Guide Dogs of Hawaii (Adaptive AIDS Canines and Advocacy for the Blind)
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 990103779
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Honolulu, HI, USA
- Phone
- 8089411088
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $706,064
- Expenses
- $786,828
- Assets
- $972,315
- Liabilities
- $767,696
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BRIAN TILKER (PRESIDENT)
- SUSAN NONAKA (VICE PRESIDENT)
- JEANNE TORRES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- JEANNE TORRES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $95,173 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Striving to enhance communications, promote equality and create opportunities for Hawaii's blind and visually impaired.
What it reported doing in 2024
Camp get ahead for youth: in 2024, we hosted our 6th annual camp get ahead, serving 15 blind and visually impaired youths statewide. Campers gained independence through self-care, daily living skills, and accessible activities like basketball, nature walks, horseback riding, and swimming. Most importantly, they built friendships and discovered their own potential.get visual train-a-thon: our annual get visual train-a-thon empowers clients of all ages to strengthen mobility-the foundation of independence for the blind and visually impaired. Youth are inspired by adults who model successful, independent living, creating mentorship, confidence, and hope for the future.positive aging: our positive aging program supports blind and visually impaired seniors with activities that promote wellness, independence, and social connection. With ongoing orientation and mobility training, seniors preserve their autonomy, stay active, and remain engaged members of their community.together, these programs create a continuum of care-from youth to adulthood to the senior years-ensuring that blind and visually impaired individuals have the skills, confidence, and community they need to live full, independent, and meaningful lives.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 61% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 67.6%; rating input score 68
- Program expense ratio: 60.4%; rating input score 60
- Fundraising efficiency: $34.8 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 71; 71st 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -11.4%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.24; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.79; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.1%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 67.6% of revenue deployed · 60.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $475K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $95K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.