Hale Kipa
Legal name: Hale Kipa Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237061499
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- ʻEwa Beach, HI, US
- Phone
- (808) 589-1829
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Children's, Youth Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $8,880,412
- Expenses
- $8,476,108
- Assets
- $16,558,376
- Liabilities
- $1,611,174
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- VENUS ROSETE-MEDEIROS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Highest reported compensation
- VENUS ROSETE-MEDEIROS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $175,480 total reported compensation
- GWEN OKAMOTO (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $113,523 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Rooted in aloha and kuleana, Hale Kipa is dedicated to supporting and empowering Hawai‘i’s youth, young adults, and families who are navigating trauma, injustice, and systemic barriers. Through safe and nurturing housing, culturally grounded care, and trauma-informed relationships, we encourage them to discover their passions, embrace their resilience, and thrive as compassionate, responsible leaders in their families and communities.
What it reported doing in 2024
Outreach and prevention services - approx 983 youth & young adults served: community-based outreach & advocacy programs provide strategic outreach and linkages to build community relationships with youth & young adults ages 10-21 and their families.guide on the side helps young adults ages 18-24 address the challenges of being unsheltered, navigate support systems & meet basic health, education & housing needs.independent living program, higher education, imua kakou provides support, skill building & connections for youth ages 12-27 in or formerly in foster care. Ka'i like program works collaboratively with family court to provide opportunities & support to youth involved in the juvenile justice system.kalihi juvenile assessment center provides a range of services including case management, family support, referrals, youth development and linkage to cultural opportunities to youth given an eligible civil citation in hpd's district 5 (kalihi).transition & aftercare support services provide support services to youth in and transitioning out of Hawaii youth correctional facility.wraparound services is an intensive, comprehensive family-driven planning & problem-solving process.youth outreach (yo!) provides street outreach, drop-in services, case management, and health and medical services to youth on a referral or walk-in basis.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 88% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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 liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 70
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.4%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 79.9%; rating input score 80
- Fundraising efficiency: $219.84 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- 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: 9 of 9 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: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.6%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.95; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.4%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 5 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 76.4% of revenue deployed · 79.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $6.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $175K · 16 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $179K reported
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 59/100.