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Empowering Hawaii's people through awareness and support for greater prosperity. For fiscal year 2025 it reported $329K in revenue, $329K in expenses, and $73K in net assets.Pt I

Founded
2020
Type
Public charity (501(c)(3)) · Education
Location
Honolulu, HI
Website
www.behawaii.org
Filings
3 on file (2023–2025)
Revenue
$329KFY2025
Expenses
$329K
Net assets
$73K
People
4
Filings
3
Updates
0
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EIN  85-0514087 Public charity (501(c)(3)) Honolulu, HI Founded 2020
Form 990 (PDF)
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Size
$100K–1M
What they do
Empowering Hawaii's people through awareness and support for greater prosperity.
Leadership
Sylvia Hussey · Executive Director · $32K
Money in and out
$329K revenue, $329K expenses
Bottom line
99% program efficiency
Where the money goes · FY2025
Total revenue
$329K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$329K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$73K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $0
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
Program services $0.99 Management & general $0.01
Program efficiency
99%
of spending reaches programs▲ +1% vs prior filing year
Operating runway
1.6mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate▲ +7% vs prior filing year
Surplus margin
0%
revenue over expenses, this year▼ -100% vs prior filing year

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2025 · Form 990
Revenue
$329K
FY2025▼ -25%
Expenses
$329K
FY2025▼ -21%
Total assets
$90K
FY2025▲ +24%
Total liabilities
$17K
FY2025
Total revenue
$329K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$329K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$73K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$0
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$90K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B99%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 33
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 43

Identity & Classification

Form 990 Header · IRS Business Master File
Legal nameHdr · item CBehawaiiorg
EINHdr · item D85-0514087
Principal addressHdr · item CHonolulu, HI
WebsiteHdr · item Jwww.behawaii.org
Year of formationHdr · item L2020
State of legal domicileHdr · item MHI
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
NTEE classificationIRS BMFEducation (B99)
Ruling yearIRS BMFJun 2020

Governance & Policies

Part VI
Voting members of the governing bodyPt VI · Ln 1a3
Independent voting membersPt VI · Ln 1b3
Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aYes
Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13Yes
Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14Yes
CEO/top-official compensation independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Family or business relationships among officers/directorsPt VI · Ln 2No

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$31,608Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Founder, Board Presiden
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Co-Founder, Board Vice Pre
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Sylvia Hussey’s $32K as Executive Director is at the 24th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023
Makana Reilly$84,745
Sylvia Hussey$31,608$43,900$60,953

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

1 program service account for $326K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2025.
01

Lei poina'ole project in 2022, LPP was awarded a three-year federal administration for native americans (ana) grant. With a full-time team dedicated to strengthening the local lei industry, LPP seeks to support eight pre-existing and 16 new small and medium lei growers across hawai'I by 2025.

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Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Contributions & grants100%$329K
— government grantsLn 1e$329K
Total revenueLn 12$329K

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.99 Management & general $0.01
Program services99%$326K
Management & general1%$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$329K

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1$43K
Total assetsLn 16$90K
Total liabilitiesLn 26$17K
Total net assetsLn 32$73K
Months of cash on handcomputed1.6

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2025 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves $43K · Operating expenses/yr $329K
1.6 months
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $326K · Total expenses $329K
99%
Management & General
Management & general $3K · Total expenses $329K
0.8%
Fundraising
Fundraising $0 · Total expenses $329K
0%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense (3-yr avg) $468 · Solicited contributions (3-yr avg) $35K
$0.01 to raise $1 (3-yr avg)
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $329K · Total revenue $329K
100%
Government reliance
Government grants $329K · Total revenue $329K
100%
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $0 · Total revenue $329K
0%
Investment reliance
Investment income $0 · Total revenue $329K
0%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $0 · Total expenses $329K
0%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $329K · Prior year $439K
-25%
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $73K · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $329K · Expenses $329K
0%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $90K
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $73K · Total assets $90K
81%
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) — · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) — · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) $90K
Excludes program-related investments (Pt X, ln 13)
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Sylvia Hussey · Reported title EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · Highest reported compensation $32K · Total expenses $329K
10%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $37K · Total expenses $329K
11%
Peer comparison

Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 99%
Overhead ratio 0.8%
Revenue growth -25%

Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2022
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$21K

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Filings & Schedule Manifest

Part IV
III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
FY2025 (Latest)$329K revenue · viewing · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2024$439K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2023$374K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF

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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2025IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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