Growing One Future
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 993706110
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Keaau, HI, USA
- Phone
- 8082175542
- Rating
- 94
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $29,366
- Expenses
- $49,360
- Assets
- $6
- 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
- Evelyn Libal (President)
People named in this filing
- Evelyn Libal (President)
- Jacqueline Ampulski (Secretary)
- Nikolas Owens (Treasurer)
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
Growing One Future combats food insecurity in Hawai'i through hands-on education in sustainable agriculture. We empower individuals to grow their own food, fiber, and medicine by providing workshops, community gardens, and demonstration farms. Our programs serve low-income and underserved communities, fostering food independence and environmental sustainability. Through our SAFE (Sustainable AgroForest Education) Program, we offer training in organic farming, environmental restoration, and agroforestry, distributing farm-fresh produce and plant starts to support community wellness and resilience.
What it reported doing in 2025
In 2025, Growing One Future began active operations on its 3-acre community farm site in Keaau, Hawaii. Major infrastructure work included clearing and grading the land using bulldozers and excavators, installing perimeter and internal fencing, constructing raised garden beds, and establishing irrigation systems. The organization launched its Sustainable Agroforestry and Farming Education (SAFE) program, providing hands-on educational workshops teaching community members sustainable agriculture practices. GOF grew and distributed produce and garden starter boxes to community members and volunteers. Volunteers contributed labor hours for planting, weeding, and building infrastructure. All programs were conducted on property leased from the organization's board members at $1/year under a formal lease agreement reviewed under the organization's Conflict of Interest Policy.
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 21
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 94.7%; rating input score 95
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: -68.1%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 6; 6th 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: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 37.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -199.9% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $47K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.