Hawaii · Nonprofit
Hawaii Farmers Union United
Hawaii Farmers Union United (Hawaii) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $49,062 to it, the largest being THE FARMERS EDUCATIONAL AND COOPERATIVE UNION OF AMERICA ($23,262). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
Hawaii Farmers Union United has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,964 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,964 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Garmar Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- National Farmers Union Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- Frost Family Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
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.
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: 2018 26% · 2019 10% · 2020 62% · 2021 57% · 2022 55% · 2023 64% · 2024 41%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of Hawaii Farmers Union United’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (95% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $10k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $505k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Hawaii Farmers Union Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money Hawaii Farmers Union United raised.
From the IRS filings of Hawaii Farmers Union United’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 Farmers Union United leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
80% 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 Farmers Union United.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 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
Hawaii Farmers Union United draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 4 states in all.
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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- Garmar Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchHI · backs 7 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- National Farmers Union Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchDC · backs 4 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Frost Family Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchHI · backs 9 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Cooke Foundation Limitedshared fundersportfolio matchHI · backs 15 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Laurence H Dorcy Hawaiian Foundationlocalportfolio matchMN · funds 30 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Aina Momonalocalportfolio matchHI · funds 19 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Maui United Wayshared funderslocalHI · backs 17 organizations that share your funders · funds 62 organizations near you
- Iwamoto Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Consuelo Zobel Alger Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Hawai'i Pacific Health Group Returnportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Harold Kl Castle Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Gift Foundation of Hawaiiportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Government funding Hawaii Farmers Union United receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$20k
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 Farmers Union United
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Hawaii Farmers Union Foundation · exempt
- National Farmers Union · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Hawaii Farmers Union United: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds Hawaii Farmers Union United?
- Hawaii Farmers Union United (Hawaii) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $49,062 to it, the largest being THE FARMERS EDUCATIONAL AND COOPERATIVE UNION OF AMERICA ($23,262). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Hawaii Farmers Union United have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $49,062 in grants to Hawaii Farmers Union United, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Hawaii Farmers Union United?
- THE FARMERS EDUCATIONAL AND COOPERATIVE UNION OF AMERICA is the largest funder on record, with $23,262 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Hawaii Farmers Union United 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 4funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing