Hawaii · Nonprofit
EDITH KANAKA'OLE FOUNDATION
EDITH KANAKA'OLE FOUNDATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $399,238 to it, the largest being TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ($219,018). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $937k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $399k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Edith Kanaka'Ole Foundation does
Mission
The Edith Kanaka'Ole Foundation perpetuates the teachings, beliefs, practices, philosophy and traditions of edith k. Kanaka'ole and the native hawaiian traditional hula as practiced by mary kekuewa kanaele and edith k kanaka'ole. The organization strives to teach and encourage indigenous hawaiian cultural education through media material, teaching hawaiian language, rituals, chants, literature and other activities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The restore and utilize oiwi spatial data project strives to identify and compile oiwi (indigenous hawaiian) spatial data, including inoa aina (place names) and wao (natural land divisions). The goal is to classify the landscape of hawaii volcanoes national park through a collaborative project involving the national park service, the edith kanakaole foundation, the bureau of indian affairs, the office of indian economic development, and the office of native hawaiian relations.
$139,129 spent$139,129 earned by the program20% of program spendingPapaku makawalu is the ability of our kupuna to categorize and organize their natural world and all systems of existence within their universe. Papaku makawalu is the foundation to understanding, knowing, acknowledging, becoming involved with, but most importantly, becoming the experts of the systems of this natural world. The papaku makawalu team holds at least one public workshop every year and, upon request, several smaller presentations.
$60,416 spent$65,831 earned by the program9% of program spendingThe child care stabilization grant was received from the state of hawaii department of human services, which received funds through the american rescue plan act (arpa) of 2021 to provide assistance to licensed childcare providers experiencing financial hardship and childcare market instability due to covid-19.
$52,501 spent$60,700 earned by the program8% of program spendingOther programs: ekf's programs endeavor to elevate hawaiian intelligence. Halau o kekuhi is the halau hula and the center of cultural knowledge for ekf. The papaku makawalu, oiwi spatial data, uluwehi o ke kai, and honuaiakea projects look at research, curriculum development, and community education through workshops, social media, and video projects. Other projects, such as vibrant hawaii haleolono, concentrate on hawaiian resource management and land restoration.
$439,600 spent$604,285 earned by the program64% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $691,646.
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 $839k to $1.0M (+21%).
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: 2023 11% · 2024 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
20% of EDITH KANAKA'OLE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Huihui Kanahele-Mossman
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $6k → $7k.
1 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 EDITH KANAKA'OLE FOUNDATION’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
EDITH KANAKA'OLE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
86% 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 EDITH KANAKA'OLE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2021 62% · 2022 89% · 2023 71% — diversifying over time.
“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
25% of EDITH KANAKA'OLE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 2 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
85% of EDITH KANAKA'OLE FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $48 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
EDITH KANAKA'OLE FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding EDITH KANAKA'OLE FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $335k on record.
- Department of the Interior$285k
- National Endowment for the Arts$25k
- Smithsonian Institution$25k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like EDITH KANAKA'OLE FOUNDATION
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
55%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EDITH KANAKA'OLE FOUNDATION?
- EDITH KANAKA'OLE FOUNDATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $399,238 to it, the largest being TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ($219,018). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EDITH KANAKA'OLE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $399,238 in grants to EDITH KANAKA'OLE FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EDITH KANAKA'OLE FOUNDATION?
- TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS is the largest funder on record, with $219,018 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EDITH KANAKA'OLE FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 10 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