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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.

Revenue FY2024
$852k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$49k
Net assets
$104k
1/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What Hawaii Farmers Union United does

Mission

Support family farms and regenerative agriculture through education, legislation, and membership.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Farm Apprentice Mentoring Program - FAM engages our community, shares valuable content and driving the mission of HFUU to foster sustainable agriculture in Hawaii. Grant funded by Maui County.

    $315,471 spent
    48% of program spending

  2. Climate Smart Commodities. The mission of the program is to: Accelerate the implementation of climate-smart practices centered on Hawaii-based producers and ancestral practitioners who are supported by advocacy, incentives, technical assistance, and market development. HFUU will support producers on Maui and Kauai.

    $106,767 spent
    16% of program spending

  3. Hana Farmers Market is a project of the Hana Chapter.

    $67,945 spent
    10% of program spending

  4. Convention

    $54,346 spent
    8% of program spending

  5. Hana Community Kitchen - The Hana Chapter is the lead in the design and development of a community certified kitchen and ag processing facility in Hana.

    $42,183 spent
    6% of program spending

  6. The HFUU Legislative Committee participates collaboratively with the Policy Committee, coalitions, organizations, and agencies to articulate, promote and work to establish legislation and policies that align with the mission and vision of HFUU.

    $29,345 spent
    4% of program spending

  7. Membership and chapter activities.

    $16,877 spent
    3% of program spending

  8. Makahiki. Maui Hub

    $14,456 spent
    2% of program spending

  9. HTA Aina Foods Cook-off

    $8,286 spent
    1% of program spending

  10. Educational Grants - HFUU and NFU National Farmers Union membership offers educational opportunities for youth and adults at local, state and national levels an On-Farm Mentoring FAM Program in Hawaii, Internship Program in Washington, D.C., and many others.

    $600 spentof which $600 as grants
    0% of program spending

The 10 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $656,276.

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 ($127k) Expenses 100 ($149k) Net assets 100 ($5k)2018 Revenue 173 ($220k) Expenses 149 ($222k) Net assets 838 ($39k)2019 Revenue 294 ($373k) Expenses 260 ($387k) Net assets 519 ($24k)2020 Revenue 606 ($767k) Expenses 523 ($779k) Net assets 272 ($13k)2021 Revenue 652 ($826k) Expenses 537 ($799k) Net assets 947 ($44k)2022 Revenue 588 ($745k) Expenses 487 ($725k) Net assets 1674 ($78k)2023 Revenue 535 ($678k) Expenses 425 ($632k) Net assets 1894 ($88k)2024 Revenue 672 ($852k) Expenses 624 ($928k) Net assets 2240 ($104k)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Revenue (672)Expenses (624)Net assets (2240)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 2023 to 2024, from $117k to $173k (+48%).

$5k
$41k
$29k
$84k
$44k
$81k
$117k
$173k
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
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
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

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 (94% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,373 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$22k
’17
−$2k
’18
−$15k
’19
−$11k
’20
$27k
’21
$20k
’22
$45k
’23
−$77k
’24
1.7
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.

2018201920202021202220232024
Listed19161715191614
Joined·+5+1+3+11+3+5
No longer listed·805767
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $10k.

Funder
'18
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1

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.

47%
largest funder
88%
top three
~3
effective funders

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 59% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 3 states in all.

WA
DC
HI

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

’18
’20
’21
’22
’23
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 Farmers Union United has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−9% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.7mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)31% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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.

Federal$20k
grants $20kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • 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

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 United Okinawa Association83%Hawaii Foodbank Inc82%Honolulu Printmakers82%Livable Hawaii Kai Hui82%Family Hui Hawaii82%Hawaii Agricultural Foundation82%Partners in Development Foundation81%Makauila Inc81%

Nationally

Humane Farming Association84%Hawaii United Okinawa Association83%Hawaii Foodbank Inc82%Iowa Farmers Union82%Honolulu Printmakers82%Livable Hawaii Kai Hui82%Family Hui Hawaii82%Hawaii Agricultural Foundation82%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

71% of spending goes to programs.

Program 71%Management 29%Fundraising 0%

Governance

14
board members
93%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

HI

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Hawaii Farmers Union Foundation · exempt
  • National Farmers Union · exempt

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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.

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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.

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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 4 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