Kauahea Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
990314456
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2010, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Wailuku, HI, USA
Phone
8082697563
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$181,004
Expenses
$92,591
Assets
$170,487

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HOKULANI HOLT-PADILLA (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • HOKULANI HOLT-PADILLA (PRESIDENT)
  • ULALIA WOODSIDE (VICE PRESIDE)
  • LORI LEI ISHIKAWA (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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Kauahea, inc. Supports hawaiian arts and culture, hawaiian spiritual practices, and the preservation and perpetuation of hawaiian language by providing access to learning opportunities throughout our community.

What it reported doing in 2022

Kauahea, inc. Has participated successfully as an advisor and active participant in a variety of hula competitions such as the king kamehameha day, merrie monarch festival, queen ka`ahumanu festival, hula o na keiki, ku mai ka hula, and maui mall hula competition. Pa`u o hi`iaka, a program halau supported by kauahea inc., also participates in numerous cultural gatherings, ceremonies, workshops, conferences and performances. The organization offers classes for adults in kahiko (traditional hula), `auana (contemporary hula), hawaiian language, and hawaiian arts. Na kinimakalehua brings together kumu hula (hula masters) who create new performing art works, bringing forward the traditional and contemporary stories of Hawaii. Cultural practitioners have opportunities to attend kauahea inc.s na lehuakumakua and hawaiian cultural practices institute programs which provides workshops, classes, and programs, focusing on deepening and expanding hawaiian cultural knowledge.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 46.3%; rating input score 46
  • Program expense ratio: 90.5%; rating input score 90

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 48.8%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.84; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 46.3% of revenue deployed · 90.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $84K 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: 8 filing years from 2011 to 2022
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.