Hawaii International Film Festival

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
990280373
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Honolulu, HI, USA
Phone
8085639391
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Film, Video

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,164,267
Expenses
$1,256,117
Assets
$383,193
Liabilities
$39,355

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEFFERY A BELL (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • BECKIE STOCCHETTI (EXECUTIVE DI): $101,500 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To foster international cultural awareness and understanding through the medium of film. To act as a creative pipeline for Hawaii and the pacific, showcasing new and emerging talent from Hawaii, asia, americas, europe, and the pacific islands.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024, hiff presented eight free education programs serving 11,468 participants in the education community: -guest filmmaker program (served 1,034 students from 28 Hawaii schools / 30 visiting filmmakers, -youth education screenings/yes program (served 7,390 students across 60 Hawaii schools), -student showcase (318 participants), -future filmmakers workshops (81 participants), -hiff acm accelerator program (766 participants) -hiff 'opio fest (1,848 participants) -hiff student filmmaker committee (20 college students), -hiff internship program (11 high school + college students) in 2024, hiff also presented mutliple free industry programs including panel discussions, seminars, filmmaker q&a's, and online events to support and strengthen the pacific island creative industries: 79 filmmaker discussions (total attendance: 6411) 14 live panels, seminars, and masterclasses (total attendance: 1,996) hiff online creators & critics immersive (10 participants) all hiff 2024 educational initiatives and industry programs were presented for free to participants statewide across 6 islands. Hiff considers the programs a success with extremely positive feedback from participants, students, teachers, audience, and filmmakers. These programs serve to expand participants' knowledge about filmmaking and the creative media industry, incrase appreciation for film as an art form, inspire students and filmmakers in their media-related work, and heighten cross-cultural awareness and understanding. Hiff 2024 additionally hosted 51 free programs and films made available for free to audiences via community screenings, workshops, etc.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 - 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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 65
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.6%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 73.8%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.92 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.9%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.1%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.6% of revenue deployed · 73.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 17 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $927K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $102K · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 17/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 43/100.