Waihapakai

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
872085209
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Kaneohe, HI, USA
Phone
8086369987
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$245,249
Expenses
$214,759
Assets
$86,080
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Dane Kanaloa Bishop (CEO/President)
  • Kaleilehua Carillo (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Dane Kanaloa Bishop (CEO/President): $91,351 total reported compensation
  • Riz Donna Almagro (Secretary): $30,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Waihapakai mission is to educate and strengthen communities knowledge on our relationship to Hawaiis fresh and salt waters

What it reported doing in 2025

Since the start of the project, we have conducted successful once a month workdays. During community workdays, volunteers played a crucial role in the project restoration area. They engaged in various tasks such as planting native vegetation to contribute to erosion control measures and removing invasive species in streams and invasive plants in the restoration area. Community volunteers also participated in debris removal, helping to clear the area of litter and unwanted materials. Some assisted with water quality testing and wildlife surveys, contributing to the project's scientific data collection efforts. The collective effort of volunteers significantly accelerated the restoration process, allowing for more extensive area coverage and task completion than would have been possible with limited staff alone.we began the out planting of more native plants in the restoration areas for crucial ecosystem recovery and biodiversity conservation. This process involves careful site assessment, selection of appropriate native species like the milo, kou, kukui, and proper propagation techniques. Restoration efforts focus on clearing invasive plants and preparing the soil before introducing native flora. Ongoing maintenance, including irrigation and protection from environmental factors like heavy rains and flooding, is essential for successful establishment. By increasing the presence of native plants, these efforts help restore ecological balance.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 96% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 52
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.1%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 97.1%; rating input score 97
  • 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 50%; rating input score 50; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Missing
    • Other executive compensation review process: Missing
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.4%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 56.5%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

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

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.1% of revenue deployed · 97.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 4 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $139K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $91K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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: Independent voting board scored 50/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.