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Hui Huliau

Our mission is to strengthen our communities, make a positive impact on the lives we touch, and provide a brighter future for the native hawaiian people through education, economic opportunities, and the preservation of the hawaiian language and culture.

$2.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$709k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Community Improvement$1.2MHuman Services$640kRecreation & Sports$445kEducation$385kInternational$227kEnvironment$225kYouth Development$207kArts & Culture$196kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 23 grants below total $2,023,981, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,105,238 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $81,257 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $182k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $620k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.2M
$37,200
Median grant
3
States reached
$72M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HUI HULIAU HOU - HH$708,781
ELEPAIO SOCIAL SERVICES$500,000
MAUKA TO MAKAI MAKAHA FOU$105,000
SEARIDER FOOTBALL BOOSTER$100,000
E ALA VOYAGING ACADEMY$100,000
THE HAWAII PACIFIC FOUNDA$65,000
WAIANAE HAWAIIAN CIVIC CL$50,000
MALAMA LEARNING CENTER$50,000
KA'ALA FARM INC$50,000
SEARIDER PRODUCTIONS - HH$50,000
WAIANAE PROTESTANT CHURCH$50,000
ST OF HAWAII DEPT OF ED$37,200
NANAKULI PERFORM ARTS CNT$30,000
NA KAMA KAI$25,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB HAWAII$20,000
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 (FY22–24, $510k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 2% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%TAMPA HOMELESS OUTREACH INC: $10k → 12%ELEPAIO SOCIAL SERVICES: $500k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
PA
CA
VA
MD
TN
HI
OK
TX
FL
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.8M · 18 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
28

Total granted

$2.8M
$632k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+14%

Still filing today

78%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $540k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
EducationCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
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

  • HH
    HUI HULIAU HOU
    3× · 2022–2024 · $1.1M · revenue ×17 · 99% of their budget
  • SF
    SEARIDER FOOTBALL BOOSTERS
    2× · 2023–2024 · $155k · revenue +24% · 59% of their budget
  • KF
    KA'ALA FARM INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $150k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • AR
    Airbridge Releief
    one grant, 2023 · $221k · 80% of their budget
  • COUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -40%
  • PO
    POHAI O KAMEHAMEHA
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
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
Hawaii Maritime Center
—
3
Na Kua Aina O Waimanalo
Arts & Culture
4
Malama Kua Aina
Environment
5
Hawaii - American Nurses Association Foundation
Environment
6
Hawaii Book and Music Festival
Arts & Culture
7
Hiikua a Hiialo Cultural Foundation
Arts & Culture
8
Hawaii Education Institute
—
9
Na 'Aina Kai Botanical Gardens
Philanthropy
10
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
11
Hawaii Exemplary State Foundation
Community Improvement
12
Hawaii Pacific Model United Nations Incorporated
International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Na Kama Kai; the most unlike its peers is Airbridge Releief. 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

38 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 38 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.

6
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/38
Grantees still filing
22/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HUI HULIAU HOU: $1,090,043 · Community ImprovementHUI HULIAU HOUNATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION: $43,500 · Community Improvement+3 more: $33,000 · Community ImprovementE ALA VOYAGING ACADEMY: $200,000 · OtherE ALA VOYAGING ACADEMYKA'ALA FARM INC: $150,000 · OtherKA'ALA FARM INCWAIANAE PROTESTANT CHURCH: $120,000 · OtherWAIANAE PROTESTANT CHURCHDEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: $69,200 · OtherDEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONPOHAI O KAMEHAMEHA: $50,000 · OtherNANAKULI PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $45,000 · OtherNA KAMA KAI: $125,000 · OtherNA KAMA KAIThe Hawaii Pacific Foundation Inc: $105,000 · OtherThe Hawaii Pacific Foundation In…+19 more: $266,500 · Other+19 moreSEARIDER FOOTBALL BOOSTERS: $155,000 · EducationSEARIDER FOOTBA…Waianae Hawaiian Civic Club: $145,000 · EducationWaianae Hawaiia…MALAMA LEARNING CENTER: $100,000 · EducationMALAMA LEARNING…COUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT: $50,000 · EducationCOUNCIL FOR NAT…KAPPA SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT FUND OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC: $21,800 · Education+6 more: $66,000 · Education+6 moreELEPAIO SOCIAL SERVICES: $500,000 · Human ServicesELEPAIO SOCIAL…+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesMAUKA TO MAKAI MAKAHA FOUNDATION INC: $225,000 · Recreation & SportsWESTSIDE STRIKING: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsAirbridge Releief: $220,500 · Public Safety & DisasterSEARIDER PRODUCTIONS FOUNDATION: $125,000 · PhilanthropyGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Philanthropy
Community Improvement$1,166,543Other$1,130,700Education$537,800Human Services$510,000Recreation & Sports$255,000Public Safety & Disaster$220,500Philanthropy$145,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHUI HULIAU HOU: $1,090,043 over 3y, 99% of budgetELEPAIO SOCIAL SERVICES: $500,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetMAUKA TO MAKAI MAKAHA FOUNDATION INC: $225,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetAirbridge Releief: $220,500 over 1y, 80% of budgetSEARIDER FOOTBALL BOOSTERS: $155,000 over 2y, 59% of budgetKA'ALA FARM INC: $150,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetWaianae Hawaiian Civic Club: $145,000 over 3y, 75% of budgetNA KAMA KAI: $125,000 over 2y, 8.3% of budgetSEARIDER PRODUCTIONS FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetThe Hawaii Pacific Foundation Inc: $105,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMALAMA LEARNING CENTER: $100,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION: $43,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetWESTSIDE STRIKING: $30,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HAWAII: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFISHER HOUSE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGARY SINISE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGlobal Special Operations Forces Foundation Corporation: $16,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNATIVE HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATIONS ASSOC: $12,500 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetWarriors Ethos Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetFEEDING AMERICA TAMPA BAY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget'OLELO COMMUNITY TELEVISION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKids R First: $10,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE LEEWARD COAST PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLIBERTY MANOR FOR VETERANS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetROLLINS COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TAMPA BAY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHawaii Farmers Union Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMAIKO ABIGAIL SALE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 51% of budgetMAUI NUI RESILIENCY HUI: $10,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetHUI MAULI OLA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MAUI INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNATIVE HAWAIIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $5,500 over 1y, 12% 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.

Trustees of the Estat…Aloha United Way IncThe Red Cabin Foundat…Stupski FoundationThe Harry and Jeanett…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha SchoolsHI23.7× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools · Aloha United Way Inc · The Red Cabin Foundation Trust · Stupski Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Hui Huliau funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hui Huliau. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Feeding America Tampa Bay Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Global Special Operations Forces Foundation Corporation: 2% of income from government
  • Rollins College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
12report 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.
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How do I get to Hui Huliau?

Find your warmest path to Hui Huliau 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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