On Tong Tung Heong Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311702858
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Honolulu, HI, USA
Phone
8088458409
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Improvement, Capacity Building N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$59,483
Expenses
$30,826
Assets
$494,800
Liabilities
$2,823

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DWIGHT CH LUM (PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • DWIGHT CH LUM (PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR)
  • HENRY HK LUM (TREASURER, DIRECTOR)
  • ARNOLD W LAM (SECRETARY, DIRECTOR)

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

The corporation is organized exclusively to provide a society whereby members of the lum clan of on tong village, china who are now residing in Hawaii may join together in an association for mutual help and benevolence, assistance, and charity among its members so that they may be of spiritual, moral and material help to each other and to this end to also provide a home for needy members as far as the society's financial ability can provide; to help any other charitable and benevolent cause as far as it is in the society's finacial ability; to foster, promote, cultivate and encourage the chinese culture and heritage in the community; to undertake, promote and sponsor charitable and educational programs or activities, benefitting the sick, disabled or indigent persons; to create an atmosphere of good fellowship among its members.

What it reported doing in 2025

Annual installation banquet for all members to create an atmosphere of good fellowship among its members.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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 liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 61
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 45.1%; rating input score 45
  • Program expense ratio: 87%; rating input score 87

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 48.2%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 16.05; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 45.1% of revenue deployed · 87% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $27K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.