Lokahi The Ukulele Collective
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 994476779
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Honolulu, HI, USA
- Phone
- 3107484891
- Rating
- 58
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $57,206
- Expenses
- $49,094
- Assets
- $13,012
- Liabilities
- $4,900
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Mark Fukunaga (President)
- Alan Lundren (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Mark Fukunaga (President)
- Diana Brown (VP/Secretary)
- Mary Keenan (VP/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
LOKAHI is a non-profit effort bringing together passionate individuals from schools, the music industry, nonprofits, and the broader communityto transform music education. We believe that students, no matter their location or circumstances, deserve access to a high-quality musiceducation during the school day. We connect educators, technology and artists so all students, everywhere, can benefit from culturally-relevantmusic learning. We build school-based interdisciplinary and culturally relevant music programs that are scalable and sustainable. Our goal is to engage a largenumber of students, providing a way for them to learn both in the classroom and on their own anytime. Our approach centers on kumu(educators) and equips them with technology, tools, and training to amplify their impact. Together, we eliminate barriers to access, so allstudents can experience the social-emotional, motor and cognitive advantages that music provides.
What it reported doing in 2025
Lokahi: The Ukulele Collective empowers teachers to integrate ukulele-based music education into the regular school day across Hawai'i. In 2025, its first full year of operations, Lokahi delivered programming across four core areas: Teacher Professional DevelopmentLokahi launched its first year-long HIDOE professional development program in 2025, enrolling 50 teachers across two cohorts with initial workshops delivered in July and October. Program completion is expected in 2026. In addition, Lokahi delivered a virtual Introduction to Ukulele & Lyric Writing workshop to approximately 90 registered teachers (70 final attendees) in partnership with HIDOE, and facilitated in-person workshop sessions reaching approximately 30 additional teachers at professional conferences.Ho'olokahi Lyrics Writing ChallengeLokahi completed its inaugural Ho'olokahi Lyrics Writing Challenge (SY 202425), a statewide student songwriting program in which students write original lyrics to a shared ukulele melody. Approximately 900 students from 33 schools across four islands O'ahu, Maui, Kaua'i, and Hawai'i Island participated. As a culminating celebration, award-winning Hawai'i artist Paula Fuga visited the winning classroom, bringing the songwriting experience to life for students.Hawaiian Artist Song LibraryLokahi released four collaboratively developed songs for classroom use in 2025. Each lesson is created in close collaboration with the featured artist and includes a behind-the-scenes artist interview and a play-along video with the artist. Three original compositions "Country Road," "Lilikoi, and Just a Little Bit" were written by Paula Fuga under license to Lokahi for educational use. A fourth song, "The Aloha Chant," was developed in collaboration with the Hawaiian Legacy Foundation and Myrna Kamae, with the blessing of the estate of the late Hawaiian musician Eddie Kamae. Lokahi also began development of a Hawaiian Song Toolkit an evolving classroom resource featuring traditional Hawaiian music with chords, lyrics, and play-along videos designed to support teachers in introducing culturally relevant music into their classrooms.Artist Partnerships & Community EngagementLokahi established an artist partnership with Jack Johnson, who created a video message to inspire student songwriters participating in the Ho'olokahi Challenge. This model is now being used as a framework to engage additional artists in supporting student creativity across Hawai'i. Lokahi also hosted the 1st Annual Lokahi Play Along in May 2025, a community celebration bringing together students, teachers, and partners to showcase the year's musical accomplishments.We accomplished all this amazing work, in part, due to the generous donation of approximately 3000 hours of time and additional services by Servco Pacific.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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. 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: 31
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 29.2%; rating input score 29
- Program expense ratio: 34.1%; rating input score 34
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: 14.2%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.38; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 29.2% of revenue deployed · 34.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $17K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 29/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 34/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.