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Kupu

KUPU programs are training young adults in the emerging "green" job sector to help make hawaii more self-sustaining, while engaging these youth members in relevant and important community service throughout the state.

$321k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$77k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $173k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $128k
$21,551
Median grant
2
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WAIANAE COMMUNITY RE-DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION$76,785
UNIVERSITY OF GUAM$51,284
HUI MALAMA I KE ALA ULILI$39,232
HI'IPAKA LLC$37,780
MOLOKAI LAND TRUST$36,482
KOKUA KALIHI VALLEY COMPREHENSIVE FAMILY SERVICES$21,551
MAUI NUI BOTANICAL GARDENS INC$16,456
AKAKA FOUNDATION FOR TROPICAL FORESTS$11,721
MALAMA LEARNING CENTER$10,089
KAULUAKALANA$9,614
HOLANI HANA INC$6,585
02The need
02

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY25–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%HOLANI HANA INC: $7k → 9%KAULUAKALANA: $10k → 9%AKAKA FOUNDATION FOR TROPICAL FORESTS: $12k → 15%MOLOKAI LAND TRUST: $36k → 9%HI'IPAKA LLC: $38k → 9%HUI MALAMA I KE ALA ULILI: $39k → 15%KOKUA KALIHI VALLEY COMPREHENSIVE FAMILY SERVICES: $22k → 9%WAIANAE COMMUNITY RE-DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $77k → 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 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
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
2
Na 'Aina Kai Botanical Gardens
Philanthropy
3
E Kupaku Ka Aina - the Hawaii Land Restoration Institute
Environment
4
Ka Ha O Ka Aina
Environment
5
The Haiku Aina Permaculture Initiative
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6
Malama Kua Aina
Environment
7
The Kohala Center

The kohala center is an independent community-based center for research, conservation, and education.

Environment
8
Kaiaulu Initiatives

Kaiaulu initiatives is regreening and rebuilding lahaina one tree and one person at a time through education, training, community networking & sustainability while incorporating hawaiian cultural practices.

Environment
9
Na Maka Haloa O Waipio

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

Arts & Culture
10
Na Kua Aina O Waimanalo
Arts & Culture
11
Waimea Malama Inc
Environment
12
Hoa Aina O Makaha

Hoa aina o makaha (land of makaha shared in friendship) is more than a destination farm or nonprofit organization. the embrace of a sanctuary is felt by whoever enters the gates and a sense of belonging usually follows. once a barren piece…

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kauluakalana; the most unlike its peers is Akaka Foundation for Tropical Forests. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

10 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. 10 of the 11 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
6/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Hi'ipaka LLC: $37,780 · EnvironmentHi'ipaka LLCMOLOKAI LAND TRUST: $36,482 · EnvironmentMOLOKAI LAND TRUSTMAUI NUI BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $16,456 · EnvironmentMAUI NUI BOTANICAL GARDENS INCAKAKA FOUNDATION FOR TROPICAL FORESTS: $11,721 · EnvironmentAKAKA FOUNDATION FOR TROPICAL FOREST…WAIANAE COMMUNITY RE-DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $76,785 · EmploymentWAIANAE COMMUNITY RE-DEVELO…THE UNIVERSITY OF GUAM: $51,284 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF …HUI MALAMA I KE ALA ULILI: $39,232 · Community ImprovementHUI MALAMA I KE A…KAULUAKALANA: $9,614 · Community ImprovementKAULUAKALANAKOKUA KALIHI VALLEY COMPREHENSIVE FAMILY SERVICES: $21,551 · HealthMALAMA LEARNING CENTER: $10,089 · EducationHOLANI HANA INC: $6,585 · Recreation & Sports
Environment$102,439Employment$76,785Other$51,284Community Improvement$48,846Health$21,551Education$10,089Recreation & Sports$6,585

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHi'ipaka LLC: $37,780 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMOLOKAI LAND TRUST: $36,482 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetKOKUA KALIHI VALLEY COMPREHENSIVE FAMILY SERVICES: $21,551 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAUI NUI BOTANICAL GARDENS INC: $16,456 over 1y, 2.8% 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.

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 11 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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