Hawaii · Nonprofit
HAWAIIAN LEGACY REFORESTATION INITIATIVE
HAWAIIAN LEGACY REFORESTATION INITIATIVE (Hawaii) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $265,572 to it, the largest being HN and Frances C Berger Foundation ($185,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $266k
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative does
Mission
Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative (hlri) is dedicated to creating innovative native/endemic reforestation models that are scientifically, economically, and ecologically self-sustaining. These forests produce green jobs in forestry and other forest related occupations as well as recharge our watershed, sequester carbon from our atmosphere, enhance biodiversity, support the hawaiian culture, and involve the local business community and the public, inspiring active participation in being part of the solution.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative (hlri) has participated in taking 1,000 acres of denuded pastureland and reestablished an entire intact endemic ecosystem (the world's first hawaiian legacy forest). Hlri has planted endemic trees on the islands of hawaii and oahu and has commitments for nearly 2,000,000 more over the coming years - well on its way to surpassing its original goal of planting 1.3 million trees (one for each man, woman, and child in hawaii). During 2023, hlri has planted approximately 25,998 trees. Hlri has been recognized globally for groundbreaking innovations. Through state-of-the-art technologies and proprietary forest management practices, hlri is promoting long-term forest health, carbon sequestration, ecosystem diversity, and unparalleled data collection for research and development, all while creating green jobs for hawaii families. During 2023, hlri has made grants of 4,803 to other charitable organizations in connection with its program to plant legacy trees. Most importantly, it tries hard to do all of this in a way that honors the hawaiian culture.
$769,264 spentof which $4,803 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $769,264.
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 $1.6M to $3.1M (+99%).
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 1% · 2020 8% · 2021 6% · 2023 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of HAWAIIAN LEGACY REFORESTATION INITIATIVE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $25k → $47k.
4 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 LEGACY REFORESTATION INITIATIVE’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
HAWAIIAN LEGACY REFORESTATION INITIATIVE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 91% · 2021 88% · 2022 75% · 2023 86% — 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
75% of HAWAIIAN LEGACY REFORESTATION INITIATIVE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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 LEGACY REFORESTATION INITIATIVE draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $65k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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 LEGACY REFORESTATION INITIATIVE 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
Organizations like HAWAIIAN LEGACY REFORESTATION INITIATIVE
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In Hawaii
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
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 LEGACY REFORESTATION INITIATIVE: 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 LEGACY REFORESTATION INITIATIVE?
- HAWAIIAN LEGACY REFORESTATION INITIATIVE (Hawaii) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $265,572 to it, the largest being HN and Frances C Berger Foundation ($185,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HAWAIIAN LEGACY REFORESTATION INITIATIVE have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $265,572 in grants to HAWAIIAN LEGACY REFORESTATION INITIATIVE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HAWAIIAN LEGACY REFORESTATION INITIATIVE?
- HN and Frances C Berger Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $185,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HAWAIIAN LEGACY REFORESTATION INITIATIVE 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 8 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