Hawaii Environmental Restoration

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833178395
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Pahoa, HI, USA
Phone
8089378867
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Forest Conservation

Reported finances

Revenue
$93,738
Expenses
$96,416
Assets
$123,223
Liabilities
$63,532

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Cindy Dupuis (President & CEO & Project Director)
  • Jon Rathbun (Vice President & Field Assistant)

People named in this filing

  • Cindy Dupuis (President & CEO & Project Director)
  • Geoffrey Kern (Secretary & Treasurer)
  • Thomas Brennan (Cultural Advisor)

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

Restoration and protection of the Keauohana Native State Forest Reserve.

What it reported doing in 2025

*Hawaii Environmental Restoration*'s (HER) primary project focuses on the restoration and preservation of Keau'ohana State Forest Reserve, the largest and most intact lowland rainforest remaining below 1,000 feet in the State of Hawai'i. Since June of 2014, Keau'ohana has undergone an intensive restoration process that has focused on the control of invasive plant species, and the planting of native species on what is now ~20 acres of the most biodiverse portion of the reserve. This FY 2024-25 marked 11 years of HER's committed work in the Keau'ohana Forest Reserve, launching its ninth systematic restoration pass in August 2024 and completing the cycle by July of 2025. HER facilitated nine volunteer field days and participated in ten outreach and educational events over the course of the year-bringing the number of special event days to 19. In total, 151 individuals contributed 635 hours of service toward HER environmental and educational efforts. A total of 855 native seedlings were planted during FY 2024-25-contributing to a long-term vision of returning shaded native forest canopy to degraded areas. It was a steady and meaningful year for HER, demonstrating consistent management, robust community engagement, and continued ecological care.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.9%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.28; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.52; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 42.3%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.6% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.