Friends of Hawaii Robotics
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 263139930
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2020
- Forms available
- Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2008
- Location
- Honolulu, HI, USA
- Phone
- 8087384590
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $20,451
- Expenses
- $187,164
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LEONARD KLOMPUS (PRESIDENT)
- KENNETH MARCUS (VICE PRESIDENT/SECRETARY)
People named in this filing
- LEONARD KLOMPUS (PRESIDENT)
- ALAN HAYASHI (DIRECTOR)
- KENNETH MARCUS (VICE PRESIDENT/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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organization works to support the development and growth of educational robotics programs in the state of Hawaii. The organization sustains significant team and program retention during trying economic times with increased recruitment and new team participation among public schools, from elementary to high schools.
What it reported doing in 2020
The not-for-profit, non-partisan organization supports six educational robotics programs which operate in public, private, and charter schools from elementary through high school grade levels. Six major events/tournaments were hosted in the 2020-2021 school year, as well as dozens of regional and district qualifying events. Over 500 robotics teams serviced through these programs, with over 8,500 students and nearly 300 teachers participating. As a critical component of the Hawaii innovation initiative, the organization's education engages students in science, technology, engineering, math (stem) education and provides them with the teamwork, critical thinking and real world problem-solving skills beneficial to competing in the 21st century workplace. The organization believes that by strengthening these aptitudes and abilities in Hawaii's youth, there will be a brighter future for the state of Hawaii and the country. The organization also spends numerous volunteer time working to provide resources to educators and students including specific program kits of parts for robot construction, teacher training, tournaments for showcasing student's designs, and regional championship events to recognize high-caliber competition.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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
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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 3
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -815.2%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 19.2%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -33.5% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.1% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $187K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2011 to 2020
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.