Hawai'i Island Workforce & Economic Development Ohana Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
201550014
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2022
Location
Hilo, HI, USA
Phone
8089350885
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Public, Societal Benefit

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$12,765
Assets
$247
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • MICHELE KU (VP\DIR)
  • CINDY TAVARES (TREAS-SECRET)
  • DARREN ELISAGA (PRES/DIR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Mission statement: to promote the development of a highly compentent workforce in order to sustain a vibrant economy and lifestyle. Vision: facilitate the establishment of a workfore development system for the county of Hawaii that will respond proactively to the divergent employment and training needs of the county by building community collaboration and by expanding financial resources. Mission statement: the mission of the huiana internship program is to bridge the gap between the classroom and the workforce by providing opportunities for high school students to gain real world, hands-on experience with an employer from an industry they are interested in pursuing as a career.

What it reported doing in 2022

The huiana student to workplace mentoring program focuses primarily on west Hawaii island high school youth as the labor force of the future. Huiana brings business, education, and community partnership together to foster and strengthen students' work-based skills and define career aspirations. We build bridges between school and the workplace allowing the student to have a successful transition following postsecondary training, from one environment to the other. Hiwedo promotes workplace mentoring as an effective transition and training tool. For the fiscal year ending june 30, 2021 the organization mentored and worked with students from west Hawaii island but was limited in the contacts that could be made due to covid-19 safety potocals. Subsequent to 2021 to 2023 covid -19 and limitations on school afterschool programs brought an end to huiana services.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -13.8% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2009 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.