Hawaii · Nonprofit
HAWAII PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION DBA PBS HAWAII
HAWAII PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION DBA PBS HAWAII (Hawaii) receives grants from 80 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,430,820 to it, the largest being CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING ($14,176,654). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.6M
- Funders on record
- 80
- Grants received
- $23M
- Net assets
- $54M
What Hawaii Public Television Foundation Dba Pbs Hawaii does
Mission
The mission of pbs hawai'I is to advance learning and discovery by sharing stories that profoundly touch lives. We bring the world to hawai'I and hawai'I to the world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Ono! Hawaii's food culture is a monthly digital series on pbs hawaii's youtube channel that celebrates the flavors, history, and heart behind hawaii's favorite local comfort foods. Each episode spotlights a beloved dish, from saimin and poke to malasadas, pastele, huli huli chicken, and more. The program explores the cultural roots and community stories that make these foods meaningful across generations. In hawaii, ono means "delicious, and the series captures exactly that: the rich blend of cultures, traditions, and memories that shape the islands' unique food identity. What school you went? Is a pbs hawai'I podcast that explores hawai'I's local cultures, communities, and relationships. The weekly conversations feature unique and colorful individuals from across the state. From rubbah slippahs to unsolved local mysteries, guests shed light on what makes hawai'I, hawai'I. The last episode aired on february 6, 2025. Alanui mele podcast explores the rich tapestry of hawai'I's hip-hop culture. Through candid interviews, each episode delves into hawai'I's unique connection to the genre, with an emphasis on four foundational elements: breakdancing/b-boying, mc/rapping, dj/deejaying, and graffiti/street art. The podcast provides a platform for voices that are often unheard and stories rarely told, highlighting how hip-hop has shaped hawai'I's cultural landscape and influenced generations in the 808 state.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The mission of pbs hawai'I is to advance learning and discovery through storytelling that profoundly touches lives. On-air, online, and in person, we serve 1.4 million residents across six islands. As hawai'I's sole member of the public broadcasting service (pbs), we provide trusted national and international programming, a strong lineup of weekly local programs, periodic town halls, a signature read aloud and literacy initiative, and the nation's first statewide student newscast, with 90 public, private, and charter schools participating. Pbs hawai'I combines multimedia and education to promote lifelong learning, giving people of all ages access to the knowledge they need to make informed civic decisions and to appreciate the arts, humanities, and sciences, to understand world affairs and history, and to build community.
$6,261,159 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $6,261,159.
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. 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 2020 to 2021, from $44M to $47M (+7%).
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: 2019 40% · 2020 41% · 2021 44% · 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of HAWAII PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION DBA PBS HAWAII’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 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.
Chief executive
Ronald Mizutani
President & CEO
Board chair
Ryan Kaipo Nobriga
Director/chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 20 funders to 29 funders, grant income fell $3.7M → $2.3M.
8 of 80 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $293k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Aloha United Way Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money HAWAII PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION DBA PBS HAWAII raised.
From the IRS filings of HAWAII PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION DBA PBS HAWAII’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 80 funders by total. 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 PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION DBA PBS HAWAII leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION DBA PBS HAWAII.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 69% · 2019 77% · 2020 57% · 2021 62% · 2022 44% · 2023 62% — growing more concentrated.
“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
45% of HAWAII PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION DBA PBS HAWAII's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% 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
HAWAII PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION DBA PBS HAWAII draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 15 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $415k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION DBA PBS HAWAII holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like HAWAII PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION DBA PBS HAWAII
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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION DBA PBS HAWAII: 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 PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION DBA PBS HAWAII?
- HAWAII PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION DBA PBS HAWAII (Hawaii) receives grants from 80 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,430,820 to it, the largest being CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING ($14,176,654). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HAWAII PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION DBA PBS HAWAII have?
- IRS filings report 80 organizations giving $23,430,820 in grants to HAWAII PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION DBA PBS HAWAII, 52 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HAWAII PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION DBA PBS HAWAII?
- CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING is the largest funder on record, with $14,176,654 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HAWAII PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION DBA PBS HAWAII 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 80 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