Aloha International Piano Festival

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
320273954
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Kailua, HI, USA
Phone
8087793108
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Music

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$65,248
Expenses
$96,442
Assets
$28,051

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL THOMPSON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MICHAEL THOMPSON (PRESIDENT)
  • STEPHEN BLOOM (VICE PRESIDE)
  • LISA NAKAMICHI (TREASURER)

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

The aloha international piano festival is a week-long celebration of music that welcomes pianists of all agesfrom Hawaii and around the worldto learn, perform, and grow together.

What it reported doing in 2025

The aloha international piano festival accomplishes its educational and cultural mission through immersive music academies, competitive performance platforms, public masterclasses, and community outreach concerts held annually in honolulu, Hawaii. Educational programs and academies international piano academy: a seven-day intensive core program for domestic and international students ages 9 and up, offering private lessons, workshops, and daily practice access with world-renowned faculty. Public masterclasses: interactive instructional sessions where celebrated guest artists mentor rising young talent in front of live audiences. Aloha piano lab: specialized community learning and outreach workshops designed to support local music education. Competitions and performance platforms local solo competition: an in-person event exclusively for Hawaii residents up to age 18 to perform live and receive professional feedback. International amateur solo competition: a dedicated stage for non- professional adult musicians aged 30 and older to celebrate lifelong musicianship. International virtual solo competition: a global online platform for young artists up to age 25 to compete and win prizes. Concerts and community outreach honors recital: a free public showcase celebrating festival participants and competition winners at the historic cathedral of st. Andrew. Grand piano extravaganza: a high-energy, all-star closing gala concert at the university of Hawaii at manoa's orvis auditorium featuring collaborative multi-pianist repertoires.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 87% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -47.8%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.29; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $96K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.