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Oahu Veterans Council

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Honolulu, HI501(c)(3)Public & Societal Benefit EIN 99-0302212Revenue $490K in FY2024

On file with the IRSoahuveteranscenter.com1298 Kukila St, 96818-1957 · Honolulu, HITax-exempt since Feb 2005Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The purpose of the Council is to preserve the memory and pride of its members who serve in the u.s. Armed forces, to honor the sacrifices made by our servicemen and women, to promote and foster understanding and unity among members, civic organizations, and community at large and is to advocate for Veterans rights and benefits. Additionally, to provide college scholarships to individuals connected to Veterans, active duty servicemen and women, and their dependents. Finally, to build and maintain a public building to house the Oahu Veterans Council.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
44¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 8 volunteers and 3 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $163K a year · 55% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
44%
of spending
Concern: 44% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$62K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 51% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
17 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 17.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $31
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$41K
0.9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$490K
-11% vs prior year
Spent
$530K
To programs
44%
Net assets
$4.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$490K
FY2024▼ -11%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$68K
FY2021$130K
FY2022$232K
FY2023$549K
FY2024$490K
Expenses
$530K
FY2024▼ -2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$310K
FY2021$461K
FY2022$443K
FY2023$541K
FY2024$530K
Net assets
$4.7M
FY2024▲ +2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.8M
FY2021$4.6M
FY2022$4.4M
FY2023$4.6M
FY2024$4.7M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 2005.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

44 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 44% · $234K Management & general 56% · $296K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

10 people listed on the 990; $62K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Claire Levinson
Executive Di
$62,394Pt VII · Sec A
Gary Chamberlin
Vice Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Alma Grocki
Vice Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Brian Hawkins
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Gary Littlefield
Treasurer Co
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Howard Sugai
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Reuben Bilan
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Claire Levinson’s $62K as Executive Di is at the 51st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1043 $100K–1M public & societal benefit 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2020
Claire Levinson$62,394$67,041$53,250$46,200

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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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Honors veterans, advocates for their rights, and provides scholarships to those connected to military service.

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2 programs · $234K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Support of veterans through sponsorship of veteran events and facilitating access to veterans' benefits. Support includes hosting various veteran government agencies at the center to provide front line information to the veteran community and direct access to government agencies at monthly meetings to address and answer questions about…

$211Kprogram expense
02

Scholarships provided to junior reserve officer training corps ("jrotc") cadets.

$23Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2022
Amazonsmile FoundationFY2022$31
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$31
Grants paid · 5 grants · $80K · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$23,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$23,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$8,500
Unitemized GrantFY2021$11,000
Unitemized GrantFY2020$14,000

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$490K
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$308K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$133K
Investment incomeLn 3$39K
Money outPt IX
$530K
Ln 25
Programscol B$234K
Managementcol C$296K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$759K
Total assetsLn 16$4.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$41K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$10K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$133K
Investment incomeLn 3$39K
Other incomeLn 4–11$308K
Gains on assetsLn 7$13K
Total revenueLn 12$490K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$540K
SavingsLn 2$219K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$759K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$534K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.5M
Total assetsLn 16$4.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$41K
Net assetsLn 32$4.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 68
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$497K$759K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$521K$534K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.6M$3.5M
Total assetsLn 16$4.6M$4.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$14K$41K
Net assetsLn 32$4.6M$4.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$23K$23K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$67K$29K$37K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$81K$36K$45K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$4K$2K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$14K$6K$8K
Accounting feesLn 11c$10K$10K
Investment management feesLn 11f$7K$7K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$22K$22K
Information technologyLn 14$84$84
OccupancyLn 16$215K$61K$154K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$64K$64K
InsuranceLn 23$8K$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$9K$7K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$530K$234K$296K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $490K$530K−$40K$4.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $549K$541K$8K$4.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $232K$443K−$211K$4.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $130K$461K−$330K$4.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $68K$310K−$242K$4.8M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $490,415 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $104,567$9,792
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $174,555$133,064
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $18,595$39,081
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $251,278$308,478
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $548,995$490,415
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $23,000$23,000
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $146,637$166,061
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $370,891$341,222
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $540,528$530,283
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $8,467−$39,868
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $490,415 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$2,290
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$7,502
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$9,792
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $133,064$133,064
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $26,538$26,538
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $308,478$308,478
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $12,543$12,543
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $145,607 · Excluded from tax $335,016$490,415
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $530,283 across 15 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $23,000$23,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $29,422 · Management $37,287$66,709
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $35,781 · Management $45,346$81,127
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,758 · Management $2,228$3,986
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $6,280 · Management $7,959$14,239
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $9,858$9,858
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $7,242$7,242
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,200$1,200
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $22,289$22,289
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $84$84
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $61,483 · Management $153,871$215,354
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $3,439$3,439
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $64,111$64,111
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $8,193$8,193
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $7,446 · Management $2,006$9,452
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $233,920 · Management $296,363 · Fundraising $0$530,283
Part X · Balance sheet $4,767,416 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $284,545$540,351
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $212,150$218,645
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $35$35
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,619,785$3,474,408
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $521,334$533,977
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,637,849$4,767,416
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$51
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $13,970$40,600
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $13,970$40,651
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,623,879$4,726,765
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,637,849$4,767,416
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,726,765 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$490,415
XI-2 Total expenses$530,283
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$39,868
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,623,879
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$151,027
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$8,273
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,726,765

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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