Hawaii Heritage Center

Analysis

Hawaii Heritage Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Honolulu, HI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1981, 45 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 (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 Heritage Center reported income of $57k and spending of $32k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $67k to $57k (-16%), an average of -4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 281%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Hawaii Heritage Center sits at the 25th percentile: it is larger than about 25% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 22nd percentile, and in the 22nd percentile within HI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National Balloon Museum Inc ($57k), Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra Inc ($57k) and Whatcom Chorale ($57k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% and program service revenue 14% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $21k. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $1,373, net assets of $1.7m. It reported 7 employees.