Vita Nova
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Our mission is to provide dignified housing and supportive services to formerly incarcerated individuals. Vita Nova (formerly HFI) owns a triplex in Observation Hill where we provide transitional housing to men with felony backgrounds. Individuals with felony backgrounds struggle to find stable housing, which leads to difficult returning to community, becoming employed, and many other challenges. We also provide Health Realization programming, which supports individuals to reunify with their families, helps them recover from substance use disorders, and provides them with a weekly support group that helps them overcome barriers in their lives.
- Income
- $68,306
- Spending
- $48,764
- Reserves
- 5.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 70%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $33,081 spent. Transitional housing is provided to men with felony backgrounds who are recently released from incarceration. Residents are provided with a structured environment with rules that generally align with the conditions of their probation or parole, including no drug or alcohol use, curfew, and employment requirements. Residents are provided with case management, support to attain employment, and other services through other nonprofits with which Vita Nova partners. In fiscal year 2024-25 we provided transitional housing to seven residents at our triplex. All of them were employed soon after release, and one moved on to his own apartment in spring 2025.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since February 2011.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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