Sustain Hawaii
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 200040349
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Waimanalo, HI, USA
- Phone
- 8087395200
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Professional Societies, Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $114,541
- Expenses
- $74,860
- Assets
- $82,975
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- Kevin Vaccarello (Executive Dir.)
- Ramsay Taum (Chairman)
- Randy Freitas (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
We're dedicated to helping transform our islands' capacity for enduring self-reliance by balancing ecological socio-cultural and economic needs through community education, innovative practice and advocacy.
What it reported doing in 2024
Sustain Hawaii began successful implementation of a 3-year cultural preservation grant for native, medicinal plants from the Administration for Native Americans. We've also continued assisting our indigenous population and vulnerable community members with systems-based health & wellness education, including hands-on learning creating nutrient rich growing medium, planting/harvesting nutrient dense fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices, nuts and seeds, food prep and value-add production, culinary skills, daily nutrient tracking and gap analyses, etc.
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
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 66
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
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: 34.6%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.11; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- 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 — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.