Friends of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Analysis

Friends of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is a registered charity in United States, based in Hawaii National Park, HI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Friends of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park reported income of $801k and spending of $590k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $484k to $801k (+66%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 347%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Friends of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within HI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Youth Orchestra of Greater Fort Worth Inc ($801k), Defiant Requiem Foundation ($801k) and Louisa May Alcotts Orchard House Inc ($800k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% and program service revenue 20% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $197k (33% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $142k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $116k, net assets of $1.0m. It reported 14 employees.