Adventure Centers Hawaii
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 932188061
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Hilo, HI, USA
- Phone
- 6194053900
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Recreation& Sports N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $79,706
- Expenses
- $76,069
- Assets
- $9,016
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- Donna Nichols (Chair)
- Bradley Leighton (Vice Chair)
- Neil Clendeninn (Director)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Adventure Centers Hawaii's primary exempt purpose is to promote physical and mental wellness among youth and young adults through accessible indoor bouldering activities. Our organization aims to break down barriers to participation in physical activities, particularly for underserved communities, fostering confidence, resilience, and a passion for healthy living. We collaborate with schools, community groups, and other organizations dedicated to supporting children, ensuring a comprehensive approach to their development and well-being.
What it reported doing in 2025
In our third fiscal year, we received a $10000 capital grant from the Atherton Family Foundation, a $5000 grant from the Theresa Foundation to support climbing opportunities for individuals with special needs, and approximately $2500 in contributions from individual donors. Big Island Climbing also provided approximately $60990 in donated facility use, utilities, operational support, and management services to support our programs. Through our Climbing for Keiki Program, we provided more than 1300 free climbing sessions for youth and young adults from schools, homeschool groups, and community organizations, including Connections Charter School, HAAS, Volcano School of Arts and Sciences, Neighborhood Place of Puna, Hope Services, Project Hawaii, and Anchor Point Youth Center. Funding and donated support allowed us to continue reducing financial barriers to indoor bouldering while promoting confidence, resilience, physical activity, problem-solving, and social connection in a safe and supportive environment.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 76% for direct work, and 24% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.9%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 80.5%; rating input score 81
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.6%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 83.4% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 37.7% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 89.1% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 76.9% of revenue deployed · 80.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $61K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.