Harvest Family Life Ministries Hawaii

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
851814569
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Wahiawa, HI, USA
Phone
8086949900
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Children's, Youth Services
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$210,176
Expenses
$250,733
Assets
$75,416
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ESTHER MCDANIEL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRAD MCDANIEL (DIRECTOR): $55,800 total reported compensation
  • ESTHER MCDANIEL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $37,800 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Harvest Family Life Hawaii (HFLHI)serves vulnerable keiki and their ohana before, during and after foster care with the Love of Jesus. HFLHI exists to help children progress from abuse and neglect to a safe, loving home with more than enough resources through connecting the local church with child welfare professionals.

What it reported doing in 2024

Church Engagement - a minimum of 27 churches participated in Stand Sunday in November 2024 to recognize and pray for children and families in the foster care system. Foster Care Matches 12 keiki received by 9 families Permanency: 6 children and 3 families assisted with completing Legal Guardianship or Adoption Respite Matches: 20 keiki between 7 family respite providers BUILD - Trauma informed, attachment based parenting courses 4 sessions in Maui with For the Family Serving Dept of Education-PREVENTION-serving social workers, school counselors and at-risk families through the Attendance Review Council - Leilehua Mililani Complex and Aiea Complex. Fifth year serving on the School Community Council at Ka'ala Elementary School which is a Title I school (85% or more of students qualify for free breakfast and lunch). Programs - Tangible Family Support Services Kokua Closet - 245 children served at University Avenue Baptist Church and Central Baptist Church CarePortal 927 children served Events July - iCare Back to School Bash over 1,200 students received new backpacks with school supplies as well as resources received at Back to School Bash event such as clothing, shoes and other goods from Pop Up Kokua Closet. November- National Adoption Month Celebration Worship Night - 2 adoptees from 2 different families presented their personal stories of adoption December - Happy Birthday Jesus Celebration in Mililani with over 50 families served and over 130 children in attendance. An additional 120 keiki who did not attend the celebration, but received a gift. Family Support Services: Hui Ho'ola - Healing Groups/Circles - A talk story small group or family setting with teen girls who were also new mothers. Girls process their emotions in a safe, non-therapeutic setting. This is done by using an evidenced-based, attachment and trauma informed approach. We evaluate the effectiveness of our programs with the data from pre and post assessments, administered by the Program Director in conjunction with the child's care givers and child welfare professionals. Monthly Community Support for parents attending an Ohana Conference with EPIC Ohana Conferencing.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 55
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 94.8%; rating input score 95
  • Fundraising efficiency: $97.74 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 71.4%; rating input score 71; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -19.3%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.3; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 37.3%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 7 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $238K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $56K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.