Hawaii · Nonprofit
GOING HOME HAWAII
GOING HOME HAWAII (Hawaii) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $754,223 to it, the largest being THE HARRY AND JEANETTE WEINBERG FOUNDATION INC ($500,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $754k
- Net assets
- $362k
What Going Home Hawaii does
Mission
We focus on providing supportive services to justice-involved individuals in hawai'I. Our main goal is to lower the state's recidivism rate through reentry housing and related support.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Going Home Hawaii no longer operates the in-reach program as of the fiscal year ending june 30, 2025. Our federal: second chance act - in reach & reintegration - comprehensive community-based reentry contract's period was from 9/2018 to 4/2022.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Going home hawai'I provides the only facilities on hawai'I island dedicated exclusively to serving justice-involved individuals. The organization offers both reentry and recovery housing (rrh) and permanent supportive housing (psh) to support stabilization and successful reintegration. Programs are designed for longer-term stays to allow participants to pursue employment, education, and permanent housing goals. In hilo, our reentry and recovery housing (rrh), also regarded as our pu`uhonua wellness center (pwc) consists of: pwc-m (9 men), pwc-m 2 (8 men), pwc-m semi-independent (5 men) and pwc-w (8 women). Total design capacity: 30 beds. In kona, the 3-apartment building complex has a design capacity of up to 40 rrh beds across 10 two-bedroom units, 10 permanent supportive housing beds across 5 two-bedroom units, and 36 permanent supportive housing beds across 9 two- bedroom units. Total design capacity: 86 beds. Participants must be recently justice-involved, employed or seeking employment or education, able to live independently, and maintain sobriety. Limited affordable rental units are also available for individuals needing extended time to secure stable housing. Actual…
$653,369 spent$500,154 earned by the program46% of program spendingGoing Home Hawaii works collaboratively to identify reentry challenges, coordinate services, and develop effective approaches to support justice- involved individuals. Going Home Hawaii's programs provide care coordination, connects participants to education and employment resources, and offers referrals to mental health and substance use treatment. It also partners with community service providers to improve access to comprehensive support and promote successful reintegration.
$725,705 spent51% of program spending9 months: window of hope supports low-income, justice-involved women particularly those impacted by substance usewho are at risk for poor birth outcomes. The program provides education, support, and referrals to help participants reduce or stop substance use during pregnancy and adopt healthy lifestyles for themselves and their babies. It also addresses the impacts of trauma by empowering women with the skills and confidence to be effective, healthy parents while promoting community awareness and support for maternal and infant well-being.
$49,579 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,428,653.
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 $132k to $1.9M (+1345%).
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: 2019 66% · 2020 68% · 2021 70% · 2022 51% · 2023 36% · 2024 44% · 2025 62%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
70% of GOING HOME HAWAII’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (93% 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
Lester Estrella
CEO/presiden
Board chair
Denise Pacheco
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $550 → $303k.
2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 GOING HOME 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
GOING HOME HAWAII leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
27% 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 GOING HOME HAWAII.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 49% · 2023 83% — 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
57% of GOING HOME HAWAII's funders are still giving 1 year 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
GOING HOME HAWAII draws 84% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $160k 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
GOING HOME HAWAII has grown faster than three-quarters of the 793 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 793 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding GOING HOME HAWAII receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $995k on record.
- Department of Justice$995k
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 GOING HOME 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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
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 GOING HOME 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 GOING HOME HAWAII?
- GOING HOME HAWAII (Hawaii) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $754,223 to it, the largest being THE HARRY AND JEANETTE WEINBERG FOUNDATION INC ($500,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GOING HOME HAWAII have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $754,223 in grants to GOING HOME HAWAII, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GOING HOME HAWAII?
- THE HARRY AND JEANETTE WEINBERG FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GOING HOME 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 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