Hawaii · Nonprofit
CORAL REEF EDUCATION INSTITUTE
CORAL REEF EDUCATION INSTITUTE (Hawaii) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $147 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($147). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2023
- $14k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $147
- Net assets
- $-4150
What Coral Reef Education Institute does
Mission
Our purpose is to inspire and educate citizen scientists to identify negative human impacts on our ocean environments and offer solutions to those impacts. Coral Reef Education Institute provides on-line, in-person and in-field training, as well as a mobile response team to assist local communities in our mutual effort to preserve our oceans. These citizen scientists are trained to bring change in their communities and educate the like-minded. Our classes include education on coral biology, rehabilitation of corals through coral nursery management, coral monitoring and surveys, setting up Marine Preserves, eco-tourism, plastic pollution solutions, PADI scuba courses, identifying all negative human impacts that cause coral decline and the solutions to those impacts.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Completed training for Coral Reef Rehabilitation Management through Ocean Quest Global. Provided multiple training programs for tourists and locals including Intro To Coral Reefs, Hawaiian Coral ID, Watershed Management, Snorkeling, and Scuba Diving courses both from shore and by boat. Hosted multiple beach clean-ups including World Ocean Day at Kawaihae Harbor with over 200 participants. Hosted a 6-week internship for two students through the Stemworks program working on a Social Media and reef safe sunscreen campaigns. Maintained social media posts, website presence, advertising, and marketing campaigns. Participated in the first-ever community coral restoration project on Oahu with 3 other nonprofits, working to build relationships and trust among stakeholders. Trained boat tour operators on Hawaii island and Oahu to teach guests about coral reefs and what can be done to protect them. Provided free training materials to these operators. Started filming and production on a short film called Paradise in Peril highlighting the current state of corals in Hawaii, what's currently being done to protect/restore them and what the future holds for this quickly dissapearing resource.
$0 spent0% of program spendingLast year we were focused on expanding our resort programs and our K-12 programs on Big Island and Maui. We developed a Coral Reef 101 and in-water coral ID course and taught at these resort locations; Four Seasons Wailea, King Kamehameha Kona Beach Hotel, Napili Surf and Beach Hotel. We taught our K-12 programs at these school locations; Waimea Country School, Hawaii Preparatory Academy (HPA), West Hawaii Exploration Academy (WHEA), Waikoloa Middle School, Ke Kula O Ehunuikaimalino Immersion School, Kealakehe Elementary School, Kealakehe Middle School, Konaweaena, Kuleana Academy, Kamaaina Kids, Makualani, Learning Center. Our programs are "Sea camp comes to you and our volunteer instructors go to location to teach our programs. We established a "pop-up" site at Kailua Pier to teach tourists about coral reefs and the effects of chemical sunscreens. We hosted multiple beach clean-ups and community events at state and county beach parks. We created new curriculum for the k-12 programs and new in-water flip charts for the coral ID course. We are working on new resort contracts to expand our resort programs with Outrogger, Mauna Lani, Hapuna Prince and Pacific 19. Our hope to teach…
$0 spent0% of program spendingThis year we focused on expanding our DOE program offerings and taught Waikoloa and Waimea middle schools mostly. We created an outline for DOE educators to use to get their kids outdoors learning about the environment and having hands-on meaningful watershed educational experiences. We teamed up with the Koloko Cloud Forest Sanctuary and together we hosted 130 tenth graders from Nueva Private school in California. Each of the students took our coral reef 101 in-water snorkeling class and had a tour through the Koloko watershed on Hualalai with the sanctuary team. Our programs focus on teaching kids about the connection between the mountain and the sea. Our Maui programs continued and out outer island connections are growing.
$619 spent100% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $619.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $4k to $977 (−73%).
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.
45% of CORAL REEF EDUCATION INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (92% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $15 → $81.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 CORAL REEF EDUCATION INSTITUTE’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.
Where its funders are
100% of CORAL REEF EDUCATION INSTITUTE'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $147 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
CORAL REEF EDUCATION INSTITUTE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,119 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,119 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
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In Hawaii
Nationally
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Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CORAL REEF EDUCATION INSTITUTE?
- CORAL REEF EDUCATION INSTITUTE (Hawaii) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $147 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($147). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CORAL REEF EDUCATION INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $147 in grants to CORAL REEF EDUCATION INSTITUTE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CORAL REEF EDUCATION INSTITUTE?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $147 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CORAL REEF EDUCATION INSTITUTE 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 2020–2023), and the filings of 1 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