Hawaii · Nonprofit
ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL
ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL (Hawaii) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $984,003 to it, the largest being DIRECT RELIEF ($200,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.9M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $984k
- Net assets
- $11M
What Alternative Structures International does
Mission
Founded in 1974 as an intentional community, Alternative Structures International (asi) kahumana's mission is to co-create and model a healthy, inclusive, and productive community with homeless families, people with disabilities, and youth. It achieves this mission by integrating mutually supportive social services, housing, and vocational training. Our social programs include: (1) transitional housing programs in 48 units (serving 350-500 individuals annually), an emergency shelter program, affordable housing programs and outreach services; (2) adult day care programs and services for adults with developmental disabilities and autism; (3) farm, culinary, and hospitality with vocational training on our organic farm, food service, commercial kitchen, and retreat center; (4) educational programs in farming and food sustainability, social work, and holistic health through tours, farm stays, and retreats.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Homeless housing and services - asi's transitional housing shelter ohana ola o kahumana sheltered over 75 homeless adults and 150 children in one, two, and three bedroom units. Asi also manages an emergency shelter for individuals and families. Asi's rapid rehousing programs assists at-risk homeless families to keep their homes or get into long-term permanent housing. Asi also manages affordable housing programs for individuals and families at three different locations. Disability services - asi kahumana learning centers provide center-based day programs for adults with developmental disabilities and autism. The waianae and kailua centers serve special needs adults. One to one community and home-based personal assistance services are provided throughout oahu. Job training and placement - kahumana community center and kahumana works provide training and job placement for low income individuals , with a focus on those experiencing homelessness and disabilities. Training is offered in organic farming, food services, custodial and maintenance services, and hospitality services with the goal to train and place individuals into permanent employment.
$7,463,473 spent$4,752,750 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $7,463,473.
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 $11M to $14M (+23%).
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 34% · 2018 30% · 2019 33% · 2020 27% · 2021 22% · 2022 31% · 2023 29% · 2024 30%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
36% of ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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 3 funders, grant income rose $31k → $41k.
4 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 22 of 24 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
ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
80% 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 ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 65% · 2019 38% · 2020 67% · 2021 35% · 2022 100% · 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.
How long its funders stay
21% of ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 29% 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
ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL draws 56% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $198k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.8M on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$3.8M
- Department of Agriculture$20k
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 ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL
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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL: 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 ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL?
- ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL (Hawaii) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $984,003 to it, the largest being DIRECT RELIEF ($200,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $984,003 in grants to ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL?
- DIRECT RELIEF is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES INTERNATIONAL 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 24 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