Hawaii · Nonprofit
ALA KAHAKAI TRAIL ASSOCIATION
ALA KAHAKAI TRAIL ASSOCIATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,022,620 to it, the largest being THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ($1,945,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $139k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $20M
What Ala Kahakai Trail Association does
Mission
To engage and support through activities community capacity building for self sustainability. To provide guidance for maintenance of the trail through community involvement and stewardship. To support and provide education, research and recordation of oral history and historical sites along the trail for the benefit of the trail. To actively acquire lands to better protect the trail and cultural resources.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Stewardship management of acquired properties. A management group was formed to help ATA make decisions on properties and to give advise on how best to proceed with different projects and programs that ATA is planning, The stewardship committee is an interagal part of the management of the properties and bring to the committee expertise in different areas such as cultural integrity, planning and community building. The committee sponsors community programs such as educational hikes, cleanup days and cultural awareness.
$5,063 spent3% of program spendingRanger Program to help with maintenance of the properties for fire suppression, cleanup of the beach access area and ensure there is no danger to travelers on the access road as welll as to check out areas of erosion. The program assists ATA in keeping an eye on cultural sites and resources and reports any damage or potential danger to these sites and resources. The program pus feet on the ground to ensure all resources are protected. The revenue for this program was not received in 2024 because the funding did not get sent out until early 2025
$107,469 spent72% of program spendingManagement Plan for Kaunamano property with community members, businesses, government agencies that reflects the input from all stakeholders. The plan will guide ATA in dealing with community concerns and how best to implement a solution to address concerns. ATA has placed top priority on completing a Management Pal for all ATA properties. The funding was realized in a previous period but work was done during this fiscal year.
$37,600 spent25% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $150,132.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $9.0M to $15M (+69%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 69% · 2018 39% · 2019 83% · 2020 0% · 2021 98% · 2022 96% · 2023 34% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
18% of ALA KAHAKAI TRAIL ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $31k → $3k.
From the IRS filings of ALA KAHAKAI TRAIL ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ALA KAHAKAI TRAIL ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ALA KAHAKAI TRAIL ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 96% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
ALA KAHAKAI TRAIL ASSOCIATION draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ALA KAHAKAI TRAIL ASSOCIATION is better cushioned than half of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding ALA KAHAKAI TRAIL ASSOCIATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $362k on record.
- Department of the Interior$362k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ALA KAHAKAI TRAIL ASSOCIATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Hawaii
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ALA KAHAKAI TRAIL ASSOCIATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ALA KAHAKAI TRAIL ASSOCIATION?
- ALA KAHAKAI TRAIL ASSOCIATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,022,620 to it, the largest being THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND ($1,945,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALA KAHAKAI TRAIL ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $2,022,620 in grants to ALA KAHAKAI TRAIL ASSOCIATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALA KAHAKAI TRAIL ASSOCIATION?
- THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND is the largest funder on record, with $1,945,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALA KAHAKAI TRAIL ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Hawaii. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing