Kaiaulu Initiatives
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 994608757
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Lahaina, HI, USA
- Phone
- 8082981742
- Rating
- 48
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $14,670
- Expenses
- $3,369
- Assets
- $11,301
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JEREMY DELOS REYES (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JEREMY DELOS REYES (PRESIDENT)
- JORDAN RUIDAS (VICE PRESIDE)
- SHANNON I'I (SECRETARY)
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
Kaiaulu initiatives is regreening and rebuilding lahaina one tree and one person at a time through education, training, community networking & sustainability while incorporating hawaiian cultural practices.
What it reported doing in 2024
Education: cultural and environmental stewardship education is woven into every aspect of kaiaulu initiatives' work. Through our hands-on restoration projects, we teach both volunteers and students the deep interconnection between culture and ecology. Every week, during our tuesday, thursday, and sunday volunteer workdays, participants learn how to identify native and invasive plants, apply sustainable land-care techniques, and understand the cultural significance of each species they help restore. Over the past year, more than 1,200 volunteers have engaged in this form of experiential learning, gaining knowledge that extends beyond the land to personal and collective transformation. We also partner with local schools and youth organizations to deliver structured outdoor learning experiences that merge hawaiian cultural values with environmental science. Our ku i ke kumu outdoor curriculum, for example, engages middle school students in field-based education that connects them to place through traditional practices, mo'olelo, and conservation principles. Participants gain a working understanding of native ecosystems and develop the confidence to act as environmental stewards in their daily lives. Teachers and volunteers alike report stronger connections to hawaiian culture, improved awareness of sustainability practices, and an overall increase in civic and ecological responsibility. These sessions have helped to build a community network of informed, capable caretakers who are actively shaping the recovery and resilience of lahaina. In the short term, we plan to enhance the educational components of weekly volunteer sessions by creating standardized learning modules and plant identification systems. Expand school partnerships to reach three additional youth programs by 2026.in the long term, we plan to develop the kaiaulu restoration site into a living outdoor learning center where intergenerational education thrives, bridging ancestral knowledge, environmental science, and community well-being to sustain lahaina for generations to come.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 22
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 10%; rating input score 10
- Program expense ratio: 43.4%; rating input score 43
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 77%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.35; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 10% of revenue deployed · 43.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 10/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 43/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.