Daughters of Hawaii

Analysis

Daughters of Hawaii is a registered charity in United States, based in Honolulu, HI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1942, 84 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Daughters of Hawaii reported income of $794k and spending of $652k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $403k to $794k (+97%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 294%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Daughters of Hawaii sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within HI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Craft Lake City ($794k), Dakota Media Access Inc ($794k) and Houston Heights Association ($794k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 44% and program service revenue 30% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $67k (10% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $165k. At year end it held assets of $2.9m against liabilities of $185k, net assets of $2.7m. It reported 7 employees.