Hawaii Unites

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921615438
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Kihei, HI, USA
Phone
8082986335
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Natural Resources Conservation and Protection

Reported finances

Revenue
$16,408
Expenses
$12,460
Assets
$21,381
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tina Lia (Founder and President)

People named in this filing

  • Tina Lia (Founder and President)
  • Robbin Hill (Treasurer and Secretary)
  • Lloyd Buell (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

Honoring and protecting our sacred connection to the natural world

What it reported doing in 2025

The goal of the organization is the conservation and protection of our environment and natural resources. In 2025, the organization facilitated and participated in outreach events and activities to raise awareness about environmental concerns, printed and distributed educational materials, documented research and published a website and newsletter to educate the community, and pursued legal action to protect the environment.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 89% 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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.9%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 82.9%; rating input score 83

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: 24.1%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.72; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -69.3% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -48.5% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 49% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.9% of revenue deployed · 82.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.