Aloha First

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
990328810
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Waimanalo, HI, USA
Phone
8082596309
Rating
41
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religion Related N.E.C.
Affiliation
Religious (unspecified)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$95,499
Expenses
$159,656
Assets
$398,263
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • REGINA MAIKAI (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • DENNIS KANAHELE (PresidentCEO)
  • REGINA MAIKAI (Vice President)
  • TENNILLE KANAHELE (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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide opportunities education on hawaiian culture

What it reported doing in 2022

Aloha first continues to preserve and promote the native hawaiian culture by providing educational workshops to anyone interested in learning to speak the native hawaiian language as well as the art of ancient traditional hula kahiko we also inspire both keiki and young adults the art of traditional native hawaiian kalo taro farming by providing hands on experience cultivating and working the aina land as well as about other native hawaiian plant species

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 23
  • Transparency & Controls: 67
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 27.5%; rating input score 27
  • Program expense ratio: 16.4%; rating input score 16

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -67.2%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.49; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 27.5% of revenue deployed · 16.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $26K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2011 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 27/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 16/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.