How much does Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement give?

Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement reported 157 itemized grants totaling $6,000,433, out of $16,486,805 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 136 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (31%), Recreation & Sports (14%), Environment (12%).

Who are Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Gravitas Pasifika LLC ($500k), Hawaii Stage Event Production Company ($402k), Kahuli Leo Lea ($330k).

Does Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 96% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Where is Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement based?

Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement is based in HI.

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Hawaii · Public charity

Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement

The COUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT (cnha) is a member-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to enhance the cultural, economic, political, and community development of native hawaiians.

$16M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 157
Itemized grants FY2025: 136
Organizations funded FY2024: 96%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $6.0M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $23,987
Largest grant, FY2025: $402,000
Organizations funded a year: 1 to 136; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 4
Total assets, FY2025: $73M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 96% of the organizations Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement funded were first-time grantees, receiving 94% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 6% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5.8M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Arts & CultureEnvironmentEducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	157	$6.0M	36%
FY2024	136	$6.2M	96%
FY2023	4	$250k	75%
FY2022	4	$217k	100%
FY2021	11	$497k	100%
FY2020	11	$129k	91%
FY2019	1	$12k	100%
FY2018	4	$30k	100%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$2.3MRecreation & Sports$1.0MEnvironment$846kCommunity Improvement$838kPublic Safety & Disaster$360kHousing & Shelter$250kEducation$244kHuman Services$214kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Gravitas Pasifika LLC	$500,000	2	n/a
Hawaii Stage Event Production Company	$402,000	1	n/a
Kahuli Leo Lea	$330,000	2	16%
Polynesian Football Hall of Fame	$310,000	2	n/a
World Triathlon Corporation	$300,000	2	n/a
Oahu Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association Hawaii	$265,000	2	14%
Aloha Week Hawaii Inc Dba Aloha Festivals	$250,000	2	15%
Makana O Ke Akua Inc	$250,000	2	8%
Honolulu Marathon Association	$250,000	2	2%
Hawaii Ag and Culinary Alliance	$231,000	2	5%

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All grantees of Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Gravitas Pasifika LLC	$500,000	2	n/a
Hawaii Stage Event Production Company	$402,000	1	n/a
Kahuli Leo Lea	$330,000	2	16%
Polynesian Football Hall of Fame	$310,000	2	n/a
World Triathlon Corporation	$300,000	2	n/a
Oahu Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association Hawaii	$265,000	2	14%
Aloha Week Hawaii Inc Dba Aloha Festivals	$250,000	2	15%
Makana O Ke Akua Inc	$250,000	2	8%
Honolulu Marathon Association	$250,000	2	2%
Hawaii Ag and Culinary Alliance	$231,000	2	5%
Kemper Sports Marketing LLC	$230,000	2	n/a
The Merrie Monarch Festival	$215,000	2	7%
Kupu	$200,000	2	1%
Hawaii State Art Museum	$200,000	2	n/a
Espn Productions Inc	$175,000	1	n/a
Pohaha I Ka Lani	$170,000	2	22%
Young of Heart Workshop	$167,000	2	9%
Kala Foundation	$165,000	2	25%
Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation	$164,455	3	3%
Kauluakalana	$164,067	2	15%
Ekolu Mea Nui	$150,000	1	n/a
Pan-Pacific Festival Foundation	$140,000	2	15%
Rice Street Business Association	$136,500	2	9%
Malama Loko Ea Foundation	$133,383	3	12%
East-West Center Foundation	$127,652	1	12%
Historic Waimea Theater and Cultural Arts Center	$127,500	2	7%
Hawaiian Islands Land Trust	$125,000	2	1%
Hawaiian Music Perpetuation Society	$125,000	2	9%
Honolulu Festival Foundation	$115,000	2	2%
Pai Foundation	$114,000	2	6%
Lalakea Foundation	$112,300	2	34%
Kapalua Maui Charities Inc	$110,000	1	57%
Hi'ipaka LLC	$110,000	2	1%
Hawaii United Okinawa Association	$105,000	1	4%
Hawaii Community Lending	$100,000	1	0%
Friends of Auwahi Forest Restoration Project	$100,000	2	7%
Honolulu Biennial Foundation	$100,000	1	n/a
Malie Foundation	$100,000	2	27%
Maui Chamber of Commerce Foundation	$100,000	2	n/a
Young Men's Christian Association of Honolulu	$96,700	2	0%
The Kohala Center	$90,000	2	2%
The Friends of Iolani Palace	$86,000	2	1%
Lanikai Athletic Club	$85,000	1	n/a
Waikoloa Dry Forest Initiative Inc	$84,250	2	7%
Mala'Ai	$83,000	2	n/a
Alternative Structures International	$82,289	1	1%
Accessurf Hawaii Inc	$80,000	2	4%
Kanehunamoku Voyaging Academy	$75,000	2	3%
Edith Kanaka'Ole Foundation	$75,000	2	6%
Hoi Hoi Ea	$75,000	2	n/a
Moanalua Gardens Foundation Inc	$75,000	2	8%
Khm International	$75,000	1	n/a
Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association	$74,500	2	5%
Molokai Land Trust	$72,500	2	3%
Maui Dance Council	$70,000	2	41%
Lokahi Pacific	$69,463	2	2%
The Garden Island Arts Council	$67,500	2	26%
Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs	$66,000	2	n/a
Men of Pa A	$65,350	1	n/a
Molokai Homestead Farmers Alliance	$65,000	2	12%
Odkf Support Inc	$65,000	2	10%
Kanu Hawaii	$62,000	2	11%
Hospice of Hilo	$60,000	2	0%
City and County of Honolulu	$60,000	2	n/a
Valley Isle Road Runner Inc	$60,000	2	8%
Protect & Preserve Hawaii Inc	$60,000	2	11%
Ki-Ho Alu Foundation Inc	$60,000	2	n/a
Hawaii Marine Mammal Alliance Inc	$60,000	2	6%
Kumano I Ke Ala O Makaweli	$60,000	2	2%
Papahana Kuaola	$58,787	1	5%
Volcano Art Center	$57,700	2	4%
Hui No'Eau	$57,500	2	2%
Festivals of Aloha Inc	$56,400	1	25%
Bishop Museum	$55,000	2	0%
Hawaii Agritourism Association	$50,000	2	n/a
Kokua Hawaii Foundation	$50,000	2	1%
Imua Family Services	$50,000	1	1%
Hawaii International Film Festival	$50,000	2	3%
The North Shore Community Land Trust	$50,000	1	n/a
Hawaiian Civic Club of Wahiawa	$50,000	1	39%
Hawaii Homeownership Center	$50,000	2	2%
Project Kanu	$50,000	2	n/a
Epic Sports Foundation Inc	$50,000	2	n/a
Haleakala Conservancy Inc	$50,000	1	n/a
Aloha Kuamo'O' Aina	$50,000	2	n/a
Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts	$50,000	1	n/a
Aha Punana Leo	$50,000	1	1%
Aina Ho'Ola Initiative	$50,000	1	85%
Hui Aloha Kiholo	$50,000	1	5%
Kealakai Center For Pacific String Traditions	$50,000	2	14%
Kua Aina Ulu Auamo	$49,536	1	3%
Ulu a E Learning Center	$47,300	2	3%
Kakoo Oiwi	$46,669	1	3%
Mana Maoli	$45,000	2	2%
East Maui Land Restoration	$44,000	1	n/a
Kalihi-Palama Culture & Arts Society Inc	$42,500	2	4%
Ahupuaa O Halawa	$42,450	1	n/a
Mana Studios	$42,000	1	n/a
Waimanalo Canoe Club	$42,000	2	n/a
Aio Foundation	$40,000	1	n/a
Pahoa Lava Zone Museum	$40,000	2	10%
Na Moku Aupuni O Ko Olau Hui	$40,000	2	10%
The Kauai Marathon	$40,000	2	5%
Muolaulani	$40,000	1	n/a
Hoolehua Homesteaders Association	$40,000	2	n/a
Kipahulu Ohana Inc	$40,000	2	2%
Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services	$40,000	2	0%
Ea Ecoversity	$40,000	2	13%
Maui Pops Orchestra Inc	$35,000	2	5%
Kauai Economic Development Board	$35,000	2	1%
Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe Voyaging Society	$35,000	2	14%
Cg Investor Holding LLC	$35,000	1	n/a
Kailua Village Business Improvement District Inc	$35,000	1	3%
Kahuku Farms	$34,000	1	n/a
Tea Hawaii Com	$34,000	1	n/a
Huliauapaa	$32,079	1	7%
Hawaii Island Pacific & Asia Cultural Celebration Inc	$31,250	1	26%
Naalehu Theatre	$31,000	2	18%
Hanona	$30,000	1	n/a
Hui Malama O Ke Kai Foundation	$30,000	2	2%
The Filipino Community Center Inc	$30,000	2	1%
Hawaii Bicycling League	$30,000	2	2%
Maui Canoe Club	$30,000	1	52%
Purple Maia Foundation	$30,000	1	3%
Honolulu Theatre for Youth	$30,000	2	1%
Waipa Foundation	$30,000	2	1%
The Trust for Public Land	$30,000	2	0%
Waiwai Collective LLC	$29,467	1	n/a
Pono Pacific Land Management LLC	$27,500	1	n/a
Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture	$26,930	3	0%
Hawai'I Forest Institute	$26,500	1	n/a
Kau Coffee Growers Cooperative	$26,000	2	n/a
Waianae Community Re-Development Corporation	$25,102	1	1%
Kauai Council of the Association	$25,050	1	n/a
Paalaa Uka Paalaa Kai	$25,000	1	n/a
Kaiopua Canoe Club	$25,000	2	3%
Waipuna Chapel	$25,000	1	n/a
Hawaii Off-Grid LLC	$25,000	2	n/a
Kona Coffee Cultural Festival	$25,000	2	5%
Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii	$25,000	1	n/a
Na Aikane O Maui Inc	$25,000	1	0%
Kanaka Climbers	$25,000	1	n/a
Kaehu	$25,000	1	7%
Mahina Farms Maui	$25,000	1	n/a
Pacific Whale Foundation	$25,000	1	1%
Youth in Motion	$25,000	1	11%
Makoa Quest	$24,000	1	n/a
Ancient Leaf Tea	$23,987	1	n/a
Kaikeha Inc	$23,000	2	28%
University of Hawaii Foundation	$22,610	1	0%
North Kohala Community Resource Center	$21,600	1	n/a
Kauai Soto Zen Temple Zenshuji	$21,500	2	n/a
Maui Arts & Cultural Center	$21,000	1	0%
Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu Hula Halau	$20,000	1	3%
East Maui Taro Festival Inc	$20,000	1	n/a
Arts Education for Children Group	$20,000	2	13%
Hula Preservation Society	$20,000	1	n/a
Hana Arts Inc	$20,000	1	3%
Kuilei Cliffs	$20,000	1	n/a
Aloha With Touch Kauai LLC	$20,000	1	n/a
Waianae Economic Development Council	$20,000	2	1%
Hawaii Rise Foundation	$20,000	2	17%
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Hawaii	$20,000	2	39%
Hui Manawalea	$19,450	1	n/a
Manoa Heritage Center Fka Manoa Valley Cultural Heritage Found	$19,000	1	n/a
Hui O Laka	$18,500	1	3%
Kualoa-Heeia Ecumenical Youth Project	$18,033	1	2%
Kona Cacao Association Inc	$18,000	2	n/a
Bird and Bee Hawaii Animal Sanctuary	$18,000	2	n/a
Hawaii Farmers Union Foundation	$17,876	2	1%
Waianae Coast Community Foundation	$17,240	2	n/a
Ka'Ohana O Kalaupapa	$16,660	1	21%
Infinite Reach	$16,000	1	n/a
Kuaaina Associates Inc	$16,000	1	9%
Kauahea Inc	$15,667	1	n/a
808 Cleanups	$15,500	1	4%
Aotaki Family Irrevocable Trust	$15,000	1	n/a
Banyan Tree Divers Maui LLC	$15,000	1	n/a
Grants Central Station	$15,000	1	2%
Moiliili Festivals	$15,000	1	n/a
Edmission Enterprises Inc	$15,000	1	n/a
Meleku Foundation	$12,000	1	15%
Hawaii Science and Technology Museum	$12,000	1	n/a
Hiki Ola	$12,000	1	5%
Hana Retreat	$10,500	1	2%
Japanese Cultural Society of Maui	$10,500	1	n/a
The Lahaina Restoration Foundation	$10,237	1	0%
Zonta Club of Hilo	$10,000	1	n/a
Holomua Group	$10,000	1	n/a
Faraz Soltani Aquatic Experts LLC	$10,000	1	n/a
Hawaii Keiki Museum	$10,000	1	2%
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra	$10,000	1	0%
Hawaii Theatre Center	$10,000	1	0%
University of Hawaii System	$10,000	1	n/a
Lele Aloha	$10,000	1	2%
Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii	$10,000	1	1%
Pacific Basin Development Council	$10,000	1	11%
Haleiwa Waialua Historical Society	$10,000	1	n/a
Chinese Chamber of Commerce Foundation	$10,000	1	7%
Hawaii Agricultural Foundation	$10,000	1	n/a
The Arc of Hilo	$10,000	1	0%
Kalamaula Homesteaders Association	$10,000	1	n/a
Moving Forward Foundation	$9,500	1	n/a
Ka Imi Naauao O Hawaii Nei Institute	$9,100	1	n/a
Papa Ola Lokahi	$9,000	1	0%
Ko Olau Foundation	$9,000	1	n/a
Le Fetuao Samoan Language Center	$9,000	1	n/a
Koolauloa Hawaiian Civic Club	$9,000	1	n/a
Hawaii Athletes in Action Foundation	$9,000	1	n/a
Hawaii Pacific University	$7,500	1	0%
International Cultural Arts Network	$7,500	1	45%
Kaiwi Entertainment LLC	$7,500	1	n/a
Carole Kai Charities Inc	$7,000	1	1%
Hawaii Book and Music Festival	$7,000	1	5%
Malu Productions Inc	$7,000	1	n/a
Hawaii Korean Chamber of Commerce Foundation	$7,000	1	3%
Hawai'I Lgbt Legacy Foundation	$7,000	1	2%
Kauai Historical Society	$6,550	1	n/a
Kapaa Business Association	$6,500	1	n/a
State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources	$5,910	1	n/a
Hawaiian Community Assets Inc	$5,663	1	1%
Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce	$5,500	1	12%

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($26k), not named here.

Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 13 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 136 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 136.

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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.

Hawaii Visitors and Convention BureauHI106× affinity49 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau · Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools · Atherton Family Foundation · Hawaii Council for Humanities · Tradewind Group Foundation · Central Pacific Bank Foundation · Kosasa Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · The People's Fund · Aloha United Way Inc · Cooke Foundation Limited · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn

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.

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About Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement

How much does Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement give?: Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement reported 157 itemized grants totaling $6,000,433, out of $16,486,805 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 136 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (31%), Recreation & Sports (14%), Environment (12%).
Who are Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Gravitas Pasifika LLC ($500k), Hawaii Stage Event Production Company ($402k), Kahuli Leo Lea ($330k).
Does Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 96% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau, Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools, Atherton Family Foundation.
Where is Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement based?: Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement is based in HI.