Hawaii · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE PANAEWA ZOO
FRIENDS OF THE PANAEWA ZOO (Hawaii) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,602 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($1,602). 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 FY2025
- $499k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Friends of the Panaewa Zoo does
Mission
Support the efforts of the panaewa rainforest zoo and gardens, a municipal entity, promoting the zoo to the community and its contributions to the well being of the resident animals.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The goals of the friends of the zoo include education, enrichment for the animals, fostering concern for the conservation of endangered animals and their environment by providing the best possible living conditions for the animals in the zoo, and thereby enhancing the experience for visitors to the zoo. Friends of the zoo's accomplishments include helping the municipal panaewa rainforest zoo in the maintenance of zoo habitats, enrichment for the animals in the form of special handling, food, toys, and improved habitats; provide funding for special projects at the zoo, and conducting events for the general public.
$246,059 spent100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $246,059.
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 $534k to $790k (+48%).
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.
44% of FRIENDS OF THE PANAEWA ZOO’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $332 → $402.
1 of 2 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 FRIENDS OF THE PANAEWA ZOO’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 1 of 2 funders by total. 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 FRIENDS OF THE PANAEWA ZOO'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. $2k 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
FRIENDS OF THE PANAEWA ZOO runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,693 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,693 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE PANAEWA ZOO
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
82% 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 FRIENDS OF THE PANAEWA ZOO: 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 FRIENDS OF THE PANAEWA ZOO?
- FRIENDS OF THE PANAEWA ZOO (Hawaii) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,602 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($1,602). 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 FRIENDS OF THE PANAEWA ZOO have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,602 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE PANAEWA ZOO, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE PANAEWA ZOO?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,602 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE PANAEWA ZOO 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 2 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