YMCA of Honolulu

Legal name: Young Men's Christian Association of Honolulu

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
990073533
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Honolulu, HI, US
Phone
(808) 531-YMCA (9622)
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Young Men's or Women's Associations
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$43,448,973
Expenses
$34,580,181
Assets
$79,062,614
Liabilities
$4,411,968

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

Leadership & pay

60 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GREGORY WAIBEL (PRESIDENT/CEO)
  • ANDREW HOOD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • KYLE ISHIZAKA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • GREGORY WAIBEL (PRESIDENT/CEO): $420,822 total reported compensation
  • KERRI VAN DUYNE (VP OF DEVELOPMENT): $191,085 total reported compensation
  • JENNIFER TOWNSEND (VP OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT): $170,722 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Serving Oahu with caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. The Y’s mission is to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all. At the Y, kids can realize their potential, teens can prepare for higher education or career opportunities, and families can connect and have fun together. The Y empowers people of all kinds to be healthier in spirit, mind and body. How We Help YMCA programs and locations reflect the needs of the communities we serve, and strive to ensure access, inclusion, and engagement for all. Our goal is for everyone to have the support and resources needed to reach their potential! [News Get the.

What it reported doing in 2024

Programs that strengthen social responsibility: the ymca of honolulu believes in giving back and supporting our neighbors. For more than 157 years, we have listened and responded to our community's most critical social needs. Our adolescent drug treatment and intervention services work to reduce substance abuse, build self-respect, improve school success, strengthen family and peer relationships, and help youth secure employment. Our after-school, out-of-school prevention, and youth mentoring programs provide safe, supervised environments where young people can engage in positive activities as alternatives to violence, gang involvement, and drug use. Continued on schedule othese programs include leadership development, counseling, homework assistance, substance abuse education, camping, sports, recreation, and mental and physical wellness activities. Together, these services deliver training, resources, and support that create change, bridge gaps, and remove barriers. In 2024, we engaged 1,605 adolescents and youth in outreach programs aimed at strengthening our community and paving the way for future generations to thrive.

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 99% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.2%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 86.7%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $14.27 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 96.6%; rating input score 97; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.4%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.29; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.1%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 70.2% of revenue deployed · 86.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 39 of 39 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $30M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $421K · 60 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.1M reported
  • Consistency: 42 of 43 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.