Hawaii Coffee Foundation C/o Hawaii Coffee Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
863818073
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Kealakekua, HI, USA
Phone
5303043474
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,000
Expenses
$1,571
Assets
$26,405

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RYSON NAKAMASU (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ALLA KOSTENKO (DIRECTOR)
  • DONNA WOOLLEY (DIRECTOR)
  • CHRIS SPEERE (DIRECTOR)

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

The Hawaii coffee foundation (hcf) is a supporting organization of the Hawaii coffee association (hca), a 501(c)(6) tax-exempt entity that represents coffee growers, processors, retailers, and service providers with shared interests in hawaiian coffee. Hcf's mission is to provide a forum for education, communication, and the pursuit of shared goals that are beneficial to the sustained profitability of the entire Hawaii coffee industry.

What it reported doing in 2025

The hcf's primary activity will be the implementation of the strategic plan to control coffee leaf rust in Hawaii (2020). The strategic plan consists of eight (8) phases related to research and investigation of the clr infestation and eventual eradication and other solutions. The hcf will engage primarily in fundraising solicitations from private industry, as well as government grants, to fund and support research efforts and implementation of the strategic plan.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 31.4%; rating input score 31
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 68.6%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 16.81; rating input score 95; 95th 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: 26.7% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 52.4% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 31.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 31/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.