Friends of Auwahi Forest Restoration Project

Analysis

Friends of Auwahi Forest Restoration Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Makawao, HI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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 Auwahi Forest Restoration Project reported income of $542k and spending of $492k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $647k to $542k (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Friends of Auwahi Forest Restoration Project sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 71st percentile within HI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cardinal Land Conservancy Inc ($542k), Save the Whales Inc ($543k) and Missouri Water Environment Association Incorporated ($541k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $282k. At year end it held assets of $556k against liabilities of $61k, net assets of $495k. It reported 7 employees.