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Filing year 2024

Honolulu Civil Beat Inc

Honolulu, Hawaii·EIN 81-2803662·NTEE A30 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$5.6M
Total assets
$3.9M
Total expenses
$6.4M
Reported officers
10
Mission

Honolulu Civil Beat Inc. ("HCB") is a news organization dedicated to cultivating an informed body of citizens, all striving to make Hawaii a better place to live. HCB achieves this through investigative and watchdog journalism, in-depth enterprise reporting, analysis and commentary that gives readers a broad view on issues of importance to our community.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 7 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

General Manager
board member
$193k
$208k
Base
$175k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$18k
VP Operations and Philanth
vice president
$169k
$183k
Base
$153k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$17k
Managing Editor
highest compensated employee
$159k
$171k
Base
$143k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$16k
Investigations Editor
highest compensated employee
$154k
$166k
Base
$124k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$30k
Deputy Editor
highest compensated employee
$148k
$160k
Reporter - Senior
highest compensated employee
$134k
$144k
General Manager
board member
$78k
$85k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Urban Hawaii metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 3 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 2%
from 2023

From $189k in 2023 to $193k in 2024.

$189k
2023
$193k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 2% in real terms$213k to $208k

Estimated with Urban Hawaii metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

Honolulu Civil Beat Inc reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$6.2M
$5.6M
2023
$5.6M
$6.4M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $58,598.

25th percentile
$24k
Median
$58,598
75th percentile
$111k
90th percentile
$215k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 4,819 organizations across 4,819 filings (2021 – 2023).

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