Do you know how much of your charitable donation goes to the actual good deeds the charity is supposed to perform? Or how much the top executive of your favorite charity is paid? Or what it spends on overhead?

Find out through our custom-built searchable database of 700 Hawai'i charities, with information gleaned from the charities' tax forms through guidestar.org. And read our special report by Advertiser reporter Rob Perez on the hidden dangers and scams associated with charitable giving.

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Stories
DAY FOUR | September 19, 2007 Hawaii to put full-time watch on charities The state later this year is expected to hire its first employee dedicated exclusively to helping monitor charities and their fundraisers. [more]
DAY THREE | September 18, 2007 Hawaii charities left with little after fundraisers take cut As scripted, the pitch was meant to tug at their emotions — and their wallets. Kids with cancer need your help. Money from caring people like you will be used to send puzzles, books, games and stuffed animals to these young cancer victims in hospitals. [more]
• Make-A-Wish runs like a dream
• It boils down to trust, donors say
DAY TWO | September 17, 2007 Registration of Hawaii charities doomed by political clout After failing to get a charity registration bill passed in the 2001 legislative session, the state attorney general's office changed strategy. [more]
DAY ONE | September 16, 2007
Unguarded Giving photo Hawaii's rules lax on oversight of charities Hawai'i is one of only 11 states that do not require charities to register, a gap that allows thousands of local nonprofits to raise millions of dollars from the public with virtually no regular oversight from regulators. [more]
• Knowing where every penny goes every day
Video Dwight Kealoha talks about what to look for in a charity
By the numbers
CHARITIES, CHARITIES EVERYWHERE

Hawai'i has more than 5,500 charitable organizations, with assets of nearly $14 billion.

Public charities
5,002

Private foundations
559

Total
5,561

Number of organizations filing Form 990 tax return*
2,164

Total revenue reported on 990s
$5.6 billion

Total assets reported on 990s
$13.98 billion

Public charities per capita
1 per 255 residents
(10th highest among 50 states)

*Organizations with income of $25,000 or less and most faith-based groups are not required to file 990s.

Source: National Center for Charitable Statistics, Advertiser research
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