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HUALALAI OHANA FOUNDATION

HUALALAI OHANA FOUNDATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 56 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,804,918 to it, the largest being The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation ($2,507,801). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$2.2M
Funders on record
56
Grants received
$6.8M
Net assets
$8.5M
40/56 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 58%
01What it does

What Hualalai Ohana Foundation does

Mission

Scholarships and awards are granted to the hualalai community employees, their spouses, and their children. Medical awards cover expenses incurred beyond medical insurance, and educational scholarships are for preschool through college, plus tutoring and work training.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Educational awards and programs. In 2024 there were 80 scholarships for pre-k through 12th grade, 44 scholarships for higher education, and 157 coursework/tutoring awards. Educational program included: keiki literacy and learning program - distributes books each month to children of hualalai resort workforce and organizes an annual child literacy book fair for families and children to inspire a love for literacy and learning among children (191 awards in 2024). Honor roll - recognizes and awards children of hualalai resort employees in grades 6-12 (92 in 2024). Work for college match - awards students for summer employment earnings with a cash match of up to 1,500 (28 awards in 2024). Technology for education - awards granted in 2024 included 14 awards to support the remote learning needs of families in support of purchasing a laptop, computer, printer, router, or headset.

    $1,121,146 spentof which $896,043 as grants
    69% of program spending
  2. Summer microschool pilot program: halau lamaku at kalaemano. In july 2024, 48 keiki participated in a two-week educational summer enrichment program coordinated in partnership with the university of hawaii 'imiloa astronomy center. Lama signifies "light- or "enlightenment" - evoking learning, knowledge, and understanding. Halau lamaku honors the lama tree, a native dry forest tree that grows in hawaii and nowhere else in the world. This informal science education/microschool offered place-based enrichment learning for keiki, welcoming young explorers in grades 1-6 to discover hawaii and strengthen connections to there island home, and to the ahupua'a (land) or ka'upulehu (where hualalai resort is located). Explorers engaged in hands-on activities, crafts, games, outdoor exploration, art and observation grounded in hawaiian culture, science, math and art. Explorers voyaged from deep ocean to deep space, and everything in between. The program was custom-designed to provide social and academic stimulation for local children in a safe environment, inspiring pride, connection and relevance here at hualalai where their parents are employed. The theme for the 2024 camp was "the voyage."

    $109,669 spentof which $87,650 as grants
    7% of program spending
  3. Medical financial assistance awards included 193 awards to support health and well-being of families struggling with emergent medical crisis and serious medical needs.

    $395,762 spentof which $316,301 as grants
    24% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,626,577.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.3M) Expenses 100 ($1.0M) Net assets 100 ($4.8M)2018 Revenue 71 ($945k) Expenses 99 ($1.0M) Net assets 91 ($4.3M)2019 Revenue 93 ($1.2M) Expenses 98 ($1.0M) Net assets 110 ($5.2M)2020 Revenue 163 ($2.2M) Expenses 137 ($1.4M) Net assets 138 ($6.5M)2021 Revenue 126 ($1.7M) Expenses 140 ($1.4M) Net assets 158 ($7.5M)2022 Revenue 95 ($1.3M) Expenses 140 ($1.5M) Net assets 133 ($6.3M)2023 Revenue 159 ($2.1M) Expenses 174 ($1.8M) Net assets 157 ($7.5M)2024 Revenue 162 ($2.2M) Expenses 181 ($1.9M) Net assets 180 ($8.5M)
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Revenue (162)Expenses (181)Net assets (180)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 2019 to 2020, from $5.3M to $6.6M (+25%).

$4.9M
$4.4M
$5.3M
$6.6M
$7.6M
$6.5M
$7.7M
$8.7M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

72% of HUALALAI OHANA FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,360 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$299k
’17
−$75k
’18
$224k
’19
$756k
’20
$229k
’21
−$181k
’22
$317k
’23
$282k
’24
10
months of
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.

Board chair

Kathy Ferguson

Events chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed2121231720141614
Joined·+6+4+2+4+3+2+3
No longer listed·6281905
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose $527k → $1.2M.

23 of 56 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 HUALALAI OHANA FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 56 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

HUALALAI OHANA FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

48% 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 HUALALAI OHANA FOUNDATION.

37%
largest funder
63%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 46% · 2019 51% · 2020 35% · 2021 64% · 2022 24% · 2023 41% — 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

47% of HUALALAI OHANA FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

HUALALAI OHANA FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 17 states in all.

NH
WA
ID
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IA
CA
CO
AZ
AR
NC
HI
TX

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

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Hawaii out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

HUALALAI OHANA FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,761 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin13% · above the median
Months of reserve10.3mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)7% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

87% of spending goes to programs.

Program 87%Management 8%Fundraising 5%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

54%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds HUALALAI OHANA FOUNDATION?
HUALALAI OHANA FOUNDATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 56 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,804,918 to it, the largest being The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation ($2,507,801). 40 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does HUALALAI OHANA FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 56 organizations giving $6,804,918 in grants to HUALALAI OHANA FOUNDATION, 40 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of HUALALAI OHANA FOUNDATION?
The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $2,507,801 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HUALALAI OHANA FOUNDATION 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 56 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing