Hawaii Aquaculture and Aquaponics Association Haaa
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 273891053
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Honolulu, HI, USA
- Phone
- 8082604849
- Rating
- 56
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Agricultural Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $51,791
- Expenses
- $12,015
- Assets
- $56,384
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Anthony Mau (President)
- Anthony Ostrowski (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Anthony Mau (President)
- Anthony Ostrowski (Vice President)
- David Anderson (Secretary)
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
Educate the public, government, and industry stakeholders about the potential and benefit of aquaculture products to improve Hawaii's ability to be self-sufficient and self-sustaining; to expand understanding about aquaculture's contribution to the conservation of Hawaii's limited natural resources; and to promote Hawaii's aquaculture products and services locally, domestically, and internationally to confirm Hawaii's reputation as a center of excellence for applied research and aquaculture technology.
What it reported doing in 2025
At the end of 2025, HAAA received a $50,000 grant from Ulupono Initiative to conduct a statewide aquaculture baseline survey. The survey involves compiling information from existing sources about the current scope, future potential, and producers' concerns regarding Hawaii's aquaculture and aquaponic industries. To fill in gaps in currently available information, interviews will be conducted with aquaculture and aquaponic producers, academic researchers, and government personnel. A final report will be prepared and provided to Ulupono Initiative, which in turn will submit the report to Hawaii's Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity and to State legislators to help develop forward-looking policies regarding aquaculture and aquaponics. Since the funding was received in late December 2025, no expenses were accrued for this project until 2026, so the amount reported on this form is 0.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 97% 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 24
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 76
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 10.8%; rating input score 11
- Program expense ratio: 46.6%; rating input score 47
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 76.8%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.69; rating input score 83; 83rd 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: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 10.8% of revenue deployed · 46.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $6K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 11/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 47/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.