Hawaii · Nonprofit
HALE KUA
HALE KUA (Hawaii) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $850,500 to it, the largest being TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ($712,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $563k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $851k
- Net assets
- $568k
What Hale Kua does
Mission
The nonprofit's mission is the perpetuation of arts and culture and for other charitable religious, educational and scientific purposes.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Program
The nonprofit received large grants from kamehameha schools that will be able to further the nonprofit's mission of perpetuation of arts and culture and for other charitable religious, educational and scientific purposes.the business incubator program inspires entrepreneurial spirit in indigenous artists and small businesses and guides participants through five phases of business: inspiration, translation, creation, business plan and business pitch.through the incubator program, Hale Kua aims to cultivate hawaiian arts, culture, values, and traditions by: - fostering the next generation of storytellers in this time and space through their individual creative art- teaching participants how to connect to time and space to receive inspiration and translate that inspiration- establishing the effectiveness of a culturally-based business model as a foundation for successthe program begins with a week-long retreat on hawai'I island, where selected cohort members have the unique opportunity to walk in manaola's footsteps and explore the building blocks of culturally based business rooted in hawaiian values and 'ike kupuna (ancestral knowledge). The program continues with weekly workshops,…
$51,818 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2022 Form 990. Program spending in total: $51,818.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $98k → $375k.
From the IRS filings of HALE KUA’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 KUA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 KUA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 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
100% of HALE KUA'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
HALE KUA holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 19,715 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 19,715 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2022
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In Hawaii
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HALE KUA: 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 HALE KUA?
- HALE KUA (Hawaii) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $850,500 to it, the largest being TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ($712,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HALE KUA have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $850,500 in grants to HALE KUA, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HALE KUA?
- TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS is the largest funder on record, with $712,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HALE KUA 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 FY2022 (financials across 2022–2022), 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