Thinktech Hawaii Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
680559770
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2009
Location
Honolulu, HI, USA
Phone
8087809254
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$73,350
Expenses
$81,290
Assets
$69,802
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jay M Fidell (President/Director)
  • Carol Mon Lee (Vice President/Director)

People named in this filing

  • Jay M Fidell (President/Director)
  • Carol Mon Lee (Vice President/Director)
  • David Karl (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

ThinkTech Hawaii, Inc. primary purpose is to raise public awareness and provide a community based educational platform for civic engagement by citizen journalists on issues relating to the importance of technology, energy, health, environment, law, business diversification, national and global affairs to the State of Hawaii and the future of our state, through live stream, internet, and social media.

What it reported doing in 2024

Studio Activities - The organization conducted numerous talk show interviews with newsmakers, community and business leaders, scholars, teachers, scientists, and professionals in technology, energy, health, environment, law, business diversification, national and global affairs and disseminated them by live stream, internet, and social media to increase public awareness and provide a community based educational platform for civic engagement by citizen journalists. The organization collaborated with various academic, community and professional organizations in creating and promoting these programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

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: 31
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 33.1%; rating input score 33
  • Program expense ratio: 26.9%; rating input score 27

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: -10.8%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.86; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -20.6% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.2% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 33.1% of revenue deployed · 26.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $22K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 33/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.