Big Island Candies Foundation

Analysis

Big Island Candies Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Hilo, HI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Big Island Candies Foundation reported income of $127k and spending of $17k, leaving 87% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $71k to $127k (+79%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 19% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Big Island Candies Foundation sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 41st percentile within HI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fordham Law Alumni Association Inc ($127k), Oxford Wildcat Booster Club Inc ($127k) and National Institute of Governmental Purchasing Inc ($126k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 29% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.4m.