Manoa Heritage Center

Analysis

Manoa Heritage Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Honolulu, HI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1996, 30 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, Manoa Heritage Center reported income of $981k and spending of $953k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.2m to $981k (-18%), an average of -5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Manoa Heritage Center sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within HI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Terminus Ballet Inc ($980k), Wolfbane Productions ($981k) and Accuracy in Media Inc ($980k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 3.4% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $71k (7.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $415k. It paid $46k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $3.5m against liabilities of $85k, net assets of $3.5m. It reported 10 employees.