Hawaii · Nonprofit
HALAU HULA KAULUOKALA
HALAU HULA KAULUOKALA (Hawaii) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,905 to it, the largest being The O L Moore Foundation ($11,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $82k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $24k
- Net assets
- $47k
What Halau Hula Kauluokala does
Mission
We educate and instill the values of hawaiian culture through language, chant and dance. We encourage the development of skills and knowledge as being part of a caring, respectful community, bringing awareness and sensitivity to perpetuate all things hawaiian. Our goal is to build self- confidence with a greater understanding and connection to our ancestral ways. Thus with a strong foundation through education, we will ensure a secure future, and enduring pride in hawaiian culture.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Instruction at Halau Hula Kauluokala is deeply rooted in the use of traditional hawaiian instruments and implements. Students receive comprehensive training in rhythmic arts and musical accompaniment, featuring: traditional gourds & drums: ipu (gourds) and pahu (drums) hand implements: 'uli'uli(feathered gourd rattles), 'ili'ili (water-worn stones), kala'au(split bamboo) string instruments: 'ukulele instruction and accompaniment class offerings the halau hosts eleven classes each week, providing dedicated instruction tailored to all age groups: keiki & youth: serving students from ages 3 to 17 adults: comprehensive instruction for adult learners of various skill levels global cultural exchange beyond weekly instruction, Halau Hula Kauluokala proudly serves as an ambassador of hawaiian culture abroad. The hlau regularly participates in international cultural exchanges, including performances at the ka hikina o ka la hula festival in miyazaki, japan, as well as various other venues throughout the country.
$83,105 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $83,105.
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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $45k to $83k (+84%).
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.
88% of HALAU HULA KAULUOKALA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $2k → $3k.
From the IRS filings of HALAU HULA KAULUOKALA’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
HALAU HULA KAULUOKALA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
31% 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 HALAU HULA KAULUOKALA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
52% of HALAU HULA KAULUOKALA's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
HALAU HULA KAULUOKALA has grown faster than half of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like HALAU HULA KAULUOKALA
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.
Public support
100%
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 HALAU HULA KAULUOKALA: 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 HALAU HULA KAULUOKALA?
- HALAU HULA KAULUOKALA (Hawaii) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,905 to it, the largest being The O L Moore Foundation ($11,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HALAU HULA KAULUOKALA have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $23,905 in grants to HALAU HULA KAULUOKALA, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HALAU HULA KAULUOKALA?
- The O L Moore Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $11,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HALAU HULA KAULUOKALA 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 3 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