Hawaii Peace and Justice
Overview
Mission
Work to promote social justice, peace, and ea ((life, sovereignty, rising, breath) in hawai'i through grassroots organizing, nonviolent direct actions, providing popular education workshops, and utilizing art activism as a tool for social change. Hpj seeks a demilitarized and de-occupied hawai'i and pacific that is socially just and environmentally sustainable. We imagine a world that collectively stops military expansion and returns and restores militarily controlled lands to the kanaka maoli, and to all indigenous people demanding independence throughout oceania. We organize to create a world of genuine security and climate justice.
What it reported doing in 2024
Youth program: hpj worked diligently to build trusting relationships with community organizations, including malama makua, pals/places, native hawaiian student services (nhss), and kalihi valley instructional bike exchange (kvibe), to provide youth programming centered on education, leadership development, and community connection. These programs explored Hawaii's historical context, political education, cultural grounding, and the development of organizing and leadership skills. We hosted our fourth annual youth liberation camp, where 11 youth ages 20 to 25 participated in a three day program focused on what it takes to build a strategic campaign through workshops, activities, and collective learning. In partnership with kalihi valley instructional bike exchange (kvibe), we held our annual bike detour for middle and high school students, teaching the history of puuloa (pearl harbor) prior to militarization. With native hawaiian student services, we facilitated workshops with their hawaiian diaspora bridging program focused on kuleana (responsibility) and the importance of returning home to help protect and restore Hawaii. With pals/places, we worked with west oahu youth from nanakuli to makaha on the history of makua valley, the ahupuaa system, and the art of block printing. Overall, youth programming was a major part of hpj's work this past year and we were honored to build meaningful relationships with native hawaiian youth and other young leaders in our communities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 274603534
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2020
- Headquarters
- Honolulu, HI, USA
- Phone
- 8087341072
- Rating
- 59
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Community, Neighborhood Development
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 24
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 74
- Sustainability: 82
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 12.9%; rating input score 13
- Program expense ratio: 23.1%; rating input score 23
- Fundraising efficiency: $84.63 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 57.8%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.27; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 19.5%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -25.2% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 12.9% of revenue deployed · 23.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $54K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $45K · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 3 annual filings from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- JOY ENOMOTO (PRESIDENT): $45,483 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.