Na Kalai Waa

Analysis

Na Kalai Waa is a registered charity in United States, based in Kamuela, HI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1995, 31 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, Na Kalai Waa reported income of $713k and spending of $690k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $850k to $713k (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 97%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Na Kalai Waa sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 75th percentile within HI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Women in Manufacturing Education Foundation ($713k), Linguistic Society of America ($713k) and Salina Art Center Inc ($713k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% and program service revenue 5.4% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $266k. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $14k, net assets of $1.9m.