Hamakua Harvest Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
453200005
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Honokaa, HI, USA
Phone
8088962151
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Agricultural Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$90,142
Expenses
$93,104
Assets
$4,491
Liabilities
$3,664

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEYNNA TAGABI (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DEYNNA TAGABI (PRESIDENT)
  • ASHLEY JONES (VICE PRESIDE)
  • THERESA CHERRY (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Hamakua harvest's mission is to promote and advance hamakua agriculture by supporting local farmers, enriching the region's social fabric, and promoting healthy rural lifestyles for the benefit of hamakua's communities, economy, and environment.

What it reported doing in 2024

Hamakua harvest's demonstration farm and orchard encompass a three-acre diversified farming system, modeling the most economically and environmentally viable crops for the hamakua region. Proven, innovative techniques will be used to demonstrate a variety of sustainable agriculture practices, as well as practical business methods to help local family farms succeed in today's market. The demonstration farm and orchard will integrate hands-on learning opportunities for all skill levels, while supplying healthy, fresh, local produce for residents.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 67% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.7%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 94.5%; rating input score 95

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.3%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.82; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.7%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.1% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.3% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7.4% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.7% of revenue deployed · 94.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $88K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.