Hawaii · Nonprofit
AUAMO COLLABORATIVE
AUAMO COLLABORATIVE (Hawaii) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $175,000 to it, the largest being TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ($125,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $231k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $175k
- Net assets
- $133k
What Auamo Collaborative does
Mission
To provide service to Native Hawaiian, Indigenous, and Underserved communities across Hawaii by supporting individual and community self determination. leadership, and resilience
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2022 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
To better inform the extent of broadband coverage at a household level, this project will utilize Auamo Collaboratives extended network to gather data on broadband access in rural communities across Hawaii by deploying community members to monitor quality of coverage, ability to access broadband services, and gauge broadband utility. Providing a clear map of actual vs. claimed coverage will better address the needs of communities by informing policy efforts that aim to create community-led solutions. The map will allow us to better address the needs of communities who do not have broadband access and no infrastructure to allow access to existing services. The data will inform efforts towards creative solutions in creating community networks, advocacy for underserved communities, as well as providing a snapshot of what community members need access for.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Organization conducted a statewide broadband mapping effort across 6 islands to determine if carrier provided speed test numbers were accurately being reported and to identify underserved rural areas for future projects/ Results were collected, analyzed, and reported to the public at the end of the project period. Costs included hiring data collection teams, project managers and coordinators, radio and internet advertising, data analysis, report writing and presentation, website, travel and equipment costs.
$72,586 spent74% of program spendingCreate and manage community broadband networks in rural communities, including planning, organizing, convening a diverse group of communities planning for the installation of community managed broadband networks in their communities
$25,000 spent26% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $97,586.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1k to $0 (−100%).
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: 2021 0% · 2023 45%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 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
Brad Bennett
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2022: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $125k → $50k.
From the IRS filings of AUAMO COLLABORATIVE’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
AUAMO COLLABORATIVE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 AUAMO COLLABORATIVE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 60% · 2022 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
71% of AUAMO COLLABORATIVE's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
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.
Organizations like AUAMO COLLABORATIVE
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AUAMO COLLABORATIVE: 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 AUAMO COLLABORATIVE?
- AUAMO COLLABORATIVE (Hawaii) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $175,000 to it, the largest being TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ($125,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AUAMO COLLABORATIVE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $175,000 in grants to AUAMO COLLABORATIVE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AUAMO COLLABORATIVE?
- TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS is the largest funder on record, with $125,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AUAMO COLLABORATIVE 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 FY2023 (financials across 2021–2023), and the filings of 2 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