Child Evangelism Fellowship of Hawaii Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
990110022
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Honolulu, HI, USA
Phone
8083211003
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$137,403
Expenses
$171,957
Assets
$91,891
Liabilities
$3,279

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JIM PLAYTER (CHAIRMAN)
  • MATTHEW WALTON (STATE DIRECT)
  • ENOCH LUM (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Cef's primary purpose is to ensure that every child on every island can hear the gospel by the age of twelve by inspiring, training and equipping studens and adults to effectively reach the children of Hawaii.

What it reported doing in 2024

Cef Hawaii continues to help churches reach children with the gospel through online and in person activities on multiple islands. Cef continues to inspire, train and equip students and adults to effectively share the gospel with the children of Hawaii.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 83% 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

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: 34
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 36.7%; rating input score 37
  • Program expense ratio: 29.3%; rating input score 29

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -25.1%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.53; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.7%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.1% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7.8% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 36.7% of revenue deployed · 29.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $50K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 37/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.