Hui Aloha Aina Momona

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273930989
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Kaneohe, HI, USA
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Reported finances

Revenue
$147,590
Expenses
$136,906
Assets
$24,087

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • S Mokuohai (Member)
  • N Breeland (Member)
  • T Latorre (Member)

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

Preservation and growth of Hawaiian Culture and lifestyle practices through education centered around indigenous starches and farming practices. Promoting Aina Momona through various community lifestyle and educational activities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Aloha Aina Momona Farming & Community Outreach. Remediate land using indigenous farming techniques; provide community imu culture and natural farming workshops. Host workdays and network opportunities. Elevate national and community days of importance through celebration including La Hoihoi Ea & La Kuokoa. Distribute huli taro seed stock and ulu Breadfruit saplings for home and community gardens. Provide access to land to farm; establish framework for a sustainable and culturally historical model of living via the farmstead that the organization operates from. Establish models for sustainability through practices highlighted at the farmstead. Assist families in transitioning to more sustainable and food sustainable practices. Provide food workshops to elevate indigenous foods. Approximately 8,000 Kanaka were helped through these programs. Ulu saplings and huli were made available. Includes Occupancy.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 77% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.2%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 64.9%; rating input score 65

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.2%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 17; 17th 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: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -14.7% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.2% of revenue deployed · 64.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $89K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.