Hawaii Ag and Culinary Alliance

Analysis

Hawaii Ag and Culinary Alliance is a registered charity in United States, based in Honolulu, HI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, 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 Ag and Culinary Alliance reported income of $4.2m and spending of $4.1m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.1m to $4.2m (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hawaii Ag and Culinary Alliance sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within HI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alexandria Area Young Mens Christian Association ($4.2m), Young Mens Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area Endowment ($4.2m) and Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach Inc ($4.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% and program service revenue 8.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $385k (9.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $485k. At year end it held assets of $3.8m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $2.7m. It reported 6 employees.