East Hawaii Cacao Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 465305276
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2018
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2018
- Location
- Peepeekeo, HI, USA
- Phone
- 8083450594
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $10,973
- Expenses
- $11,141
- Assets
- $1,125
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PATRICK MERRITT (President)
- STEVE MOTHERWELL (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- PATRICK MERRITT (President)
- STEVE MOTHERWELL (Vice President)
- CLARANNE KNITTEL (Secretary)
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 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Ehca is a non-profit corporation operated exclusively for educational, scientific, agricultural, and business development purposes within the meaning of section 501(c) of the internal revenue code. It assists american growers and processors of cacao and makers of products which incorporate american grown cacao to produce the best products through research and information sharing, educates the public on matters relating to american grown cacao and its derivative products, and generally promotes the american cacao industry.
What it reported doing in 2018
The festival goal is to promote the cacao and chocolate industry for Hawai Island. The festival format was used in order to fulfill both an educational as well as entertaining venue to make the people of the east side of Hawai Island aware of the industries potential for them as a grower and then introduce them to the possibility of making chocolate. By bringing together cacao growers and chocolate maker into one event showed the 1,000 attendees that the business of cacao and chocolate on Hawai Island exists and can be profitable.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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
SUPPORTED - 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: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 75.3%; rating input score 75
- Program expense ratio: 74.1%; rating input score 74
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1.5%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 10; 10th 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: 75.3% of revenue deployed · 74.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 41/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.