Hawaii · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY FIRST INC
COMMUNITY FIRST INC (Hawaii) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $170,000 to it, the largest being EAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $679k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $170k
- Net assets
- $185k
What Community First Inc does
Mission
Community first serves as a neutral forum for the community to come together and as a catalyst for solutions to improve health and lower medical cost on hawaii island based on community good.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Healthcare conference (program 18) - community first hosted its 2nd annual hawaii island healthcare conference, advancing conversations on healthcare access and equity that require long-term, cross-sector collaboration. More than 320 attendees-including healthcare and social service professionals, policymakers, government officials, and community organizations-participated in the event. Keynote speakers featured mayor mitch roth, representative jill tokuda, lieutenant governor sylvia luke, national healthcare finance expert eric shell, and others. Breakout sessions covered topics such as transforming healthcare in hawaii, strengthening the healthcare workforce, expanding telehealth, addressing the mental health crisis in hawaii county, and recognizing the vital role of private practice providers.
$135,852 spent$11,081 earned by the program30% of program spendingKnow your numbers (program 13) - know your numbers (kyn) began in 2021 and returned in 2024 to continue educating hawaii island communities about the risks of high blood pressure. Through outreach events in the community, with employers, and in schools, we provide free diagnostic testing and distribute blood pressure monitors at no cost. These efforts are made possible through partnerships with retired nurses, members of the hawaii fire department, students from the daniel k. Inouye college of pharmacy at the university of hawaii at hilo, and hawaii community college.
$74,929 spent17% of program spendingKuleana health connect (program 19) - this project was inspired by the need for greater access to healthcare and social services in our communities. Using a collaborative, user-centered design process, we developed a responsive online map that connects individuals with vital resources across hawaii island. Offered free to the public, this directory allows users to search for services by location and category. The platform also supports patient navigation, referrals, care coordination, and broader community empowerment.
$24,066 spent5% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$212,360 spent$29,707 earned by the program47% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $447,207.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.1M to $378k (−66%).
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 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 0% · 2020 51% · 2021 40% · 2022 100% · 2023 91% · 2024 68%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of COMMUNITY FIRST INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Randy Kurohara
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $58k → $10k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 74% 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 COMMUNITY FIRST INC’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
COMMUNITY FIRST INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
74% 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 COMMUNITY FIRST INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 57% · 2022 73% · 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
74% of COMMUNITY FIRST INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $45k that is directly attributable, 56% of it comes from Hawaii funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $125k 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
COMMUNITY FIRST INC's revenue grew 37% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like COMMUNITY FIRST 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
56% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 COMMUNITY FIRST 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 COMMUNITY FIRST INC?
- COMMUNITY FIRST INC (Hawaii) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $170,000 to it, the largest being EAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY FIRST INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $170,000 in grants to COMMUNITY FIRST INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY FIRST INC?
- EAST BAY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY FIRST 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 4 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