What Renacer Foundation does

Renacer Foundation (legal name Renacer En Vida Nueva, Inc., EIN 87-2612100) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in March 2021 by Father Hoower Cajicá and incorporated in Florida on July 23, 2021, after relocating from Chicago. Headquartered at 1801 Rouse Rd, Orlando, FL 32817, the organization operates a portfolio of community health, mental wellness, youth development, hunger relief, and environmental resilience programs targeting Hispanic/Latino and underserved communities across Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Lake, and Sumter counties in Central Florida. Core programs include Community Health Practice (CHW-led health navigation and in-home support), PUENTES (a Florida Certification Board Sole Source Provider CHW training curriculum), Welcome Home (30-day post-discharge senior support), Bienestar Mental (mental wellness), Positivo para Vivir (HIV prevention and care coordination), Bitácora (a Spanish-language health education video podcast with 1.5 million followers across YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and podcast platforms), Desarrollo Juvenil (youth STEM and summer workforce programs), Asistencia Alimentaria (hunger relief; 8,500+ pantry clients and 80,237 pounds of food distributed in 2024), and Centro de Resiliencia/Nuestros Bosques (urban reforestation funded by an $825,000 USDA Forest Service grant). The organization runs on a 20–30 person bilingual staff and is funded primarily through government grants (USDA, NIH/SEPA, CDC) and foundation partnerships (Gilead COMPASS, Hispanic Federation, Hispanic Access Foundation, AARP, CareerSource Central Florida, Senior Resource Alliance). It is not a technology company: it has no proprietary software, API, or AI/ML capabilities, and its revenue model is grant-based rather than commercial.

Name

Renacer Foundation

Legal name

Renacer En Vida Nueva, Inc.

Website

https://renacer.live

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Renacer Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit operating community health, youth development, mental wellness, hunger relief, and environmental resilience programs for Hispanic/Latino and underserved families across Central Florida.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Health and Social Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Individual and Family Services (6241), Community Food Services (624210), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus & Resilience Programming (BPADAEAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Student Support Hotlines & Digital Wellbeing Tools (EDAJAIAL)

Keywords

• Community health services
• Mental wellness programs
• Youth development services
• Hunger relief assistance
• Urban reforestation

Headquarters

HQ city

Orlando

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Technology or R&D

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Renacer Foundation delivers bilingual (Spanish/English) direct-service community programs across five practice areas: Community Health (CHW navigation, PUENTES CHW training, Welcome Home post-discharge senior support), Mental Wellness (Bienestar Mental), Youth Development (Desarrollo Juvenil with STEM and Summer Youth tracks), Hunger Relief (Asistencia Alimentaria), and Environmental Resilience (Centro de Resiliencia with the Nuestros Bosques urban reforestation project). The Bitácora Spanish-language video podcast serves as a cross-cutting health education and emergency mass communication platform that integrates all programs, with a combined reach of 1.5 million social media followers.

Product overview

Renacer Foundation operates a portfolio of community health and social service programs organized under a unified nonprofit structure. The core offerings include Community Health Initiatives (Community Health Practice, PUENTES CHW training curriculum, Welcome Home senior support), Impacto Digital (Bitácora media platform, Positivo para Vivir HIV program), mental wellness services (Bienestar Mental), youth development (Desarrollo Juvenil with STEM and Summer Youth Program), hunger relief (Asistencia Alimentaria), and environmental resilience (Centro de Resiliencia with Nuestros Bosques/Bosque Comunitario de la Fe urban reforestation). The organization is structured around direct service delivery, workforce development, and community capacity-building, with digital media (Bitácora) serving as a cross-cutting platform integrating all programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Bitácora: Spanish-language health education media platform and video podcast serving Spanish-speaking communities with health literacy content and emergency mass communication
• Positivo para Vivir
• PUENTES
• Bienestar Mental
• Asistencia Alimentaria
• Bienestar Mental
• Centro de Resiliencia
• Nuestros Bosques
• Bosque Comunitario de la Fe
• Welcome Home
• Desarrollo Juvenil

Products and services

• Community Health Practice CHW-led health navigation, referral coordination, education, and direct in-home support deployed across Orange, Seminole, and Osceola counties for underserved Central Florida families, addressing the documented insurance gap through bilingual, in-home, nonclinical health navigation.
• PUENTES Community Health Worker Training Curriculum Florida Certification Board Sole Source Provider #5580-A authorized Community Health Worker training curriculum with two certification tracks (mental wellness track Bienestar Mental and physical wellbeing track); operates as internal CHW development pipeline and CareerSource Central Florida-contracted workforce program.
• Welcome Home 30 days of in-home post-discharge support for older adults delivered at no cost to prevent avoidable readmissions, spanning medical/care coordination, medication support, transportation, meal access, home safety modifications, counseling, companionship, and respite for family caregivers; served 700 senior households in 2024–2025.
• Positivo para Vivir HIV prevention and care coordination program integrating faith-rooted stigma reduction, trauma-informed CHW delivery, and a digital-plus-in-person hybrid approach, offering HIV education, linkage to testing/treatment, peer support, and behavioral health navigation; serves nearly 3,000 people annually.
• Bienestar Mental Bilingual, community-rooted nonclinical mental wellness services, workshops, and capacity-building support for other organizations, including supportive listening, acculturation support, pastoral care, and trauma-informed peer support; also serves as the FCB-approved CHW mental wellness training track under PUENTES.
• Youth Character Development / Desarrollo Juvenil Youth development program serving high-school students from Orange, Seminole, Lake, and Osceola counties with mental wellness, character formation, economic mobility, summer employment, workforce training, and STEM pathways; covers all program costs and logistical support.
• STEM Program After-school and weekend STEM program with robotics, coding, and hands-on science workshops using the Pathways to Science model, with healthcare institution guest speakers and field trips; NIH SEPA-funded through Hispanic Access Foundation.
• Summer Youth Program Summer employment and workforce training for youth combining STEM with hospitality, entrepreneurship, sustainability tracks, and nonpartisan citizenship/civics education; CareerSource Central Florida-funded workforce program across Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, and Sumter counties.
• Hunger Relief / Asistencia Alimentaria Food security and nutrition initiative serving families along the Orlando urban corridor with culturally familiar foods; in 2024 served more than 8,500 pantry clients and distributed 80,237 pounds of food with 60 volunteers, and connects families to workforce development, mental wellness, HIV care, and youth programs at each event.
• Centro de Resiliencia / Resilience Hub Disaster preparedness and environmental health initiative serving East Orlando and the University Resilience Hub, comprising four projects: Nuestros Bosques urban reforestation, Hurricane Preparation, Hurricane Response, and Conservation; addresses environment, climate, and health as a connected system.
• Nuestro Bosques Urban Reforestation Urban reforestation project funded through an $825,000 USDA Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry grant; planting 2,090 trees and conserving 175 at-risk trees over a two-year period, with a community nursery cultivating 1,500 trees annually; generated $1.3 million in economic impact (154.6% ROI) and served 100 households with native Florida species and culturally significant fruit trees.
• Bitácora Spanish-language Health Education Video Podcast Spanish-language health education video podcast and multi-platform media resource producing episodes across YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and audio podcast platforms; also serves as an emergency mass communication channel during declared disasters.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves14 records

Expansion highlights14 records

Direct peers

• Hispanic Federation: National Hispanic-focused nonprofit that funds and advocates for Latino community organizations; Renacer's first grantor (COVID Hunger Relief) and a structural peer in serving Hispanic/Latino families through community-based programs.
• Catholic Charities of Central Florida: Faith-based social services organization serving Central Florida with hunger, immigration, senior, and family services; most direct institutional peer to Renacer's faith-rooted, multi-program service model.
• Hope CommUnity Center: Apopka, FL-based community services organization serving immigrant and working-poor families with education, health, and immigration services—the closest Central Florida geographic peer to Renacer's footprint.
• Hispanic Access Foundation: National nonprofit partnering with Hispanic communities on health, environment, and civic engagement; pass-through NIH SEPA funder for Renacer's STEM Program and a direct peer in mission and model.
• Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida: Regional hunger relief organization; directly comparable to Renacer's Asistencia Alimentaria program, with 4-county distribution footprint overlapping Renacer's service area.
• Farmworker Association of Florida: Florida-based nonprofit serving low-income Hispanic/Latino and farmworker communities with health, education, and advocacy programs; directly comparable in target population and community health model.
• National Coalition of 100 Black Women - Central Florida Chapter: Community health and equity-focused nonprofit that served as Renacer's fiscal sponsor for CDC vaccine equity work; directly comparable in community health delivery to underserved populations.

Broad incumbents

• United Way of Central Florida: Central Florida's largest community-services umbrella organization; broader incumbent funding and convening multiple peers including Renacer through collective impact initiatives.
• AdventHealth Community Health: Major regional health system with community health, faith-based, and CHW programs; broader incumbent whose Welcome Home-style readmission and community health navigation work overlaps Renacer's offerings.

Emerging players

• Community Health Worker Coalition for Migrants and Refugees: Emerging national coalition supporting CHW-led care for immigrant and refugee communities; thematically aligned with Renacer's PUENTES CHW training and Positivo para Vivir HIV program in approach and population.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@RenacerVida
• Facebookfacebook.com/RenacerVida
• Instagraminstagram.com/renacervida
• TikToktiktok.com/@renacervida
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/renacer-en-vida-nueva

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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