Hawaii Leadership Forum

Analysis

Hawaii Leadership Forum is a registered charity in United States, based in Los Gatos, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Hawaii Leadership Forum reported income of $3.1m and spending of $2.7m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.6m to $3.1m (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hawaii Leadership Forum sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Canopy Village Inc ($3.1m), Native Governance Center ($3.1m) and Mifflin Juniata Area Agency on Aging Inc ($3.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $349k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $582k. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $460k, net assets of $1.6m. It reported 8 employees.