Una Vida Esta Vida

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471884407
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Ventura, CA, USA
Phone
8054031615
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$464,152
Expenses
$167,768
Assets
$39,607
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Rebecca Reindl (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Rebecca Reindl (President): $14,500 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our purpose is to uphold the highest standards in providing a structured and stable housing and to acquire real estate for those recovering from their life difficulties; including addictions, grief, homelessness and/or other issues in a peaceful home. We educate, support and encourage creating healthy routines for sustainable, long term, independent healthy living. Reduce the rate of homelessness in our communities. Services not operated for private gain of any on person. Providing for primarily recovering homeless individuals. Utilizing SB1079 to acquire property to house our target population. We educate, support and encourage creating healthy routines for sustainable, long term, independent healthy living. Reduce the rate of homelessness in our communities. Services not operated for private gain of any on person.

What it reported doing in 2024

Educate individuals with regards to maintaining a structured, routine of health in a stable, peaceful environment. Teaching life skills in order to reduce homelessness. Providing clothing and hygiene items and enforcing regular practices of use, along with resume building, career counseling, etc. Provide education with legal help for family and criminal, helping with reunification of the family unit (children estranged from homeless parents) and legal issues preventing each individual from moving forward in positivity - with the ultimate goal of being a contributing member to society. Advocacy in the form of job referrals, letters of reference for both employment and legal matters, working closely with law enforcement and probation/parole in order to help educate individuals on not repeating past choices resulting in less than favorable lifestyle circumstances. Address homelessness, Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention - address immediate homelessness challenges, focused on moving homeless individuals and families into housing and supporting the efforts of those individuals and families to maintain their housing. Intend to acquire property utilizing SB1079.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

MIXED - Most filed governance safeguards are in place and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 45
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 81
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 30.3%; rating input score 30
  • Program expense ratio: 83.8%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 63.9%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.6%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 28.7% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 44.5% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 30.3% of revenue deployed · 83.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $141K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $14K · 3 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 22 of 23 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 30/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.