Hawaii · Nonprofit
HUI HOOLEIMALUO
HUI HOOLEIMALUO (Hawaii) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,921,645 to it, the largest being TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ($3,227,912). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $3.9M
- Net assets
- $523k
What Hui Hooleimaluo does
Mission
Hui ho'oleimaluo's mission is to nourish hawai'I's loko I'a (hawaiian fishponds) through hands-on education, community advocacy, and place-based management of natural resources.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Waiuli ocean festival each year, hui ho'oleimaluo hosts the waiuli ocean festival at richardsons ocean beach park. This free, drug- and alcohol-free public event is dedicated to fostering ocean literacy, outdoor recreation and sportsmanship, hawaiian cultural heritage, and place-based education and stewardship. The festival welcomes ocean-related organizations to join in educating youth and community members. Continued on schedule o
$49,210 spent$2,523 earned by the program6% of program spendingOhana engagement (family engagement) hui ho.oleimaluo facilitates hawaiian cultural activities with community support at three sites in keaukaha: honokea loko at waiuli,kaumaui, and a site on keokea loop road. Working in partnership with ka .umeke ka.e.o and ke ana la'ahana schools, hui ho.oleimaluo hosts quarterly la ohana (family days). Continued on schedule o
$98,421 spent$5,046 earned by the program13% of program spendingNext generation kia'I loko hui ho'oleimaluo provides opportunities for steam (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) skill-building through loko I'a restoration, place-based learning, and small-scale hawaiian farming at waiuli and kaumaui. Continued on schedule o
$378,659 spentof which $280,238 as grants$5,046 earned by the program49% of program spendingPapahana puakahinano: fall, spring, and summer the papahana puakahinano student program is a series of week long learning opportunities to build olelo hawai'I (hawaiian language), and cultural practitioners through aina (land), wahi pana (significant places/sites), and 'ike hawai'I (hawaiian knowledge) hands-on experiences for students from east hawai'I hawaiian language and culture based schools in grades k- 12. In the 24-25 school year the series includes five distinct programs including loko I'a (traditional hawaiian fishponds) , malama ka wai (watersheds), hana no'eau (traditional arts), holokai(navigation and sailing), and papa imu (food preparation and security). The ultimate goal of this project is to cultivate the next generation of aina and community kia'I (care takers). This program is only offered in the fall and spring intercessions and the summer break. One-time visits: hui ho'oleimaluo extends learning experiences to any educational institution for one-time visits upon request via email. To this end, and on occasion, we have hosted preschool students and their families and foreign visitors for the educational experience. This program is dedicated to increasing the…
$246,050 spent$12,617 earned by the program32% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $772,340.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $1.1M to $1.7M (+48%).
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: 2021 4% · 2022 1% · 2023 1% · 2024 3% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of HUI HOOLEIMALUO’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $555k → $955k.
1 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 HUI HOOLEIMALUO’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
HUI HOOLEIMALUO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
88% 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 HUI HOOLEIMALUO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 95% · 2022 91% · 2023 67% — 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
100% of HUI HOOLEIMALUO's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $215k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
HUI HOOLEIMALUO has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like HUI HOOLEIMALUO
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
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 HUI HOOLEIMALUO: 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 HUI HOOLEIMALUO?
- HUI HOOLEIMALUO (Hawaii) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,921,645 to it, the largest being TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ($3,227,912). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HUI HOOLEIMALUO have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $3,921,645 in grants to HUI HOOLEIMALUO, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HUI HOOLEIMALUO?
- TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS is the largest funder on record, with $3,227,912 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HUI HOOLEIMALUO 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 10 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