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Hui Maka Ainana O Makana

Hui Maka Ainana O Makana (Hawaii) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $400,800 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($100,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.4M
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$401k
Net assets
$2.7M
4/13 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 17%
01What it does

What Hui Maka Ainana O Makana does

Mission

Cultural Education & workshops perpetuating Ha'ena biocultural practices including hands on restoration & preservation of lo'i complex learning cultural protocols of oli, respect of place preservation of cultural practices in workshops. Estimated number of participants served through schools groups from Kauai, statewide, Japan, Canada, elementary, middle & high school and homeschools & cultural workshops Ipu making, 'olena medicinal and cooking uses, horticulture training, stream research and fisheries for interns Est 1,032 keiki, 'opio, makua & kupuna 43 groups

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Lo'I restoration - melding traditional practices with contemporary knowledge & technology to restore and improve our lo'I kalo and farming practices. Resulting in better sustainability & improving the health and viability of the natural resources of haena state park

    $373,367 spent
    65% of program spending
  2. Perpetuated and taught the skills, knowledge, and practices of our kupuna ancestors through the interpretation, restoration, care, and protection of natural and cultural resources.

    $132,053 spent
    23% of program spending
  3. Fisheries & makai watch - program to educate visitors and residents about the community based subsistence fishing area and the responsibility of community based resource management.

    $54,220 spent
    9% of program spending
  4. HAENA STATE PARK - REVOCABLE PERMIT WITH DLNR STATE PARKS DIVISION FOR THE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF AN INTEGRATED ENTRY, PARKING AND SHUTTLE RESERVATION SYSTEM YEAR three. This program continues to serve as a cornerstone of our community engagement and environmental stewardship efforts. The revenue generated through visitor access and related activities is not being held passively, instead, it is strategically reinvested to: 1) Enhance park infrastructure (cultural sites, signage, and visitor facilities) to ensure long-term sustainability. 2) Support conservation and preservation initiatives that protect sensitive natural and cultural resources. 3) Expand educational programming to engage visitors and local residents on environmental stewardship and Hawaiian cultural practices. Despite the large program revenues relative to expenditures, our approach reflects careful stewardship of resources. By maintaining lean operations, we are able to maximize the impact of every dollar reinvested while ensuring the program remains financially sustainable. Additionally, we have some very large capital projects planned. Looking forward, our future plans include: 1) Construction of a new…

    $17,138 spent$1,018,000 earned by the program
    3% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $576,778.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($354k) Expenses 100 ($311k) Net assets 100 ($124k)2022 Revenue 130 ($459k) Expenses 78 ($244k) Net assets 1193 ($1.5M)2023 Revenue 344 ($1.2M) Expenses 216 ($672k) Net assets 1640 ($2.0M)2024 Revenue 389 ($1.4M) Expenses 237 ($736k) Net assets 2157 ($2.7M)
2021202220232024
Revenue (389)Expenses (237)Net assets (2157)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 2021 to 2022, from $124k to $1.5M (+1096%).

$124k
$1.5M
$2.0M
$2.7M
2021202220232024
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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 59% · 2022 11% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

24% of Hui Maka Ainana O Makana’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,303 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$43k
’21
$215k
’22
$548k
’23
$641k
’24
40
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

Kepua Chandler

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2021202220232024
Listed5766
Joined·+4+0+1
No longer listed·211
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $5k → $77k.

2 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 Maka Ainana O Makana’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 Maka Ainana O Makana has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

75% 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 Maka Ainana O Makana.

25%
largest funder
52%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 83% · 2022 66% · 2023 65% — 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

40% of Hui Maka Ainana O Makana's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 31% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

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

Hui Maka Ainana O Makana draws 58% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 5 states in all.

OR
NV
CA
CO
HI

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

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’20
’21
’22
’23
Hawaii out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $150k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Hui Maka Ainana O Makana runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,187 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin47% · top quartile
Months of reserve40.1mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)57% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,187 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding Hui Maka Ainana O Makana receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $178k on record.

Federal$178k
grants $178kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Department of the Interior$178k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

78% of spending goes to programs.

Program 78%Management 19%Fundraising 2%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

98%

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 Hui Maka Ainana O Makana?
Hui Maka Ainana O Makana (Hawaii) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $400,800 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($100,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Hui Maka Ainana O Makana have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $400,800 in grants to Hui Maka Ainana O Makana, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Hui Maka Ainana O Makana?
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Hui Maka Ainana O Makana 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 13 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