Ka'eo Athletics Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921800248
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Kailua Kona, HI, USA
Phone
8084431452
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Amateur Sports

Reported finances

Revenue
$152,105
Expenses
$144,529
Assets
$39,760

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHE K PILAGO (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • WANALEE SCHUELER (TREASURER)
  • RACHEL THOMPSON (SECRETARY)
  • CHE K PILAGO (PRESIDENT)

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

The purpose of ka'eo athletics project is to teach self-defense and confidence building yjjrpogh athletic programming such as muay thai, surfing and jiujitsu. The goal is to provide community empowerment through athletics and martial arts

What it reported doing in 2025

Organization sent 5 athletes to represent team USA at the international amazing muay thai world championship in verona, italy where fighters earned multiple gold, silver and bronze medals in their respective divisions. Also , organization sent 10 athletes to the united states muay thai open in Arizona, where our team demonstrated secured gold, silver and bronze medals. In addition to competition success organization secured funding for coaching education, training and professional developmentfor both student athletes and coaches. These opportunities strengthened the quality of instruction, enhanced athlete development. And helped build a stronger foundation for continued success.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 82% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.5%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 76.3%; rating input score 76

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.3%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 32.4% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 28.5% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 55% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.5% of revenue deployed · 76.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $110K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.