Hui O Kuapa
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 990271743
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Kaunakakai, HI, USA
- Phone
- 8085518671
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $118,523
- Expenses
- $221,180
- Assets
- $70,402
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Guy Hanohano Naehu (Board President, Program Field Specialist)
- Tanya Maile Naehu (Board Vice President, Program Director)
People named in this filing
- Guy Hanohano Naehu (Board President, Program Field Specialist)
- Tanya Maile Naehu (Board Vice President, Program Director)
- Joseph Farber (Administrator, Board Treasurer)
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
We educate communities about native hawaiian resource mgmt and food security through the restoration and maintenance of historic, ancient, and culturally significant rock walled fishpond and rock lined terraced wetland farm plots growing taro, and gardens. We host over 1,000 people a year incl molokai k-12 students. We share the food that we produce with the community. We create digital content about the work we do to broadcast to a global audience.
What it reported doing in 2025
In August 2025 we completed the construction of a 250 sq ft covered pavilion with solar panels which will provide shelter to service visiting school field trips, other visiting community groups, and overnight hosted events. These facilities, along with our restrooms and show stalls which were completed in 2024, allow us to expand our services in providing hands-on immersive Hawaiian experiences. Over the past 12 month we have hosted six workdays in the fishpond that are open to the public, with about 15 community members per event participating. We held 8 workdays involving local community organizations and churches. Each year we work with groups from all the four elementary schools on Molokai, as well as the two secondary schools, Molokai Intermediate and High School. Services provided to the Molokai Schools include multiple outreach visits to classrooms and larger school assemblies and field trips to Ohalahala Fishpond, Honouliwai Stream and the gardens. In 2025 we hosted 18 field trips from Molokai K-12 schools involving over 700 students and 140 teachers. Kiai Koalition: July 7-10, 18 kids 12-16 YO 3 days/3nights. The Kiai Koalition Camp empowers Molokai youth through hands-on learning at Ohalahala fishpond and guided by cultural practitioners. Ke Aupuni Palapala - Professional Development Workshop Series. HOK developed and lead this 3-day workshop this past May for Hawaii DOE teachers to deepen their knowledge of Hawaiian pedagogical practices leading to effective ways to integrate land-based learning into their classrooms and outdoor settings. 65 teachers participated. Expenses were partially covered from a $10,000 grant provided by OHA. Konane Tournament. Hui o Kuapa served as sponsors and sat on the planning committee for the inaugural Ka Makou Konane (traditional Hawaiian board game) Tournament, with the top two contenders for each island advanced to the Hawaii State Finals at the Bishop Museum, Oahu.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 76% for direct work, and 24% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 18
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 75.4%; rating input score 75
- Program expense ratio: 40.4%; rating input score 40
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -86.6%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.32; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 39%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 75.4% of revenue deployed · 40.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $89K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.