Hawaii · Nonprofit
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST (Hawaii) receives grants from 101 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,768,360 to it, the largest being STUPSKI FOUNDATION ($2,000,000). 53 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.6M
- Funders on record
- 101
- Grants received
- $8.8M
- Net assets
- $39M
What Hawaiian Islands Land Trust does
Mission
Hawaiian Islands Land Trust dba hawai'I land trust (hilt) is hawai'I's statewide land trust that is both a hawai'I 501(c)3 nonprofit, and a nationally accredited land trust. Hilt's mission is to protect and steward the lands that sustain hawai'I, and to perpetuate hawaiian values by connecting people with 'aina. 'aina means the lands that feed us. Hilt formed in 2011 from a merger of four island land trusts on maui, o'ahu, hawai'I island, and kaua'I. A dedicated board of directors representing all major islands guides hilt, supported by a hard working, diverse, and knowledgeable staff. Hilt has protected over 22,585 acres across hawai'I, through fee purchases that become public preserves owned and stewarded by hilt, and conservation easements protecting agricultural, ecological, and cultural resources on private lands. We work in three programmatic areas: protect, steward, and connect. We protect lands that are integral to hawai'I's well-being and character, upholding our kuleana (resp
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Hawai'I land trust (hilt) works in three programmatic areas: protect, steward, and connect. Hilt is constantly furthering its efforts to: 1) protect lands in line with its strategic land protection priorities (coastlines, hawaiian cultural landscapes, and lands that grow food for hawai'I's people); 2) steward its public preserves and conservation easements with numerous conservation values (stunning scenic vistas; public outdoor recreation areas; places of cultural and historical significance; ranches and farms that provide fresh local food; wildlife habitats that secure biodiversity; beaches for people to enjoy; and other water resource areas); and 3) connect communities to their special natural places. Some 2024 highlights are as follows: protect - conservation purchases and easements: 1. Total place protected following hilt's strategic land protection priorities: a. Protected 1.36 acres of coastal lands in hamoa, hana, maui as a part of a larger save hana coast efforts with community group ke ao halii. B.protected 28 acres of agricultural land in kohala, hawaii with community stewardship 2. Total newly protected land in 2024: 29.36 acres stewardship: 3. Planted 2,520 native and…
$2,558,537 spent$202,992 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,558,537.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $21M to $39M (+81%).
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: 2017 4% · 2018 9% · 2020 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST’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. 1 of the last 8 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
Olu Campbell
CEO and pres
Board chair
Lisa Grove
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 42 funders, grant income rose $62k → $1.4M.
16 of 101 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 101 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
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
33% 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 HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 30% · 2019 39% · 2020 29% · 2021 18% · 2022 53% · 2023 35% — 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
41% of HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST draws 71% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 21 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.6M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$1.3M
- Department of Commerce$804k
- Department of the Interior$467k
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 HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST
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
84% 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 HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST: 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 HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST?
- HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST (Hawaii) receives grants from 101 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,768,360 to it, the largest being STUPSKI FOUNDATION ($2,000,000). 53 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST have?
- IRS filings report 101 organizations giving $8,768,360 in grants to HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST, 53 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST?
- STUPSKI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST 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 101 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