Halau Hula Kauluokala
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 200700471
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Wailuku, HI, USA
- Phone
- 8082508581
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Dance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $81,897
- Expenses
- $92,683
- Assets
- $46,936
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RODNEY ULUWEHI GUERRERO (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- RODNEY ULUWEHI GUERRERO (PRESIDENT)
- JOHN YURICK (TREASURER)
- GAIL FUJIWARA (ASST. TREASU)
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
We educate and instill the values of hawaiian culture through language, chant and dance. We encourage the development of skills and knowledge as being part of a caring, respectful community, bringing awareness and sensitivity to perpetuate all things hawaiian. Our goal is to build self- confidence with a greater understanding and connection to our ancestral ways. Thus with a strong foundation through education, we will ensure a secure future, and enduring pride in hawaiian culture.
What it reported doing in 2025
Instruction at halau hula kauluokala is deeply rooted in the use of traditional hawaiian instruments and implements. Students receive comprehensive training in rhythmic arts and musical accompaniment, featuring: traditional gourds & drums: ipu (gourds) and pahu (drums) hand implements: 'uli'uli(feathered gourd rattles), 'ili'ili (water-worn stones), kala'au(split bamboo) string instruments: 'ukulele instruction and accompaniment class offerings the halau hosts eleven classes each week, providing dedicated instruction tailored to all age groups: keiki & youth: serving students from ages 3 to 17 adults: comprehensive instruction for adult learners of various skill levels global cultural exchange beyond weekly instruction, halau hula kauluokala proudly serves as an ambassador of hawaiian culture abroad. The hlau regularly participates in international cultural exchanges, including performances at the ka hikina o ka la hula festival in miyazaki, japan, as well as various other venues throughout the country.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 65% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- 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: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 89.7%; rating input score 90
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -13.2%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 30.1%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 89.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $83K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 26/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.