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HAWAII ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

HAWAII ACADEMY OF SCIENCE (Hawaii) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,469,886 to it, the largest being HAWAII DENTAL SERVICE ($740,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$460k
Funders on record
16
Grants received
$1.5M
Net assets
$580k
10/16 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Hawaii Academy of Science does

Mission

Promote scientific research & education in hawaii and the pacific rim

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Hawaii state science and engineering fair (hssef) Hawaii Academy of Science manages the hssef and assists in coordinating other science fairs for schools in hawaii for approximately 6,000 high school and middle school students. Sends top winders to the international science and engineering fair competition. This fair was conducted march 31 - april 2, 2025.

    $266,758 spentof which $7,304 as grants$358,202 earned by the program
    78% of program spending

  2. Pacific symposium for science and sustainability (ps3) Hawaii Academy of Science holds symposium for approximately 100 high school students from hawaii and other pacific islands. Ps3 was held on january 18-19 2025. Students present research papers in a conference setting which are reviewed by adult scientists. Proceedings are published. Top winners are sent to the national competition.

    $69,514 spent$27,525 earned by the program
    20% of program spending

  3. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $5,603 spentof which $2,966 as grants
    2% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $341,875.

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 ($415k) Expenses 100 ($408k) Net assets 100 ($345k)2018 Revenue 97 ($404k) Expenses 94 ($383k) Net assets 106 ($366k)2019 Revenue 105 ($434k) Expenses 83 ($337k) Net assets 135 ($464k)2020 Revenue 106 ($440k) Expenses 120 ($489k) Net assets 120 ($415k)2021 Revenue 67 ($279k) Expenses 64 ($263k) Net assets 125 ($431k)2022 Revenue 120 ($498k) Expenses 92 ($375k) Net assets 161 ($554k)2023 Revenue 101 ($420k) Expenses 96 ($392k) Net assets 170 ($587k)2024 Revenue 126 ($521k) Expenses 132 ($539k) Net assets 165 ($569k)2025 Revenue 111 ($460k) Expenses 110 ($449k) Net assets 168 ($580k)
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Revenue (111)Expenses (110)Net assets (168)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 2021 to 2022, from $431k to $554k (+29%).

$345k
$366k
$464k
$415k
$431k
$554k
$587k
$569k
$580k
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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
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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 45% · 2018 51% · 2019 57% · 2020 44% · 2021 22% · 2022 8% · 2023 18% · 2024 61% · 2025 49%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of HAWAII ACADEMY OF SCIENCE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (79% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 882 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$7k
’17
$22k
’18
$98k
’19
−$49k
’20
$16k
’21
$123k
’22
$28k
’23
−$18k
’24
$11k
’25
16
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.

Board chair

Scott Robinson

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed1077777777
Joined·+0+0+0+0+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·30000000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $30k → $230k.

Funder
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total
Hawaii Dental Serviceidentity?
$740k
funders
2
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8
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From the IRS filings of HAWAII ACADEMY OF SCIENCE’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

HAWAII ACADEMY OF SCIENCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

81% 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 HAWAII ACADEMY OF SCIENCE.

50%
largest funder
81%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2018 99% · 2019 65% · 2020 52% · 2021 63% · 2022 86% · 2023 78% — 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 HAWAII ACADEMY OF SCIENCE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

88% of HAWAII ACADEMY OF SCIENCE's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.

CA
VA
DE
HI

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

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Hawaii out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

HAWAII ACADEMY OF SCIENCE holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 453 science & tech nonprofits its size.

Operating margin2% · below the median
Months of reserve15.5mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)1% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 453 science & tech nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding HAWAII ACADEMY OF SCIENCE receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $450k on record.

Federal$450k
grants $450kcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Commerce$450k

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 HAWAII ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

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

Hawaii Association for College Admission Counseling80%Hawaii Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (HASCD)79%Arts & Sciences Center Inc79%Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation78%Hawaii Surfing Production Corp78%Hawaii Science and Technology Museum78%Hawaii Youth Symphony Association78%Hawaii High School Athletic Association77%

Nationally

Hawaii Association for College Admission Counseling80%Hawaii Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (HASCD)79%Arts & Sciences Center Inc79%New York Academy of Sciences79%Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation78%Hawaii Surfing Production Corp78%Hawaii Science and Technology Museum78%Quest Science Center78%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

76% of spending goes to programs.

Program 76%Management 24%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

HI

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HAWAII ACADEMY OF SCIENCE: 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 HAWAII ACADEMY OF SCIENCE?
HAWAII ACADEMY OF SCIENCE (Hawaii) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,469,886 to it, the largest being HAWAII DENTAL SERVICE ($740,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does HAWAII ACADEMY OF SCIENCE have?
IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $1,469,886 in grants to HAWAII ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of HAWAII ACADEMY OF SCIENCE?
HAWAII DENTAL SERVICE is the largest funder on record, with $740,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HAWAII ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 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 16 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