Consortium for Hawaii Ecological Engineering Education

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
990353084
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Honolulu, HI, USA
Phone
8082003289
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,551,936
Expenses
$3,331,889
Assets
$3,647,813
Liabilities
$798,455

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ALISON MASUTANI (PRESIDENT &)

Highest reported compensation

  • ALISON MASUTANI (PRESIDENT &): $235,348 total reported compensation
  • STEPHANIE NISHIMURA (CFO): $219,322 total reported compensation
  • LAURA DANG (VP & ASSISTA): $32,689 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To design, develop, plan and carry out educational programs, primarily for Hawaii school children and especially for those of native hawaiian descent.

What it reported doing in 2025

The malama iho project supports the social service disaster recovery and resilience focus area by developing a cohort of skilled trainers within three maui-based agencies to provide trauma-informed care (tic) training to serve families and communities affected by the maui fires. In addition, the malama mau program was started in 2025 to enhance educator wellness, foster trauma-informed leadership, and strengthen culturally grounded stem learning at lahaina intermediate school through a dual-impact strategy. This model is specifically designed to support both parts of the school community: educators and administrators receive dedicated time and resources to address grief, trauma, and professional burnout, while students continue to get high-quality instruction from substitute teachers trained in native hawaiian practices and stem content. Hoakea is a state-wide project to give every student in Hawaii an opportunity to connect with the waa (canoe), people, places, and stories of their community. It is a multi-day event held in east Hawaii to bring students, educators, families, waa organizations, cultural practitioners, and aina partners together through hands-on learning experiences rooted in the communities they call home. Hoakea helps students understand who they are, where they come from, and how they can contribute to Hawaii's future.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 89% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.7%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 93.3%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: $91.5 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.2%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.09; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.6%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 29.5% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.7% of revenue deployed · 93.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $235K · 8 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.