Aloha Amplified Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
332639332
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Wailuku, HI, USA
Phone
8082810810
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Economic Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$178,009
Expenses
$67,530
Assets
$110,549
Liabilities
$70

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Linn Nishikawa (Vice President/Treasurer)
  • W Kamaunu Kahaialii (Board President)

People named in this filing

  • Linn Nishikawa (Vice President/Treasurer)
  • Lori Nishikawa (Secretary)
  • W Kamaunu Kahaialii (Board President)

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

Aloha Amplified strengthens Hawaii communities through culturally grounded education, community programs, volunteer engagement, and initiatives that foster connection, cultural awareness, and long-term resilience.

What it reported doing in 2025

Lights for Lahaina is a culturally grounded community event created to support healing, connection, and remembrance in Lahaina. The 2025 event brought residents and families together through cultural practices, storytelling, live entertainment, community resources, food, and a light march through Lahaina. The program created opportunities for shared reflection, cultural connection, and community support following the Maui wildfires. in 2025, approx. 850 attended the inaugural event.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 32.1%; rating input score 32
  • Program expense ratio: 84.6%; rating input score 85

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 62.1%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.64; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 32.1% of revenue deployed · 84.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $57K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.