Lawakua Charitable Fund

Analysis

Lawakua Charitable Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Honolulu, HI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover youth development, which this site groups under children and youth development. 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, Lawakua Charitable Fund reported income of $549k and spending of $309k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $275k to $549k (+99%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 14,332 United States charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Lawakua Charitable Fund sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 71st percentile within HI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Browns Harbor Inc ($549k), Lynden Junior Livestock Show and Auction ($549k) and Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Triangle Inc ($548k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $75k. At year end it held assets of $2.3m against liabilities of $4,464, net assets of $2.3m. It reported 4 employees.