Mana'olana Pink Paddlers

What it reported doing in 2025

Waves of hope cancer assistance program - cancer patients often report depression, anxiety, and fatigue. They fear recurrence or even death. They worry about prohibitive medical expenses. Mana'olana established the waves of hope cancer assistance program in december 2019 to help reduce financial stress for maui's cancer patients. The program is administered by a five-member volunteer committee with extensive experience in project management, business, nonprofits, and health services. We offer assistance of up to $500 to cancer patients for complimentary care and naturopathic and holistic medicine. We also offer second-round assistance to those in greatest need. To qualify, applicants must be maui county residents, 18 years of age or older, and diagnosed with cancer. Applications are submitted online via a simple form. The committee reviews and makes decisions, and the committee chair, a retired cpa, informs applicants of awards. Checks are cut and mailed to practitioners, with information tracked and reported.acupuncture, massage, and vitamin supplements have a profound effect on healing and recovery yet often are not covered by health insurance. In 2024, $5,440 in scholarships were provided to 12 cancer patients who obtained complimentary and alternative cancer treatments and assistance with medical bills. Ages ranged from 50-67. Half were diagnosed with breast cancer, while others included colon, ovarian, lung, and pancreatic cancer. About one-third of our awardees had advanced stages of cancer (stages 3 and 4). Scholarship payments went directly to health care providers for massage therapy, acupuncture treatments, iv therapy treatments, and co-pays for medical doctors, chemotherapy, and radiation treatments. Follow-up calls were made to awardees by our committee chair to ensure treatments were moving forward. We also provided one individual with free membership and one contributions to a non-profit organization.all awardees are low-income people in great need of support physically, emotionally, and financially. We have received overwhelmingly positive feedback from our recipients who report feeling less stressed and uplifted during difficult times. We've also heard from health clinics about the qualitative benefits of these services to their low-income patients. We are making a significant difference in cancer patients' lives. About two to three volunteer hours each week are dedicated to this program.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 76.6%; rating input score 77
• Program expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 11%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.85; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings