Hawaii · Nonprofit
ALOHA UNITED WAY INC
ALOHA UNITED WAY INC (Hawaii) receives grants from 125 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,237,772 to it, the largest being THE HARRY AND JEANETTE WEINBERG FOUNDATION INC ($9,297,000). 69 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $21M
- Funders on record
- 125
- Grants received
- $22M
- Net assets
- $18M
What Aloha United Way Inc does
Mission
Aloha united way advances the health, education, and financial stability of every person in our community by bringing together resources, organizations, and people.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Community support:we address the greatest needs of our community, offer hope, and provide opportunities to improve the quality of life for families in hawaii. Through community-wide fundraising, we help amplify the power of each gift to make a difference. Aloha united way (auw) has long supported disaster, crisis, food, shelter and emergency support services through the safety net fund, and established the alice (asset limited income constrained employed) fund to tackle the issues that cause financial instability for individuals and families. The alice reports also provide data that are increasingly informing government policy and business response to address financial stability and housing. Through transformative initiatives that bring together people, resources and sustainable solutions, the alice initiative strives to enhance financial stability to make our community stronger and more resilient. Auw supported over 500 independent nonprofit agencies, supporting health and human service services across the state.
$10,088,388 spentof which $9,189,530 as grants58% of program spendingContinuum of care:aloha united way is the recipient of various continuum of care ("coc") grants funded by the u.s. Department of housing and urban development ("hud"). The coc program is designed to assist our community's homeless population and to optimize self-sufficiency. Aloha united way has been awarded four grants under hud including: permanent supportive housing, coc planning activities, homeless management information system, and the coordinated entry system.
$5,280,189 spentof which $5,162,755 as grants30% of program spending211 program:211 is a free, confidential service offered statewide for people who need help. 211 provides information on a broad range of health and human services for the whole community including job placement, child care, substance use disorder support, as well as basic food, shelter, crisis and other needs. Auw 211 is used by numerous government agencies to connect residents to service information for crisis or disaster response. 211 is also the number to call when people want to donate goods or volunteer in the community. In 2024, the 211 program responded to more than 47,000 requests to its statewide resource helpline.
$2,088,355 spent$2,071,036 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $17,456,932.
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 2019 to 2020, from $20M to $27M (+31%).
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 7% · 2018 27% · 2019 38% · 2020 78% · 2021 48% · 2022 26% · 2023 22% · 2024 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of ALOHA UNITED WAY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (80% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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.
Chief executive
John Fink
President/CEO
Board chair
Brian Bowers
Director/chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 21 funders to 77 funders, grant income rose $347k → $3.6M.
25 of 125 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $250k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Hawai'i Pacific Health). These are real filings, and they are not money ALOHA UNITED WAY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of ALOHA UNITED WAY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 125 funders by total. 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
ALOHA UNITED WAY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
34% 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 ALOHA UNITED WAY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 32% · 2018 65% · 2019 59% · 2020 37% · 2021 53% · 2022 53% · 2023 49% — 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.
How long its funders stay
58% of ALOHA UNITED WAY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
ALOHA UNITED WAY INC draws 68% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 21 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
ALOHA UNITED WAY INC's funding base is broadening — from 21 funders to 77 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 828 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding ALOHA UNITED WAY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $52.7M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$52.4M
- Corporation for National and Community Service$196k
- Department of the Treasury$157k
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 ALOHA UNITED WAY INC
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
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 ALOHA UNITED WAY INC: 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 ALOHA UNITED WAY INC?
- ALOHA UNITED WAY INC (Hawaii) receives grants from 125 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,237,772 to it, the largest being THE HARRY AND JEANETTE WEINBERG FOUNDATION INC ($9,297,000). 69 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALOHA UNITED WAY INC have?
- IRS filings report 125 organizations giving $22,237,772 in grants to ALOHA UNITED WAY INC, 69 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALOHA UNITED WAY INC?
- THE HARRY AND JEANETTE WEINBERG FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $9,297,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALOHA UNITED WAY INC 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.
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 125 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing