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Hale Halawai Ohana O Hanalei

Hale Halawai Ohana O Hanalei (Hawaii) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $348,079 to it, the largest being Rotary Club of Hanalei Bay Foundation ($85,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$389k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$348k
Net assets
$4.1M
5/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 24%
01What it does

What Hale Halawai Ohana O Hanalei does

Mission

Our mission is to create and sustain a gathering place for cultural education and for community engagement and actions to support social, civic and recreation events that perpetuate the value of aloha and the betterment of our community.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Administered the $7,285,000 North Shore Watershed Flood Mitigation program on behalf of the County of Kaua'i (awarded via competitive RFP in 2024). Serving as the primary fiscal and operational intermediary, the organization managed the strategic implementation and distribution of sub-grants to regional non-profit partners. Funded projects included critical structural and nonstructural interventions designed to mitigate future flood risks, protect community infrastructure, and enhance long-term climate resilience throughout the North Shore watershed. Program operations and related expenditures are anticipated to continue successfully through 2026 to ensure full project completion.

    $553,543 spent
    65% of program spending
  2. Operated a multi-purpose community service facility and central learning hub that delivered vital social, educational, and nutritional services to approximately 10,000 North Shore residents and visitors from Anahola to Ha?ena. The facility provided subsidized, affordable infrastructure for key community programs, including daily keiki (youth) enrichment activities, weekly public health and wellness education classes, and a certified community kitchen. Additionally, the organization maintained the facility as a critical emergency shelter and operational staging site for regional first responders, residents, and visitors during severe weather incidents and Kuhio Highway road closures. By maintaining this central learning center and gathering space, the organization facilitated affordable access to social, educational, and nutritional services for the diverse local population.

    $186,182 spent$200,871 earned by the program
    22% of program spending
  3. Conducted Summer and Winter youth programs for 30 participants (ages 517) focused on Hawaiian cultural preservation and diversity education. Program services included heritage-based art projects, educational field trips throughout Kauai, and values-based character development. Participants successfully demonstrated acquired skills and traditional knowledge through seasonal 'hoike' presentations for the public.

    $74,591 spent$75,332 earned by the program
    9% of program spending
  4. Provided and managed parking and open-air event space to host the essential community outreach space for a farmers market. This program service accomplishment offered the community a centralized location to access fresh nutrition while supporting local agricultural producers. The organizations logistical support enabled the market to operate weekly with low overhead costs for space, directly benefiting community outreach and local food security.

    $34,263 spent$69,628 earned by the program
    4% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $848,579.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($195k) Expenses 100 ($221k) Net assets 100 ($2.8M)2018 Revenue 294 ($573k) Expenses 247 ($545k) Net assets 101 ($2.9M)2019 Revenue 122 ($238k) Expenses 100 ($221k) Net assets 102 ($2.9M)2020 Revenue 53 ($102k) Expenses 90 ($198k) Net assets 98 ($2.8M)2021 Revenue 201 ($391k) Expenses 124 ($274k) Net assets 103 ($2.9M)2022 Revenue 356 ($693k) Expenses 208 ($458k) Net assets 111 ($3.1M)2023 Revenue 222 ($432k) Expenses 237 ($524k) Net assets 99 ($2.8M)2024 Revenue 3685 ($7.2M) Expenses 2390 ($5.3M) Net assets 166 ($4.7M)2025 Revenue 200 ($389k) Expenses 426 ($941k) Net assets 147 ($4.1M)
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Revenue (200)Expenses (426)Net assets (147)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $2.8M to $4.7M (+67%).

$2.8M
$2.9M
$2.9M
$2.8M
$2.9M
$3.1M
$2.8M
$4.7M
$4.2M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 18% · 2024 96%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

42% of Hale Halawai Ohana O Hanalei’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,870 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$26k
’17
$28k
’18
$17k
’19
−$95k
’20
$117k
’21
$235k
’22
−$92k
’23
$1.9M
’24
−$552k
’25
20
months of
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

Kaylee Kim

Interim Executive Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed9988877910
Joined·+0+0+1+0+0+0+4+1
No longer listed·01101020
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $135k → $25k.

2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 Hale Halawai Ohana O Hanalei’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

Hale Halawai Ohana O Hanalei has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% 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

41% 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 Hale Halawai Ohana O Hanalei.

24%
largest funder
55%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 63% · 2020 100% · 2021 55% · 2022 49% · 2023 60% — 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

50% of Hale Halawai Ohana O Hanalei's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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 Hale Halawai Ohana O Hanalei's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.

NC
HI

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’20
’21
’22
’23
Hawaii out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Hale Halawai Ohana O Hanalei holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 13,062 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−142% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve19.8mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,062 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like Hale Halawai Ohana O Hanalei

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 8%Fundraising 2%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

93%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

HI

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Questions and answers

Who funds Hale Halawai Ohana O Hanalei?
Hale Halawai Ohana O Hanalei (Hawaii) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $348,079 to it, the largest being Rotary Club of Hanalei Bay Foundation ($85,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Hale Halawai Ohana O Hanalei have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $348,079 in grants to Hale Halawai Ohana O Hanalei, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Hale Halawai Ohana O Hanalei?
Rotary Club of Hanalei Bay Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $85,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Hale Halawai Ohana O Hanalei 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.

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 9 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