Akoakoa Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 874770465
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Kailua Kona, HI, USA
- Phone
- 8083414993
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Natural Resources Conservation and Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $426
- Assets
- $30,337
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DANE KNEZEK (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DANE KNEZEK (PRESIDENT)
- SUE VERMILLION (TREASURER)
- KIMBERLY NEUFELD (SECRETARY)
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
At akoakoa foundation, our mission is to bring stakeholders of hawai'i's nearshore marine environment together to encourage sustainable interactions, support conservation efforts, further scientific understanding, and increase access to related education.
What it reported doing in 2025
Various administrative costs, detailed in form 990ez part 1, line 16, other expenses and schedule o, to facilitate fulfillment of organizational mission as described in form 990ez, part iii, primary exempt purpose and schedule o.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
- 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.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 71.21; rating input score 99; 99th 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: -146.8% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -139.4% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $426 in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.