Hawaii · Nonprofit
HILO EDUCATION ARTS REPERTORY THEATRE
HILO EDUCATION ARTS REPERTORY THEATRE (Hawaii) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $167k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $98k
What Hilo Education Arts Repertory Theatre does
Mission
The primary purpose of HEART The Hilo Education Arts Repertory Theatre is to enrich the Hilo community an underserved region on Hawaii Island by providing high-quality, pre-professional theatre experiences for both youth and adults. Through a robust combination of performances, education, and outreach, HEART serves as a vital cultural resource, engaging hundreds of participants and reaching thousands of audience members each year. Committed to access and inclusion, HEART actively partners with schools, senior centers, and community organizations to bring theatre education and live performance to those who might not otherwise have the opportunity. We cultivate a supportive, inclusive environment where performers can develop their skills, build confidence, and discover a lifelong connection to the performing arts-while inspiring creativity and a love of theatre throughout the broader community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Education, performance, and community outreach programs centered on theatre and music. Our theatre education services offer acting classes, workshops, and seasonal camps that help young people build confidence, creativity, and performance skills. Each year, we train and mentor hundreds of youth performers, supporting both their artistic growth and personal development. Our youth theatre program produces a dynamic season of high-quality performances, including plays, musicals, showcases, park concerts, and presentations at senior centers, all featuring talented young artists from our community. Recent and current productions include Chicago, Heathers, Grease, A View from the Bridge, The Little Mermaid, and this year's additions of Cabaret, Frozen (featuring a cast and crew of over 100), and Dear Evan Hansen. Cast sizes typically range from 50 to 100 performers, with productions regularly selling out across six to nine performances and reaching audiences of 500 or more per show. Our work has been recognized with five prestigious BroadwayWorld Awards, including Best Youth Theatre in the State of Hawaii for our production of The Little Mermaid. HEART is committed to expanding access…
$114,943 spentof which $73,201 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $114,943.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2024 to 2025, from $46k to $98k (+114%).
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.
44% of HILO EDUCATION ARTS REPERTORY THEATRE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of HILO EDUCATION ARTS REPERTORY THEATRE’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.
Where its funders are
100% of HILO EDUCATION ARTS REPERTORY THEATRE's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
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.
Against its field
HILO EDUCATION ARTS REPERTORY THEATRE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like HILO EDUCATION ARTS REPERTORY THEATRE
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.
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HILO EDUCATION ARTS REPERTORY THEATRE: 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 HILO EDUCATION ARTS REPERTORY THEATRE?
- HILO EDUCATION ARTS REPERTORY THEATRE (Hawaii) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,000 to it, the largest being FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HILO EDUCATION ARTS REPERTORY THEATRE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,000 in grants to HILO EDUCATION ARTS REPERTORY THEATRE.
- Who is the largest funder of HILO EDUCATION ARTS REPERTORY THEATRE?
- FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HILO EDUCATION ARTS REPERTORY THEATRE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 1 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