Hawaii · Nonprofit
EASTER SEALS HAWAII
EASTER SEALS HAWAII (Hawaii) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,004,522 to it, the largest being ALOHA UNITED WAY INC ($219,505). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $27M
What Easter Seals Hawaii does
Mission
Easterseals hawaii (esh) is creating a more equitable world so people with developmental disabilities can choose their path. We do this by reimagining how care and support can be better connected to fill gaps in human services across an individual's lifespan.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
During the 2025 year, esh's adult home and community-based services, a statewide program that supports individuals with disabilities age 18 and beyond, continued to offer both 1:1 and group services, along with community outings and volunteerism that, while fun and exciting, also fosters skills development and socialization in support of participant goals. Throughout 2025, esh provided services to 206 participants with 217,010 total service hours delivered. The employment services program saw 7 participants secure jobs in 2025. In april,several esh service centers hosted information tables with staff and participants outside of 2 eggs 'n things locations as part of a fundraising campaign, which reinforced the importance of community integration and self-advocacy among the I/dd population. Critical programs for adults with I/dd like the ones we provide offer participants vital opportunities for socialization while focusing on increasing and improving skills and independence. Getting participants actively engaged with their peers and out in the community is a key component of our person-centered care philosophy, and celebrates the unique goals and aspirations of neurodivergent and…
$6,306,810 spent$5,836,538 earned by the program42% of program spendingEasterseals hawaii's early intervention (ei) program, one of the state's largest providers of ei services, continued to deliver care and support for the 1,408 children and families enrolled in the ei program. Throughout the year, esh ensured children aged 0-3 years across the state could receive family-guided and routines-based treatment plans that address delays in overall development, motor skills and language. Additionally, our early interventionists continued to support families through education and coaching, as well as consulting with schools, childcare agencies and other service providers. Another achievement of our ei program was the continued growth in partnerships with various local organizations to make positive impacts on children and families. Our hilo location collaborated with community organizations with a focus on continuity of care and early identification of delays and disabilities, as well as early literacy and language development. In 2026, we anticipate increasing these kinds of partnerships on oahu to continue community outreach and support.
$5,289,208 spent$63,000 earned by the program35% of program spendingThe autism services program at esh continued to provide therapeutic services to 132 families and delivered over 20,000 hours of care. Our applied behavior analysis (aba) therapies were offered at our centers, in client homes and in the community. Our centers completed nearly 2 dozen episodes of care after clients successfully reached into their treatment goals, and we continued to provide offerings such as social skills groups (a service line that groups children and teens by age and interest to foster socialization and educational enrichment) and morning circle time for children, the space has been well received by client families. In 2025, 22 evaluations were completed by year's end, which reflects the growing need for services, resources and education about intellectual and developmental disabilities among families in our state. By supporting individuals from diagnosis through treatment, esh is working to reduce gaps in service, offer compassionate support, and pave the way for improved outcomes for families in hawaii.
$3,464,557 spent$1,959,700 earned by the program23% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $15,060,575.
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 $26M to $30M (+17%).
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 33% · 2018 34% · 2019 32% · 2020 41% · 2021 39% · 2022 44% · 2023 44% · 2024 37% · 2025 35%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
50% of EASTER SEALS HAWAII’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Andrea Pettiford
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Danielle Yafuso
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 7 funders, grant income fell $111k → $88k.
3 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $10M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Catalight Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money EASTER SEALS HAWAII raised.
From the IRS filings of EASTER SEALS HAWAII’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
EASTER SEALS HAWAII has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders 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 EASTER SEALS HAWAII.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 72% · 2019 59% · 2020 40% · 2021 46% · 2022 31% · 2023 57% — 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
24% of EASTER SEALS HAWAII's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
EASTER SEALS HAWAII draws 56% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $165k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
EASTER SEALS HAWAII holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,843 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like EASTER SEALS HAWAII
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
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Catalight Foundation · exempt
- Easterseals Northern California · exempt
- Xolv Technology Solutions Inc · corp_trust
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EASTER SEALS HAWAII: 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 EASTER SEALS HAWAII?
- EASTER SEALS HAWAII (Hawaii) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,004,522 to it, the largest being ALOHA UNITED WAY INC ($219,505). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EASTER SEALS HAWAII have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $1,004,522 in grants to EASTER SEALS HAWAII, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EASTER SEALS HAWAII?
- ALOHA UNITED WAY INC is the largest funder on record, with $219,505 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EASTER SEALS HAWAII 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 28 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