Sustainable Coastlines Hawai'i
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 452596726
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2014, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- Honolulu, HI, USA
- Phone
- 8084452085
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Natural Resources Conservation and Protection
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,083,086
- Expenses
- $1,131,913
- Assets
- $878,252
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- RAFAEL BERGSTROM (EXECUTIVE DI): $113,169 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The reduction of pollution on coastlines through large scale beach cleanups and education to inspire better consumer behaviors and continued coastal stewardship.
What it reported doing in 2024
Our large-scale cleanups are hands-on and engaging community beach cleanups held across the islands. With a focus on fun and education, our goal is to take grass-roots action to inspire global change. Plastic pollution is an overwhelming issue and with the help of thousands of volunteers, over half a million pounds of debris have been removed from our coastlines. However, what we've learned along the way is that cleaning can only do so much. It is not the solution; cleanups are the gateway to behavior change. After spending a couple of hours doing the hard work with the sch crew, we know that you will never look at plastic the same. Sustainable coastlines hawai'i cleanups are immersive, inspiring people to look deeper into the productsthey purchase and use on a daily basis. Together, we can turn off the tap to plastic pollution by changing how we consume and asking more from the businesses that provide us with goods and services. We'll never ask you tobe perfect at cleanups, just to take notice and be part of a community of positive change.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 75% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.3%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 79.1%; rating input score 79
- Fundraising efficiency: $20.13 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4.5%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.78; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 10%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.3% of revenue deployed · 79.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $896K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $113K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 59/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.