Hawaii · Nonprofit
HAWAII WILDLIFE FUND
HAWAII WILDLIFE FUND (Hawaii) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,102,080 to it, the largest being MASSEN GREENE FOUNDATION ($330,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $632k
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $211k
What Hawaii Wildlife Fund does
Mission
Native hawaiian wildlife protection, research and education
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Ka'u coastal restoration -- hwf team and volunteers work to protect native coastal and marine flora, fauna, and ecosystems through marine debris recovery, native plant conservation efforts and estuary restoration. Much of this work takes place within the 1,353 acre forest reserve in wai'ohinu but it has expanded both on hawai'I island, as well as on maui and kaua'I. The program also includes environmental education and estuary restoration efforts across hawai'I island (and now virtually with online curriculum available globally). With various gov't, foundation grants and private donations continuing since 2003, hwf has conducted marine debris recovery efforts along the coast, and initiated projects to protect endangered and endemic species, native coastal-strand plants and to restore anchialine pools in this region and wetlands in other nearby areas.
$430,485 spent59% of program spendingHawai'I wildlife discovery center -- in collaboration with noaa's hawaiian islands humpback whale national marine sanctuary, hwf designed, curated and operates a 5,000 square foot wildlife discovery center in maui's iconic shopping center at whalers village. With interactive exhibits and artifacts that focus on native marine life, the discovery center houses a dynamic blend of art and science to educate visitors and residents about the island's native marine life.
$149,767 spent20% of program spendingHo'okuleana: ho'okipa honu -- research, education and green sea turtle protection project to manage basking and nesting green turtles at ho'okipa, maui and evaluate the importance of in-water habitat. Through its honu watch program, hwf monitors basking honu (turtles) and educates the community about the phenomenon called "basking," a rare behavior in which green sea turtles crawl ashore for reasons other than nesting. Hundreds of people a day come to witness this behavior and hwf provides protection for the turtles. Nesting and hatching events are also monitored closely to ensure survivability of nesters and hatchlings.
$62,341 spent9% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$89,446 spentof which $1,920 as grants12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $732,039.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $220k to $400k (+82%).
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 29% · 2019 29% · 2020 27% · 2021 15% · 2022 19% · 2023 15% · 2024 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of HAWAII WILDLIFE FUND’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Hannah Bernard
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $46k → $176k.
9 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% 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 WILDLIFE FUND’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 WILDLIFE FUND leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
49% 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 WILDLIFE FUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 87% · 2018 45% · 2019 62% · 2020 61% · 2021 36% · 2022 50% · 2023 47% — diversifying over time.
“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
39% of HAWAII WILDLIFE FUND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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 WILDLIFE FUND draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $520k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 WILDLIFE FUND's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 12 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding HAWAII WILDLIFE FUND receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $495k on record.
- Department of Commerce$487k
- Department of the Interior$8k
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 WILDLIFE FUND
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
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
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 WILDLIFE FUND: 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 WILDLIFE FUND?
- HAWAII WILDLIFE FUND (Hawaii) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,102,080 to it, the largest being MASSEN GREENE FOUNDATION ($330,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HAWAII WILDLIFE FUND have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $1,102,080 in grants to HAWAII WILDLIFE FUND, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HAWAII WILDLIFE FUND?
- MASSEN GREENE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $330,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HAWAII WILDLIFE FUND 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 30 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