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Aina Momona

AINA MOMONA (hawaiian for the fertile or rich land) is a community organization dedicated to achieving environmental health and sustainability through restoring social justice and hawaiian sovereignty.

$438k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Public Safety & Disaster$3.8MEnvironment$228kFood & Nutrition$40kCivil Rights$36kCommunity Improvement$36kYouth Development$20kRecreation & Sports$18kEducation$17kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $409,527, the rows itemized in this filing. The $438,093 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $28,566 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $135k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $250k
$13,867
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF AUWAHI FOREST PROJECT$200,000
Individual grant recipient$50,394
LAHAINA COMMUNITY LAND TRUST$28,000
HAWAII FARMERS UNION FOUNDATION$18,361
NA LEO PULAMA O MAUI INC$16,505
MAUI NATIVE HAWAIIAN CHAMBER OF CO$15,731
FRIENDS OF THE CHILDRENS JUSTICE C$13,867
KAUPE'A HOMESTEAD ASSOCIATION$11,268
OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS 5K$10,967
MAUI YOUTH & FAMILY SERVICES INC$10,367
HOOLEHUA HOMESTEAD ASSOCIATION$10,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB$9,367
Individual grant recipient$7,600
HI TECH SURF SPORTS$7,100
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $500k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%WE ARE OCEANIA: $200k → 9%MAUI FIREFIGHTERS RELIEF: $300k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

10%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$276k · 7 repeat orgs$2.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
33

Total granted

$276k
$2.0M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+11%

Still filing today

71%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 16% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $343k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • FO
    Friends of Childrens Justice Center
    3× · 2023–2025 · $43k · revenue +38%
  • MY
    MAUI YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $32k · revenue +57%
  • HK
    Halau Kekuaokalaaualailiahi Inc
    2× · 2023–2024 · $22k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • GC
    Grants Central Station
    one grant, 2023 · $401k · revenue -78%
  • MF
    MAUI FIREFIGHTERS RELIEF
    one grant, 2023 · $300k · revenue +11% · 95% of their budget
  • NA
    NA AIKANE O MAUI INC
    one grant, 2023 · $252k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
E Kupaku Ka Aina - the Hawaii Land Restoration Institute
Environment
2
Hiikua a Hiialo Cultural Foundation
Arts & Culture
3
Lanikuhonua Cultural Institute
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4
Malama Kua Aina
Environment
5
Hawaii Book and Music Festival
Arts & Culture
6
Na Mamo o Kawa

to rehabilitate, curate, and steward the natural and cultural resources of Kawa to honor the past, benefit the present, and preserve for the future generations of Ka'u, the Island of Hawaii and all humankind.

Environment
7
Hawaii - American Nurses Association Foundation
Environment
8
Na Maka Haloa O Waipio

The purpose is to preserve and restore the indigenous hawiian culture, farming traditions, fishing practices and hula.

Arts & Culture
9
Na Kua Aina O Waimanalo
Arts & Culture
10
Na Hoa Aloha O Ka Pu Uhonua O Honaunau

For the benefit and inspiration of ALL, Na Hoa Aloha o ka Pu'uhonua o Honaunau participates with NPS and other partners to protect and preserve cultural and natural resources, guided by the aacestral knowledge of South Kona.

—
11
Na 'Aina Kai Botanical Gardens
Philanthropy
12
Huliauapaa

Growing hawaii's communities through culturally based forms of innovative learning, leadership development, and collaborative networking in wahi kupuna stewardship.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lahaina Community Land Trust; the most unlike its peers is Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 50 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
18/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,612,145 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONSAFEWAY: $205,380 · OtherSAFEWAYIndividual grant recipient: $127,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipi…NOMI HEALTH INC: $88,350 · OtherNOMI HEALTH INCIndividual grant recipient: $50,394 · OtherIndividual grant recipi…Individual grant recipient: $34,000 · OtherMAUI YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $31,867 · OtherFriends of Childrens Justice Center: $42,567 · Other+25 more: $321,552 · Other+25 moreGrants Central Station: $400,500 · EducationGrants Central Sta…NA AIKANE O MAUI INC: $251,500 · EducationNA AIKANE O MAUI I…+2 more: $35,111 · EducationMAUI FIREFIGHTERS RELIEF: $300,000 · Human ServicesMAUI FIREFIGH…WE ARE OCEANIA: $200,000 · Human ServicesWE ARE OCEANI…MAUI HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $100,000 · Arts & CultureOHANA WAA: $40,000 · Arts & CultureAHA PUNANA LEO: $26,000 · Arts & CultureHalau Kekuaokalaaualailiahi Inc: $22,405 · Arts & CultureTHE LAHAINA RESTORATION FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Arts & CultureAHAHUI SIWILA HAWAII: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $19,950 · Arts & CultureFriends of Auwahi Forest Restoration Project: $200,000 · EnvironmentLAHAINA COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $128,000 · Housing & Shelter
Philanthropy$1,612,145Other$901,110Education$687,111Human Services$500,000Arts & Culture$238,355Environment$200,000Housing & Shelter$128,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,612,145 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGrants Central Station: $400,500 over 1y, 8.7% of budgetMAUI FIREFIGHTERS RELIEF: $300,000 over 1y, 95% of budgetNA AIKANE O MAUI INC: $251,500 over 1y, 12% of budgetWE ARE OCEANIA: $200,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetLAHAINA COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $128,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetMAUI HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $100,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetFriends of Childrens Justice Center: $42,567 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetOHANA WAA: $40,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetMAUI YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES INC: $31,867 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAHA PUNANA LEO: $26,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHalau Kekuaokalaaualailiahi Inc: $22,405 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $21,175 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOKAHI PACIFIC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE LAHAINA RESTORATION FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMAUI DANCE COUNCIL: $20,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT: $16,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKe Kula O Piilani: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetAHAHUI SIWILA HAWAII: $10,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MAUI INC: $9,367 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHalau O Ka Hanu Lehua Inc: $7,405 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetHALAU HULA KAULUOKALA: $7,405 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetHAWAII ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESSIVE ACTION: $7,034 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAWAIAULU INC: $5,140 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Na Hoaloha O Ka'Aina …Council for Native Ha…Trustees of the Estat…Fred Baldwin Memorial…Cooke Foundation Limi…Atherton Family Found…The Harry and Jeanett…Frost Family Foundati…The O L Moore Foundat…The Red Cabin Foundat…The Strong FoundationThe People's Fund
Na Hoaloha O Ka'Aina LtdHI24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Na Hoaloha O Ka'Aina Ltd · Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement · Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools · Fred Baldwin Memorial Foundation · Cooke Foundation Limited · Atherton Family Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Frost Family Foundation · The O L Moore Foundation · The Red Cabin Foundation Trust · The Strong Foundation · The People's Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Aina Momona funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Aina Momona. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Aina Momona?

    Find your warmest path to Aina Momona through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 50 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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