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Restored Futures is an IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization (EIN 41-3517176), and contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Give securely online in under a minute — one-time or monthly.
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Small organization, narrow scope, measurable job.
Restored Futures does one thing: move justice-involved adults in Santa Clara County into credentialed trades and keep them there through their first year.
The case
Employment is the intervention.
Stable, adequately paid employment is among the most consistently protective factors against reincarceration. The problem in Santa Clara County isn't a shortage of training capacity or of employers willing to hire — it's that nobody owns the path from incarceration to a first credential, whether someone came home last week or years ago.
Restored Futures owns that path. We connect people to training partners who already run good programs, and we assist with the logistics, funding paperwork, and follow-up that determine whether someone finishes.
Because training runs through partners, our dollars go to what determines completion: navigators, participant stipends for up to 12 months of training, a limited number of transitional beds, credential fees, and the small expenses — a bus pass, a pair of boots — that quietly decide whether a placement holds.
What we report. Enrollments. Completions. Credentials earned. Placements. Retention at 30, 60, and 90 days — and at one year.
Every number we report is backed by a record we can show you.
Where funding goes
Fuel for every part of the model.
Your support keeps making a change. We put funding wherever it moves people forward fastest, from first call to lasting employment. Below are some of the areas your support powers. If you'd like your gift tied to a specific one, just say so and we'll see to it with documentation.
- 01 Navigator capacity. The staff time that keeps participants enrolled and reachable. This is what most directly drives retention.
- 02 Participant stipends. Up to 12 months of stipend support while a participant is in training and in compliance with program guidelines — income stability during the exact stretch when most people are forced to choose between training and rent.
- 03 Transitional housing. A limited number of beds housing participants for up to six months during training, alongside referral partnerships that extend our reach beyond our own capacity.
- 04 Credentials and support costs. Exam vouchers, DOT physicals, licensing fees, transportation, work clothes, boots, tools, and laptops — the small amounts that decide whether someone can physically attend and test.
- 05 Retention follow-up. A full year of check-in work after placement, which almost no funding stream pays for and which determines whether a placement counts for anything.
Ways to give
However you'd like to give.
Three common ways to support, and if you have another way you'd like to support the work, we're open. Reach out and we'll figure it out together.
Sponsor the work
Corporate gifts, employee matching, and pathway sponsorships all move the work forward — and the strongest corporate support pairs funding with hiring. Sponsor a pathway, hire from it, and your investment produces its own outcome.
Fund a cohort
Cohort-level funding covers navigation, credentials, and support costs for a defined group of participants, with reporting against enrollment, completion, placement, and retention.
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Organizational details
Due diligence.
We state our status plainly. Documentation — bylaws, board roster, budget, and our IRS determination letter — is available on request.
- Established
- January 2026
- Programs
- CDL · HVAC · IT & more
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt
- Service area
- Santa Clara County
Request the program summary.
Budget, projected outcomes, and partner agreements in one document.