Uluhao O Hualalai
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 462014974
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Holualoa, HI, USA
- Phone
- 8088965034
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Cultural, Ethnic Awareness
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $46,376
- Expenses
- $53,820
- Assets
- $32,173
- Liabilities
- $5,376
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BETH BARTELL (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BETH BARTELL (PRESIDENT)
- KALA PATAO (VICE PRESIDE)
- LEHUA ALAPAI (SECRETARY)
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
To reforest hualalai mountain through natural and cultural education, as well as stewardship activities.
What it reported doing in 2025
Land stewardship through sign development and installation, gate security, trail development, tree planting, removal of invasive species, and the development of education brochures.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.6%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 80.7%; rating input score 81
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -16.1%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.6; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 93.6% of revenue deployed · 80.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $43K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.