Halau Kalama

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
453170062
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Aurora, CO, USA
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Dance

Reported finances

Revenue
$55,689
Expenses
$47,200
Assets
$35,069

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Adrianna Seamster (President)
  • Matt De Hoyos (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Katelyn Nester (Treasurer)
  • Adrianna Seamster (President)
  • Matt De Hoyos (Vice President)

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

Halau Kalama is dedicated to the preservation and perpetuation of Native Pacific Islands culture and heritage through music dance language and education. Members of Halau Kalama collaborate and strive to entertain as well as enlighten all communities who wish to experience the Aloha Spirit

What it reported doing in 2025

We hold a large fundraiser throughout the year to raise money to cover the expenses of the Halau and share the Pacific Islands Native Hawaiians and Asian American cultures in the surrounding community and get community engagement and education for these cultures. Our goal is to be able to offer scholarships and other benefits to our members and the community at large so these cultures are preserved and live in everyones hearts.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 61% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 42
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 39.4%; rating input score 39
  • Program expense ratio: 46.5%; rating input score 46

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.2%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.74; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 69% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -35.8% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -12.9% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 39.4% of revenue deployed · 46.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $22K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 39/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 46/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.