Ahahui Koa Anuenue
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237253559
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- Honolulu, HI, USA
- Phone
- 8089568186
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,962,250
- Expenses
- $5,613,753
- Assets
- $5,655,710
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
34 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID KAWADA (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- DAVID KAWADA (PRESIDENT): $130,000 total reported compensation
- DAVID ESTERMANN (COO): $89,463 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Support and foster interest in the athletic programs of the university of Hawaii by raising funds to provide scholarships, recruiting resources, student-athlete services, school or school related facilities, and financial aid for needy and deserving students who participate in athletics, both inter-collegiate and intramural, at the university of Hawaii, thereby advancing education through promoting higher standards of scholarship and academic achievement among the athletes.
What it reported doing in 2024
Green & white - this is a fundraising dinner to raise funds to support the uh atheletics department. The community is invited to purchase tables at three levels and attend a grazing event with food stations; there is a silent auction as well. The univeristy of Hawaii at manoa athletics circle of honor recipients are celebrated at the event as well; there are short videos and awards presented. September 2018 was the first year that aka took over running this dinner and is working to turn it in to an annual signature fundraising event for aka. Expenses 94,240 including grants of 0 revenue 82,648 meet the coaches - networking opportunity for donors to mingle with various university of Hawaii head coaches. Coaches chalk talks. Expenses 911 including grants of 0 revenue 1,364 uh ad support - as the support organization for uh athletics, aka is occasionally asked to fund projects outside of our annual contribution to the program. This category was created in fiscal year ending 6/30/2023 to track these expenses expenses 284,997 including grants of 0 revenue 0 group 3 - modern day warriors - special screening of a documentary created about the uh football program. Footage from practices, games, and behind the scenes access was compiled into a program designed to raise interest and support of uh football. Expenses 0 including grants of 0 revenue 0 luxury boxes -giovanni pastromibox and the ad box. Aka has the exclusive rights to monetize the giovanni pastramibox (premium seating section in les murakami stadium) to raise funds in support of the university of Hawaii at manoa athletics department. Expenses 0 including grants of 0 revenue 13,093
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Affiliate-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions from related organizations.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 69% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 77
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 89.3%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -13.1%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.01; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.5% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 89.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 34 of 34 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $130K · 34 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 7 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.