Friends of Ka Ulu Lauhala O Kona

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
873922125
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2025
Location
Kailua Kona, HI, USA
Phone
8082563083
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$5
Assets
$20,914
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Gloria-Ann Muraki (President)
  • Barbra Kossow (Vice President and Treasurer)

People named in this filing

  • Gloria-Ann Muraki (President)
  • Barbra Kossow (Vice President and Treasurer)
  • Michael Nahoopii (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The general purpose for which this Corporation has been established are as follows: a) encourage and promote awareness of, and educate adults and youth on traditional Native Hawaiian customs, values, including preservation of crafting methods, gathering practices relating to traditional Native Hawaiian weaving to include lauhala and other native fibers; b) promote Native Hawaiian-centered models of education and encourage programs to impart these Native Hawaiian cultural practices and the values inherent in them; c) promote engagement of the community-at-large in Native Hawaiian cultural practices; d) facilitate the gathering together of and communication among individuals and other groups whose purpose is to preserve and cultivate traditional Native Hawaiian customs, practices, traditions and values of traditional Native Hawaiian weaving; e) act as a fiscal agent for Ka Ulu Lauhala o Kona.

What it reported doing in 2025

Purpose of organization: a) encourage and promote awareness of, and educate adults and youth on traditional Native Hawaiian customs, values, including preservation of crafting methods, gathering practices relating to traditional Native Hawaiian weaving to include lauhala and other native fibers; b) promote Native Hawaiian-centered models of education and encourage programs to impart these Native Hawaiian cultural practices and the values inherent in them; c) promote engagement of the community-at-large in Native Hawaiian cultural practices; d) facilitate the gathering together of and communication among individuals and other groups whose purpose is to preserve and cultivate traditional Native Hawaiian customs, practices, traditions and values of traditional Native Hawaiian weaving; e) act as a fiscal agent for Ka Ulu Lauhala o Kona. Conducted annual Ka Ulu Lauhala o Kona lauhala weaving conference in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii from May 30 to June 3, 2023. Brought together over 200 lauhala weavers to conduct workshop, educational sessions and teaching programs for community participants to educate and perpetuate the traditional native cultural practice of lauhala weaving.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
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: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4,182.8; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 34.9% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.