Hawaii · Nonprofit
HAWAII AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION
HAWAII AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,052,922 to it, the largest being HAWAII AG AND CULINARY ALLIANCE ($375,814). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Hawaii Agricultural Foundation does
Mission
To promote agriculture and farming, and to enhance environmental stewardship in the state of hawaii, through agriculture research, education, training, management and public outreach.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Educational programs to reach out to hawaii's youth in the classrooms and schools to educate them about farming operations and careers, and to create an appreciation for the agricultural industry at an early age. This could involve in-classroom workshops, farm excursions, and the development of educational materials. 2022 - 2023 school year: 6,000+ students at 115 public/charter schools, including 200+ participating teachers.
$741,764 spent$12,760 earned by the program69% of program spendingFarmer assistance programs will provide direct, on-the-ground support to hawaii's farmers by providing access to farming opportunities, technical information and assistance, workshops/seminars on business matters (financing, loans, insurance, etc.), and market development and branding, so as to support the viability and sustainability of farming in hawaii.
$246,246 spent$248,895 earned by the program23% of program spendingOutreach/public awareness programs involve educating the general public or key sectors thereof about the importance of supporting agriculture in hawaii and the benefits that the agricultural industry provides to our state. This includes outreach activities and events such as the farm fair, farmers' markets, and hawaii food & wine festival-showcasing farm products, promoting the importance of locally-grown food/food security and sustainability.
$88,623 spent$22,200 earned by the program8% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$4,180 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,080,813.
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 2017 to 2018, from $726k to $976k (+34%).
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: 2017 20% · 2018 28% · 2019 39% · 2020 35% · 2021 20% · 2022 25% · 2023 38% · 2024 47%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
79% of HAWAII AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Dean Okimoto
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $75k → $98k.
2 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 HAWAII AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION’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 AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
64% 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 AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 88% · 2019 97% · 2020 41% · 2021 53% · 2022 28% · 2023 71% — 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
43% of HAWAII AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
91% of HAWAII AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k 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
HAWAII AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,130 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,130 food & nutrition nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding HAWAII AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $949k on record.
- Department of Education$949k
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 AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
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 HAWAII AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION: 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 AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION?
- HAWAII AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,052,922 to it, the largest being HAWAII AG AND CULINARY ALLIANCE ($375,814). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HAWAII AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $1,052,922 in grants to HAWAII AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HAWAII AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION?
- HAWAII AG AND CULINARY ALLIANCE is the largest funder on record, with $375,814 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HAWAII AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 23 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