Big Dreams Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
931488192
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Hilo, HI, USA
Phone
8083331348
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$63,429
Expenses
$12,830
Assets
$70,071
Liabilities
$50,804

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jaclyn Moore (President)

People named in this filing

  • Jaclyn Moore (President)
  • Dylan Shropshire (Secretary)
  • Philip W Barton (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 Corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, and educational purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the "Code"). The primary purpose of the Corporation is to nourish and strengthen the Hawaii community by generating and redistributing energy and resources to empower Hawaii-based community projects in the State of Hawaii, all in accordance with the requirements under section 501(c)(3) of the Code (the "Primary Purpose").

What it reported doing in 2025

808 Day provided a platform for local artists, musicians, makers and small businesses with an emphasis on Hawaii culture. This service reached approximately 2500 in person attendees and approximately 100,000 people digitally via radio, social ads and content.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 79% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 49.5%; rating input score 49
  • 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: 79.8%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.46; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.73; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 109.3% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 84.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 49.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $31K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.