Hawaiian Humane Society

What it reported doing in 2024

The socially conscious animal community framework, which is among the guiding principles of hawaiian humane, invites all community stakeholders to work together and achieve better outcomes for people and their pets. The hawaiian humane society seeks to work with these partners - including shelters, rescue groups, policy makers, law enforcement, media, veterinarians, behavior professionals, human-animal service providers and community members - to address the most critical animal issues in our community. Community engagement and education are at the core of what we do and include advocating for people and animals in the community, in government, in the private and non-profit sectors, and one by one with individual people. Pet kokua by hawaiian humane and the ginny tiu community spay/neuter centers are dedicated to keeping pets and people together and reversing pet overpopulation through services such as high-quality, low- or no-fee spay/neuter (3,257 animals in fye25); wellness and vaccine clinics (12 clinics serving 316 animals in fye25); pet food bank (14,974 animals fed in fye25) and other resources for struggling pet owners. The other pillars of our community outreach program include humane education (25,638 youth and adults educated in fye25); communications ($309,772,280 in earned media in fye25), promoting adoption, foster care, responsible pet ownership and the humane treatment of animals); supporting the human-animal bond (21,337 people served by pet visitation program in fye25); and advocacy (6 statewide animal protection laws passed in fye25).

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 87.6%; rating input score 88
• Program expense ratio: 81.8%; rating input score 82
• Fundraising efficiency: $7.32 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -6%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.1; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5.1%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings