Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice

Analysis

Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice is a registered charity in United States, based in Honolulu, HI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2008, 18 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 June 2023, Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice reported income of $1.6m and spending of $1.5m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.3m to $1.6m (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 15%. 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 Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within HI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Four Seasons Compassion for Life Foundation ($1.6m), Brown County Community YMCA Inc ($1.6m) and Center for Transforming Communities Inc ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $130k (8.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $728k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $830k, net assets of $733k. It reported 12 employees.