Lf Bella Vista Apartments Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- It owes more than it owns.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
N/A
- Income
- $102,401
- Spending
- $196,134
- Spent on programs
- 86%
- Reserves
- -135.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 100%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 6
- Highest pay
- $490,578, president/ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 30 out of 100. Higher than 21% of charities in its peer group (housing, under $250k).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
0 of 20It owes 143% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 92% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 21% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1586% of spending went to programs.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 94 out of 100. Higher than 80% of charities in its peer group (housing, under $250k).
Independent board
25 of 256 of 6 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 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)
- $169,152 spent. LF Bella Vista Apartments, Inc. (the Organization"), a wholly controlled entity of La Frontera Partners, Inc., parent, is an Arizona nonprofit corporation organized on August 23, 2010 to construct and operate a 14-unit housing project in Tucson, Arizona for very low-income persons with disabilities under the Section 811 National Affordable Housing Act ("NAHA") of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD"). The Organization completed construction on the apartment complex in September 2013, with rental activities commencing in October 2013. The Organization has a project rental assistance contract with HUD dated September 1, 2021, for rental assistance payments under section 811. The contract runs through August 31, 2025 and currently provides for a monthly contract rent amount of $661 for each unit. The contract guarantees the Organization that the United States government will pay the Organization the difference between the contract monthly rent per unit, as agreed to by the Organization and HUD, and the portion of the rent payable by each tenant as determined in accordance with the HUD established schedules and criteria.
Source: Form 990 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 October 13, 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 June 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 October 21, 2026.
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