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HAWAII WORKFORCE PIPELINE INC

HAWAII WORKFORCE PIPELINE INC (Hawaii) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $835,193 to it, the largest being UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION ($364,045). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$541k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$835k
Net assets
$285k
3/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 93%
01What it does

What Hawaii Workforce Pipeline Inc does

Mission

Hawaii Workforce Pipeline Inc provides students with opportunities to explore careers through activities like career fairs, internships, job shadowing, and apprenticeships. They also host guest speakers and career awareness events to connect students with industry professionals and showcase high-demand career pathways. These initiatives help students gain practical skills, industry insights, and real-world experiences to prepare for successful futures.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Hawai'I workforce pipeline (hwp) partners with hawai'I public schools and local industry leaders to design and deliver an impactful work-based learning (wbl) program that prepares k-12 students for real-world career pathways. Through direct collaboration with educators, administrators, and businesses, hwp develops and coordinates student internships (in-person and virtual), teacher externships, guest speaker series, industry-led training, career fairs, and site visits. These initiatives foster career awareness, exploration, and readiness across diverse sectors. Hwp also supports professional development for educators and integrates innovative tools and protocols, such as student interest assessments and internship platforms, to personalize learning experiences. Currently serving the windward and honolulu school districts, hwp's intermediary services align with hawai'I doe's priorities for college and career readiness, and are tailored to reflect local workforce trends and community needs.

    $268,778 spentof which $8,278 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $268,778.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($87k) Expenses 100 ($91k) Net assets 100 ($83k)2022 Revenue 179 ($154k) Expenses 152 ($138k) Net assets 120 ($100k)2023 Revenue 141 ($122k) Expenses 191 ($173k) Net assets 59 ($49k)2024 Revenue 625 ($541k) Expenses 336 ($304k) Net assets 343 ($285k)
2021202220232024
Revenue (625)Expenses (336)Net assets (343)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 $49k to $285k (+485%).

$86k
$100k
$49k
$285k
2021202220232024
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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2024 55%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of HAWAII WORKFORCE PIPELINE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

−$4k
’21
$17k
’22
−$51k
’23
$236k
’24
11
months of
reserve
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $90k → $50k.

From the IRS filings of HAWAII WORKFORCE PIPELINE INC’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 WORKFORCE PIPELINE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

56% 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 WORKFORCE PIPELINE INC.

44%
largest funder
92%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 80% · 2023 50% — 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.

Where its funders are

88% of HAWAII WORKFORCE PIPELINE INC's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.

MA
HI

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

’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 WORKFORCE PIPELINE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin44% · top quartile
Months of reserve11.2mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)84% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

88% of spending goes to programs.

Program 88%Management 8%Fundraising 4%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

HI

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HAWAII WORKFORCE PIPELINE INC: 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 WORKFORCE PIPELINE INC?
HAWAII WORKFORCE PIPELINE INC (Hawaii) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $835,193 to it, the largest being UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION ($364,045). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does HAWAII WORKFORCE PIPELINE INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $835,193 in grants to HAWAII WORKFORCE PIPELINE INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of HAWAII WORKFORCE PIPELINE INC?
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $364,045 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HAWAII WORKFORCE PIPELINE INC 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 2021–2024), 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