AMVETS Department of Hawaii

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832518892
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Ewa Beach, HI, USA
Phone
8083826835
Rating
34
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,000
Expenses
$0
Assets
$1,000
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Donovan A Lazarus (State Commander, President)
  • Ronald Lam (1st Vice Commander, Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Donovan A Lazarus (State Commander, President)
  • Ronald Lam (1st Vice Commander, Vice President)
  • Clifford Chun (Finance Officer, Treasurer, Director)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

AMVETS Department of Hawaii is a public non profit organization established to provide advocacy support and assistance for the betterment of military veterans and their families

What it reported doing in 2024

Community Outreach Program: donated can foods, bottled water to individuals in need; VA disability benefits claims assistance; education and job training; resume writing services; Healthcare Access & Coordination Women Veterans Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Military Sexual Trauma (VA & DoD) Traumatic Brain Injury Toxic Wounds & Environmental Exposures VA Oversight; Conducted meetings with Hawaii State elected officials, VA Leadership, Military Leaders, Neighborhood Boards and Local Media, to include via emails, letters and online platforms to help build public awareness to support legislation impacting Veterans to support for AMVETS National Legislative Priorities: Healthcare Access & Coordination; Women Veterans; Mental Health & Suicide Prevention; Military Sexual Trauma (VA & DoD); Traumatic Brain Injury; Toxic Wounds & Environmental Exposures; VA Oversight, Accountability & Improvement; and, Economic Opportunity. Communications/PRO: Engage in our community service program initiatives by building relationships with community leaders, organizations, companies, schools, charitable organizations and veterans other service organizations; to write letters to elected representatives and voicing your support on the issues that matter to our military families; Improving communication for Department and Posts online presents on website and social media platforms to attract new members and share information with members, clients, friends and viewers alike; Allow clients to request appointments directly from website. Veterans Treatment Court Mentorship Program: aims to support judges, police, local VA officials, prosecutors, public defenders, other veterans service organizations agree to work together to support veterans in Hawaii; Help provide volunteers to be Mentors in the Hawaii Veterans Treatment Courts program; Adaptive Sports Programs: aims to organize competition and special events to help connect with adaptive sports...

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -40.8% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -27.9% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.