Hawaii · Nonprofit
HAWAIIAN LIFEGUARD ASSOCIATION
HAWAIIAN LIFEGUARD ASSOCIATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $150,012 to it, the largest being AMA OLUKAI FOUNDATION ($70,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $488k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $150k
- Net assets
- $233k
What Hawaiian Lifeguard Association does
Mission
The mission of the Hawaiian Lifeguard Association (hla) is to contribute to and advocate for the professional advancement of lifeguards in the state of hawaii by supporting their efforts to reduce the incidence of drownings and aquatic injuries.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Junior lifeguard program - teaches children, ages 13 - 17, ocean safety skills, basic first aid & promotes physical fitness.
$12,050 spentof which $6,666 as grants38% of program spendingSponsor or attend state, national & international conferences & symposiums that discuss water safety issues that concern the state of hawaii.
$1,026 spent3% of program spendingTo assist those lifeguards and their families directly affected by the lahaina wildfire.
$7,661 spentof which $7,374 as grants24% of program spendingConducting outreach to the community in furtherance of hla's tax-exempt purpose.
$10,791 spentof which $2,476 as grants34% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $31,528.
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 2023 to 2024, from $148k to $237k (+60%).
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.
72% of HAWAIIAN LIFEGUARD ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (75% 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
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $20k → $60k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 LIFEGUARD ASSOCIATION’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 LIFEGUARD ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
27% 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 LIFEGUARD ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 33% — 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
79% of HAWAIIAN LIFEGUARD ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 LIFEGUARD ASSOCIATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like HAWAIIAN LIFEGUARD ASSOCIATION
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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
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 LIFEGUARD ASSOCIATION: 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 LIFEGUARD ASSOCIATION?
- HAWAIIAN LIFEGUARD ASSOCIATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $150,012 to it, the largest being AMA OLUKAI FOUNDATION ($70,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HAWAIIAN LIFEGUARD ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $150,012 in grants to HAWAIIAN LIFEGUARD ASSOCIATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HAWAIIAN LIFEGUARD ASSOCIATION?
- AMA OLUKAI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $70,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HAWAIIAN LIFEGUARD ASSOCIATION 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 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