Empowering Through Expression
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 994949733
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Waianae, HI, USA
- Phone
- 1 (808) 800-8519
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Family Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $100
- Expenses
- $0
- Assets
- $100
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
1 person listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Leinani Yahiku (CEO)
People named in this filing
- Leinani Yahiku (CEO)
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
To support individuals who have experienced trauma by utilizing the power of artistic expression and lived experiences.
What it reported doing in 2024
During the 2024 tax year, Empowering Through Expression focused on organizational formation, compliance, and community outreach in alignment with its exempt purpose. The organization engaged in initial awareness efforts related to survivor advocacy, trauma-informed education, and creative expression, laying the groundwork for future programming. Activities during this period primarily supported capacity building and outreach, with no formal programs fully implemented yet.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 8
- Growth: NotEnoughData
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: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- 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.