Pihana Ka Ikena

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
873236960
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Kapaa, HI, USA
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cultural, Ethnic Awareness

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$230,713
Expenses
$82,671
Assets
$328,853
Liabilities
$149,748

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tenley Ueda (President)
  • Maco Waialeale (Vice President)
  • Sean Chen (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Shereen Hoopii (Director)
  • Shannon Maldonado (Director)
  • Keola Luka (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of Pihan Ka Ikena is to perpetuate traditional Hawaiian healing arts and culture through education and practical application. The mission is to address health, social and econimic disparities afflicting Native Hawaiians through education of Hawaiian cultural practices.

What it reported doing in 2025

Traditional Hawaiian Healing Educaton and Cultural Instruction - Conducted internal healing and cultural practice classes for PKI members; Provided instruction for men, women and youth; Hosted classes at Hihiakalahau as well as off-site request; Delivered workshops to community organizations seeking Traditional Hawaiian Healing education; Integrated 'ike kupuna (ancestral knowledge), protocol and practical application to all. 40 PKI members participated in internal classes, 15 youth engaged in cultural and healing instruction, 10 outside organizations hosted workshops, total estimated particiants across all educational offerings approximtely 300 individuals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 32
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 21.5%; rating input score 22
  • Program expense ratio: 60%; rating input score 60
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 64.2%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.98; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.46; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 21.5% of revenue deployed · 60% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $50K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 45 of 45 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 22/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.