Magazine interviews HCF’s CEO about 2006 sector study

Honolulu Magazine’s online “Kokua Calendar” this month features an interview with Kelvin Taketa, CEO of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation, on its recently completed study “Hawai‘i Nonprofits: One Fabric, Different Threads.”

The study was a follow-up to a similar, baseline survey completed in 2001 that looked at the makeup and economic impact of the state’s nonprofit sector. Taketa presented the study and discussed its implications at a number of meetings in October and November, including the HANO Member Meeting on Nov. 1.

Headlines from the study include: “Nonprofits contribute $3.8 billion to the state’s economy,” “Nonprofits produce nearly 8 percent of the state’s gross domestic product,” and “Hawai‘i nonprofits employ 48,500 people.” Besides those impressinve statistics, it also revealed many challenges and disturbing trends facing Hawai‘i charitable organizations.

Click here for the Taketa interview.  Information about the study is available on the foundation’s web site.