Life & Death Wellness

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843663274
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Kapaau, HI, USA
Phone
8436289011
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$711
Expenses
$2,515
Assets
$1,302
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Charlotte Charfen (Director)
  • Edith Cash-Dudley (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

Life and Death Wellness is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting individuals, families, and communities in rural Hawai'i through education, direct services, and end-of-life care coordination. Our mission is to improve access to compassionate, informed, and culturally sensitive end-of-life care in underserved communities.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization provided education and training to end-of-life doulas, healthcare professionals, and community members, with a focus on increasing awareness, building skills, and strengthening confidence in supporting individuals during serious illness and the dying process. These educational efforts included workshops, small-group training sessions, and individualized mentorship.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -253.7%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.52; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -58.8% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -45.8% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.