Feed Hawaii

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
113704749
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Hawi, HI, USA
Phone
8088963179
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,034,231
Expenses
$1,406,389
Assets
$1,218,578
Liabilities
$197,025

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARGARET PARISH (CEO/DIRECTOR)
  • SARAH FREEMAN (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARGARET PARISH (CEO/DIRECTOR): $96,999 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Feed Hawaii's mission is to support a sustainable regional food system by providing essential services and resources for local food producers and increasing community access to fresh healthy food.

What it reported doing in 2025

Additional programs beyond the top 3 listed on the 990 include the mobile market, in which we bring locally grown, raised and made foods out to the community to overcome transportation and wifi barriers to accessing our services, value-added production, in which we process b grade produce that doesn't already have a market into fresh juices and other products, thereby increasing revenue streams for our participating producers and reducing food waste, visitor industry, in which we provide locally made consumer packaged goods to visitor industry outlets, thereby increasing revenue streams and viability for our small local food businesses, and commercial kitchen rental and technical assistance for agricultural producers and aspiring/ beginning/ established small food businesses. This program offers a fully equipped commercial kitchen for shared-use rental by agricultural producers and beginning/ established food businesses in our region to comply with department of health regulations for prepared foods and provide critical infrastructure not otherwise available to incubate food businesses and support our local food economy.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 80
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.9%; rating input score 67
  • Program expense ratio: 96.7%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1,605.35 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 30.9%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.87; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.9%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22.3% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 21.5% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 31.3% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.9% of revenue deployed · 96.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $97K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 45/100.