HANO/PHOCUSED Surveys 2009

January 2009 Survey 

On Tuesday, Jan. 20, HANO, in collaboration with PHOCUSED (Protecting Hawaii’s Ohana, Children, Under Served, Elderly and Disabled), sent a survey to Hawaii nonprofit organizations to gather information about the impact of
funding losses during the current economic downturn and the anticipated cuts in government funding due to the state’s serious deficit in the next biennium. 166 nonprofits responded.

View the full January survey summary

November 2009 Survey

172 agencies responded to the second HANO/PHOCUSED survey, which checked back in with Hawaii nonprofit organizations to determine what effect the increasing economic challenges had on their ability to deliver quality programs and services in the intervening months since the first survey.

Highlights of the survey:

  • Budgets cut: 119 nonprofits reported operating budget cuts during the last six months totaling $31.2 million.
  • Jobs lost: 71 Hawai‘i charities reported a total of 365 layoffs. Slightly more than half of agencies responding, 50.5 percent, now report they have cut staff since July 2009 compared to only a third that did so between July and December 2008. 
  • Layoffs continue: 55 agencies said they expect to cut a total of 85 positions in the first quarter of 2010. 
  • What was cut: Half the agencies reporting job cuts reduced administrative staff, 47.9 percent reduced hours, 43.7 percent froze hiring and 32.4 percent let service providers go. 
  • Programs trimmed: Meanwhile, more than half, 53.3 percent, now have reduced programs or services, compared to 42.1 percent in the same period in 2008. 
  • Collaborations abound: Collaborations with other nonprofits is often hard to do and sometimes costs more.  Never the less, many groups are doing it.

View the full November survey summary

The findings of both surveys will help HANO and PHOCUSED effectively communicate the impact of budget cuts, program eliminations, and diminished contributions and grants on the community and the nonprofit sector’s programs,
services, clients and staffs.

Mahalo to all who responded. We hope you will find the compiled findings of the study to be illuminating and useful.