Hawaii State Bar Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 455444938
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Honolulu, HI, USA
- Phone
- 8087927345
- Rating
- 69
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $100,651
- Expenses
- $63,706
- Assets
- $262,595
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MATTHEW WINTER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MATTHEW WINTER (PRESIDENT)
- MARISSA MACHIDA (VICE-PRESIDE)
- CAROL KITAOKA (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
(1) to promote justice through programs such as access to justice for persons in need of legal services, civics education, and other public service programs and projects, including programs and projects of the Hawaii state bar association; (2) to improve the administration of justice through the creation, development, funding, and delivery of continuing professional and legal education, and leadership, mentoring and other programs for the legal profession; and (3) to support the charitable, scientific, literary, religious, or educational purposes withing the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code (or the corresponding provision of any future united states internal revenue law) (the "code").
What it reported doing in 2024
Our fellows program accepts donations from individuals who are designated as follows: founding life fellow - pledge 1,000/year for 5 years and continuing each year founding fellow - pledge 1,000 (250/year for 4 years) and continuing each year associate founding fellow - 100 per year while eligible to be a member of the young lawyers division these donations to hsbf are used to further hsbf's tax-exempt purpose, in general, and the specified program service accomplishments listed above.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 69% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Sustainability: 76
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 51.2%; rating input score 51
- Program expense ratio: 81%; rating input score 81
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 36.7%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.12; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 51.2% of revenue deployed · 81% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $52K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 6 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.