Orchid Growers of Hawaii
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 990317932
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- Hilo, HI, USA
- Phone
- 8089381898
- Rating
- 44
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,206
- Expenses
- $5,223
- Assets
- $81,347
- Liabilities
- $61
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jon Tanoyue (President)
- Elton Mow (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Jon Tanoyue (President)
- Elton Mow (Vice President)
- Tong Teng Neo (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
See Statement 4
What it reported doing in 2025
Participate in conferences and shows to share information concerning the research and marketing of potted orchids
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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: 19
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 24.1%; rating input score 24
- Program expense ratio: 9.6%; rating input score 10
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -62.9%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 15.57; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -17.4% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 24.1% of revenue deployed · 9.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $500 in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 24/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 10/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.