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HAWAII BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE

HAWAII BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE (Hawaii) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $8,500 to it, the largest being Castle Medical Center dba Adventist Health Castle ($8,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$482k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$9k
Net assets
$213k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Hawaii Business Roundtable does

Mission

The Hawaii Business Roundtable is a statewide public policy organization made up of the ceos and senior executives of companies headquartered or maintaining significant operations in hawaii. The mission of the roundtable is to promote the economic vitality and social health of hawaii resulting in a better future for the people of hawaii. Education and economy are the roundtable's major concern.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The university of hawaii economic research organization (uhero)the Hawaii Business Roundtable has become uhero's top (kaweil'u) sponsor. The goal of the sponsorship is to help uhero build on its existing strengths to conduct more independent economic analysis of the hawaii economy and economic policy. Research reports are provided on a regular basis and shared with the community at large.

    $79,734 spentof which $73,333 as grants
    33% of program spending
  2. Transitioning to a new school can be a challenge for many children. Leaving everything they are accustomed to and the uncertainty of making new friends can take a toll, emotionally and socially. These centers provide a safe and stable foundation for all students. The Hawaii Business Roundtable, the hawaii state department of education and us indopacom partner to support the mark takai transition center best practices conference. The conference allows transition center personnel to exchange information and best practices with each other.

    $32,291 spent$7,000 earned by the program
    13% of program spending
  3. The Hawaii Business Roundtable made donations to move hawaii forward for a $5,000 sponsorship for move oahu forward's kalihi skyline summit. This contribution supports a premier event focused on the future of honolulu's skyline rail system and its impact on the kalihi community.

    $11,401 spentof which $5,000 as grants
    5% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $118,624 spent
    49% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $242,050.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($460k) Expenses 100 ($469k) Net assets 100 ($236k)2020 Revenue 107 ($491k) Expenses 101 ($472k) Net assets 108 ($255k)2021 Revenue 82 ($377k) Expenses 75 ($352k) Net assets 119 ($280k)2022 Revenue 82 ($376k) Expenses 84 ($394k) Net assets 111 ($262k)2023 Revenue 90 ($416k) Expenses 97 ($455k) Net assets 94 ($223k)2024 Revenue 92 ($421k) Expenses 93 ($436k) Net assets 88 ($208k)2025 Revenue 105 ($482k) Expenses 102 ($477k) Net assets 90 ($213k)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (105)Expenses (102)Net assets (90)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $236k to $362k (+53%).

$236k
$362k
$280k
$262k
$223k
$208k
$213k
2019202020212022202320242025
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$10k
’19
$18k
’20
$26k
’21
−$18k
’22
−$39k
’23
−$15k
’24
$5k
’25
5.4
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

Gary K Kai

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

2019202020212022202320242025
Listed64535853586465
Joined·+9+9+4+7+9+10
No longer listed·2049239
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of HAWAII BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE’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.

Where its funders are

100% of HAWAII BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.

HI

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

Organizations like HAWAII BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

51% of spending goes to programs.

Program 51%Management 49%Fundraising 0%

Governance

57
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds HAWAII BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE?
HAWAII BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE (Hawaii) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $8,500 to it, the largest being Castle Medical Center dba Adventist Health Castle ($8,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does HAWAII BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $8,500 in grants to HAWAII BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE.
Who is the largest funder of HAWAII BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE?
Castle Medical Center dba Adventist Health Castle is the largest funder on record, with $8,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HAWAII BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 1 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