology platform. Programs are operated by a roughly 12-person team including a Founder/Executive Director, Policy Lead, Medicare Specialist, multiple Program Managers, Case Manager, Healthcare Enrollment Specialist, and CPA Project Manager. Core delivery partnerships include Pacific Dental Services (91 offices across 22 states delivering $1 million+ in donated dental care since 2018), Harvard Law School's Federal Tax Clinic, Cornell's Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, and 11 mental health partner organizations. The organization also convenes exonerees to inform state-level legislation and has helped pass seven compensation and post-release support statutes, most recently in Delaware, Georgia, Oklahoma, and Alaska during 2025-2026.

After Innocence is funded entirely through tax-deductible individual donations, foundation grants, and institutional contributions, with services provided free of charge to clients. The donor and partner roster includes the Peter & Mary Levin Family Foundation, Jonathan Logan Family Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, Ittleson Foundation, Chichester DuPont Foundation, Charles K. Edmondson Jr. Family Foundation, Foundation for Financial Planning, Pacific Dental Services Foundation, and the California Board of State & Community Corrections. The organization holds a Charity Navigator score of 95/100 and Platinum-level Candid transparency certification. Revenue is not publicly disclosed and the organization has no parent company, subsidiaries, or external funding rounds.

Name

after innocence

Legal name

After Innocence

Website

https://after-innocence.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Short description

After Innocence is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides free post-release case management — healthcare navigation, pro bono legal aid, dental care, financial counseling, mental health treatment, and tax relief — to individuals in the U.S. who were wrongfully incarcerated, serving more than 813 clients nationwide since 2016.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Services - Exoneree Reentry Assistance

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Justice, At-Risk Youth & Violence Prevention Nonprofits (BPAGADAM)

Keywords

• Exoneree reentry services
• Wrongful conviction support
• Post-release assistance
• Criminal justice advocacy
• Nonprofit case management

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Tax-deductible donations from individual donors supporting post-release justice for wrongfully convicted individuals. The organization is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit.
2. Foundation Grants: Support from foundations including Peter & Mary Levin Family Foundation, Jonathan Logan Family Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, Sparkjoy Foundation, Ittleson Foundation, Chichester DuPont Foundation, Charles K. Edmondson Jr. Family Foundation, Henry Bull Foundation, and others. Also supported by California Board of State & Community Corrections and Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
3. Institutional Donations: Corporate and organizational donations from entities like Loevy & Loevy LLP and others.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

After Innocence is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides free post-release assistance and case management to individuals in the U.S. who were wrongfully incarcerated and later exonerated. Services include help obtaining photo ID and Social Security cards, healthcare navigation, free dental care coordination, pro bono legal services, mental health treatment, financial counseling, tax relief, and legislative advocacy for systemic reform.

Product overview

After Innocence is a nonprofit service organization (501(c)(3)) that provides case management and direct assistance to individuals released after wrongful imprisonment. The organization does not offer a technology product, software platform, or SaaS solution. Instead, it delivers social service programs including first steps assistance (ID, social security cards, phones), healthcare navigation, free dental services coordination, pro bono legal services, financial counseling, mental health treatment, tax relief assistance, pandemic-related relief, and legislative advocacy. The organization operates nationally, serving exonerees through direct case management rather than a technology-based product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• First Steps After Wrongful Imprisonment Start-to-finish assistance for newly released exonerees with obtaining photo ID, a social security card, a cell phone, stimulus payments, and help building credit.
• Free Dental Services Project Coordination of free dental services for exonerees through a partnership network including Pacific Dental Services and their Smile Generation trusted offices (91 participating offices in 22 states).
• Healthcare Navigation / Navigating Healthcare One-on-one concierge healthcare advocacy that helps clients see doctors or specialists, sort out coverage problems, and get the most out of the healthcare they are eligible for.
• Pro Bono Legal Services Attorney helpline and referral service that recruits local lawyers with relevant expertise to take exonerees' legal and bureaucratic cases pro bono.
• Local Social Services Case management to identify and connect exonerees with local organizations offering job training, housing, and adult education opportunities.
• Financial Wellness Program Connects clients with Certified Financial Planners who provide free, personalized financial counseling and ongoing support to implement financial plans.
• Mental Health Initiative Coordinates diagnosis and trauma-informed, evidence-based mental health treatment for clients in need, regardless of ability to pay, via 11 partner organizations and clinics.
• Tax Relief Project Assists exonerees with obtaining tax refunds and resolving tax-related debt issues; recovered over $2.2 million for clients.
• Pandemic-Related Assistance Start-to-finish help for exonerees to obtain stimulus payments and other pandemic-related aid they were entitled to but did not receive.
• Legislative Advocacy Advocates for systemic reform by convening exonerees, drafting statutory provisions, and working directly with legislative staff to pass state-level compensation and post-release support laws.

Quantifiable outcome

• 813 clients reached nationwide since 2016
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Cornell's Dyson School of Applied Economics and ManagementcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Partnership with Cornell's Dyson School tax clinic provided free assistance to clients with IRS filings for pandemic-related benefits. This collaboration led to a pilot project for free tax preparation and advising.
• Harvard Law School - Federal Tax CliniccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Harvard Law School's Federal Tax Clinic has helped 34 After Innocence clients resolve tax problems. The collaboration provides excellent opportunities for law students to learn about wrongful conviction and represent individuals in disputes with the IRS.
• Pacific Dental ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSince 2018, partnership with Pacific Dental Services and their Smile Generation trusted offices has delivered more than $750,000 in donated dental services to 187 After Innocence clients across 22 states. 91 participating offices provide free dental care to exonerees.
• Kravis Lab for Social Impact at Claremont McKenna CollegeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSince 2020, students at the Kravis Lab for Social Impact have had paid internships with After Innocence. Director Jon Eldan mentors students, sharing knowledge about systemic failures to provide effective transitional services to exonerees.
• 14 Law Firms (Pro Bono Referral Panel)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor14 law firms on referral panel providing experienced pro bono attorneys to help clients resolve post-release legal problems including bad credit, debt collection, identity theft, family law, and public benefits appeals.
• 11 Partner Organizations and Clinics (Mental Health)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner11 partner organizations and clinics provided mental health treatment (trauma-informed therapy) to exonerees in the mental health pilot project.
• 57 Volunteer Tax Preparers, Lawyers, Law Students, and Private InvestigatorscoreOthersVolunteer professionals who helped exonerees file tax refund claims, including 70+ military service members eligible for refunds.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• The Innocence Project: The Innocence Project is the most prominent U.S. nonprofit focused on exonerating wrongfully convicted people; it overlaps with After Innocence on post-release advocacy and shares an overlapping network of innocence organizations. Barry Scheck, its co-founder, sits on After Innocence's advisory board.
• Witness to Innocence: Witness to Innocence is an exoneree-led nonprofit that combines personal advocacy, peer support, and policy reform — directly comparable to After Innocence in centering wrongfully convicted individuals and advocating for compensation statutes.
• Center on Wrongful Convictions (Northwestern Pritzker School of Law): Northwestern's Center on Wrongful Convictions investigates innocence claims and represents exonerees; it serves a similar beneficiary population and could plausibly expand into post-release services that overlap with After Innocence's mission.
• Life After Innocence (Loyola University Chicago): Life After Innocence is a university-based social work program that provides re-entry support to Illinois exonerees — closely comparable in service design (mental health, healthcare, legal, housing) but limited to a single state.

Broad incumbents

• Equal Justice Initiative: EJI, led by Bryan Stevenson, is a much larger and broader criminal justice reform organization working on wrongful conviction, mass incarceration, and racial justice. Its founder is on After Innocence's advisory board, indicating thematic overlap and potential competition for re-entry funding.

Others

• National Registry of Exonerations: The National Registry of Exonerations tracks and analyzes U.S. exonerations; it is a research and data provider that shares the same beneficiary population and policy stakeholders as After Innocence, though its mission is informational rather than service delivery.

Regional players

• Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project: Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project investigates wrongful conviction cases in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. and provides post-release support; it is a regional peer overlapping on exoneree services but focused on a narrower geography than After Innocence.
• Northern California Innocence Project: Based at Santa Clara University in Northern California, NCIP investigates wrongful convictions and supports exonerees — a regional peer that shares After Innocence's home geography and a similar service population.

Emerging players

• Center for Community Alternatives: CCA provides re-entry and alternatives-to-incarceration programs; it serves a broader re-entry population than After Innocence and represents both a thematic peer and a potential collaboration channel for serving exonerees within general re-entry work.
• House of Mercy (re-entry programs): House of Mercy provides housing, case management, and re-entry services for formerly incarcerated individuals in Virginia; it is a small, faith-affiliated peer operating similar case management and healthcare navigation for a more general re-entry population than After Innocence.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookbusiness.facebook.com/AfterInnocence
• Instagraminstagram.com/after_innocence/?hl=en

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Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

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