Hawaii · Nonprofit
BIG ISLAND MEDIATION
BIG ISLAND MEDIATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $711,057 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($236,500). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $341k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $711k
- Net assets
- $214k
What Big Island Mediation does
Mission
West hawaii mediation center's mission is to provide dispute resolution and education services to empower individuals and build communities that view conflict resolution as a catalyst for positive change. Through our mediation and education programs, whmc provides tools and opportunities for people to resolve their differences in a safe and neutral environment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
General mediation program. In fiscal year 2024-2025, whmc provided mediation services for 256 cases (in 116 other-referred and 140 court- referred cases). We served 566 unduplicated clients using 39 volunteer mediators. All of whmcs community mediation services are offered on a sliding scale fee structure, and no one is turned away due to an inability to pay.
$195,653 spent$51,513 earned by the program70% of program spendingWhmc's peer mediation program is designed to train students of the same age group to use mediation techniques to resolve disputes between their peers. The goal is to provide a safe space where students can talk about their issues and, hopefully, work towards a win-win solution for both disputants. The program empowers participants by improving their self-esteem, leadership and conflict resolution skills while simultaneously helping to decrease violence and create a greater sense of peace and security within the school community. For fiscal year ending june 30, 2025, our peer mediation program held training 6 schools. We trained 177 students to be peer mediators who conducted 87 mediations. 52% of students report using conflict resolution skills outside the classroom setting, while 81% of mediation referrals came from the students themselves.
$41,926 spent$11,039 earned by the program15% of program spendingWest hawaii mediation center offers victim offender conferencing options to juveniles and adults caught in the criminal legal system. Voc processes bring victims and offenders of crime or harm together in a unique face-to-face meeting. These conferences are led by trained volunteers that focus on victims needs and offender responsibilities. Voc represents a community driven restorative justice process in which those most harmed by an act may express their feelings, the impact, seek answers, and give input to a restitution and accountability process. Voc acts as a diversionary program that helps unclog an overflow of cases in the judicial system (thus aiding the courts), gives voice to victims who may not have a chance to be heard, and creates appropriate levels of accountability for adult and youth offenders.
$41,926 spent$11,039 earned by the program15% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $279,505.
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 2021 to 2022, from $168k to $234k (+39%).
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 5% · 2018 10% · 2019 10% · 2020 10% · 2021 24% · 2022 36% · 2023 30% · 2024 24% · 2025 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
77% of BIG ISLAND MEDIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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 broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $31k → $115k.
2 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 BIG ISLAND MEDIATION’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
BIG ISLAND MEDIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
91% 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 BIG ISLAND MEDIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 37% · 2019 66% · 2020 38% · 2021 26% · 2022 49% · 2023 52% — 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
38% of BIG ISLAND MEDIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
94% of BIG ISLAND MEDIATION's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $237k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
BIG ISLAND MEDIATION is better cushioned than half of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BIG ISLAND MEDIATION
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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 BIG ISLAND MEDIATION: 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 BIG ISLAND MEDIATION?
- BIG ISLAND MEDIATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $711,057 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($236,500). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BIG ISLAND MEDIATION have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $711,057 in grants to BIG ISLAND MEDIATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIG ISLAND MEDIATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $236,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIG ISLAND MEDIATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 13 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