YWCA Kaua'i
Legal name: Young Women's Christian Association of Kauai
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 990073504
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Lihue, HI, United States
- Phone
- (808) 245-6362
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Young Men's or Women's Associations
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,295,183
- Expenses
- $2,681,457
- Assets
- $5,703,867
- Liabilities
- $313,377
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KATE CONWAY (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- RODALITA GALIZA (CFO): $80,305 total reported compensation
- CARA CARROLL (ASSISTANT DI): $78,118 total reported compensation
- MARY JANE AKUNA (DIRECTOR OF): $68,488 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
YWCA of Kaua'i is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. Every donation, no matter the size, makes a difference. Your support allows us to continue our mission and reach those who need it most. Together, we can build a brighter future for all. Monetary Donations Every monetary donation, no matter the size, directly supports the development and sustainability of YWCA Kauaʻi’s domestic violence and sexual assault programs. When founded in 1921, our early mission was to help young women who had very few or no contacts outside the home. In our over 100 year history, the needs of Kaua‘i’s residents have changed greatly and the work of YWCA Kaua‘i has evolved to meet those needs. Today, our programs focus on women’s empowerment, racial justice, and violence prevention and intervention in response to sexual assault...
What it reported doing in 2024
Women's and youth services - to provide outreach and other services to women and their families. Fiscal sponsor - to provide support as an umbrella agency to small not- for-profit organizations.
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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 50
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 72
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 46.2%; rating input score 46
- Program expense ratio: 73.8%; rating input score 74
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 37.6%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.13; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 11%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 46.2% of revenue deployed · 73.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $80K · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 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: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.