Hawaii · Nonprofit
HAWAII CONSERVATION ALLIANCE FOUNDATION
HAWAII CONSERVATION ALLIANCE FOUNDATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,348,669 to it, the largest being HAU'OLI MAU LOA FOUNDATION ($2,120,111). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $3.3M
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What Hawaii Conservation Alliance Foundation does
Mission
Founded in 2006, the hawai'I conservation alliance foundation ("hcaf") is a 501(c)(3) non-profit with the purpose and mission to support and advance the capacity building, native ecosystem and biocultural conservation work of the hawai'I conservation alliance ("hca") through fundraising, advocacy, and strategic outreach and communications.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Hcaf hosted the 2023 hawai'I conservation conference with over 1100 professional attendees. Additionally, the hcaf continued implementation of the conservation career compass program to support students and emerging professionals in navigating their career pathways. The hcaf continued the ahupuaa accelerator initiative to support place-based stewardship including coordinating a peer-to-peer learning cohort and supported the laukahi network to coordinate native plant conservation.
$925,250 spentof which $200,998 as grants$385,229 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $925,250.
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 2018 to 2019, from $851k to $1.3M (+52%).
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 0% · 2018 7% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
57% of HAWAII CONSERVATION ALLIANCE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $283k → $276k.
2 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 CONSERVATION ALLIANCE 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 CONSERVATION ALLIANCE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 85% · 2020 44% · 2021 37% · 2022 56% · 2023 99% — 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.
How long its funders stay
29% of HAWAII CONSERVATION ALLIANCE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
98% of HAWAII CONSERVATION ALLIANCE 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. $15k 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 CONSERVATION ALLIANCE FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding HAWAII CONSERVATION ALLIANCE FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $14k on record.
- Department of Commerce$14k
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 CONSERVATION ALLIANCE 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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
52%
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 CONSERVATION ALLIANCE 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 CONSERVATION ALLIANCE FOUNDATION?
- HAWAII CONSERVATION ALLIANCE FOUNDATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,348,669 to it, the largest being HAU'OLI MAU LOA FOUNDATION ($2,120,111). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HAWAII CONSERVATION ALLIANCE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $3,348,669 in grants to HAWAII CONSERVATION ALLIANCE FOUNDATION, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HAWAII CONSERVATION ALLIANCE FOUNDATION?
- HAU'OLI MAU LOA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,120,111 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HAWAII CONSERVATION ALLIANCE 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 13 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