Keep the Hawaiian Islands Beautiful

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
900411871
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2019
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2009
Location
Honolulu, HI, USA
Phone
8083838177
Rating
41
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Environmental Beautification and Aesthetics

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,012
Expenses
$58,095
Assets
$6,765
Liabilities
$20,137

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL OWENS (PRESIDENT/TREASURER)
  • KENNETH HARDING (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MICHAEL OWENS (PRESIDENT/TREASURER)
  • KENNETH HARDING (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • RENE MANSHO (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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization's mission is to enage individuals to take greater responsibility for improving their community environments. The organization, throught diverse partnerships representing government, business and citizen volunteers, will work to address litter prevention, waste reduction and beautification and the "threshold" quality of life issues affecting lands, waterways, roads, open spaces and urban places. Keep the hawaiian islands beautiful envisions the utlimate emergence o a sense of personal stewardship in future generations that will enhance our quality of life keeping america and the world beautiful.

What it reported doing in 2019

Litter index surveyenvironmental court training

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 12
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

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: -241.5%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.98; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -61.9% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -46.9% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -59.9% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2017 to 2019
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.