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HUI MALAMA I KE ALA ULILI

HUI MALAMA I KE ALA ULILI (Hawaii) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,789,346 to it, the largest being TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ($1,595,297). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$2.1M
Funders on record
24
Grants received
$4.8M
Net assets
$3.4M
11/24 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 97%
01What it does

What Hui Malama I Ke Ala Ulili does

Mission

To re-establish the systems that sustain our community through educational initiatives and land-based practices that cultivate abundance, regenerate responsibilities, and promote collective health and well being.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Ho'onohopapa kohol'lele engages 1200+ community members and 'ohana of all ages annually in malama 'aina (native eco- and agricultural-system regeneration), malama wahi kupuna (cultural landscape restoration), 'aina education, and cultural training workshops across 1300+ acres in the ahupua'a of koholalele - spanning from the shoreline to the upland rainforest zone-including ka maha 'ulu o koholalele. Ka maha 'ulu is a community-led, catalytic 'ulu (breadfruit) agroforestry project and social enterprise working to transform approximately 100 acres of abandoned sugar plantation and current eucalyptus plantation lands in the lower watershed region of koholalele into hawai'I's largest community-led and -managed regenerative breadfruit agroforest.

    $722,403 spent$19,010 earned by the program
    54% of program spending
  2. Keiki papa youth mentorship programs include in-school, intercession, and summer programs that have served over 90% of the youth in our hamakua community (ages 5-17) and their 'ohana over the past decade, providing a safe hawaiian culture-based learning environment for our youth to cultivate strong relationships and support networks with peers, mentors, 'ohana, and 'aina to support their education and growth as aloha 'aina and success in school, at home, and in our communities.

    $190,149 spent$6,650 earned by the program
    14% of program spending
  3. Kahi hanai kanaka o huimau (huimau hub), including our community kitchen food distribution program, has connected over 86% of the 'ohana in hamakua hikina with local farmers and food producers in hamakua, waimea, and north hilo by providing fresh, local produce and prepped meals to kupuna (elders) and 'ohana in need for free through monthly food distribution events in pa'auilo. Huimau expanded this program's services in 2023 to increase equitable food access through kahi hanai kanaka o huimau, which functions as a community hub space and revenue-generating social enterprise in pa'auilo.

    $199,119 spent$121,413 earned by the program
    15% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $221,300 spentof which $5,000 as grants$95,625 earned by the program
    17% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,332,971.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($333k) Expenses 100 ($404k) Net assets 100 ($215k)2020 Revenue 294 ($977k) Expenses 139 ($562k) Net assets 297 ($639k)2021 Revenue 289 ($961k) Expenses 164 ($663k) Net assets 435 ($937k)2022 Revenue 426 ($1.4M) Expenses 228 ($921k) Net assets 665 ($1.4M)2023 Revenue 834 ($2.8M) Expenses 324 ($1.3M) Net assets 1345 ($2.9M)2024 Revenue 643 ($2.1M) Expenses 394 ($1.6M) Net assets 1599 ($3.4M)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (643)Expenses (394)Net assets (1599)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 2022 to 2023, from $1.4M to $2.9M (+102%).

$223k
$699k
$955k
$1.4M
$2.9M
$3.5M
201920202021202220232024
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 21% · 2021 5% · 2023 3% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

85% of HUI MALAMA I KE ALA ULILI’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,434 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$71k
’19
$415k
’20
$298k
’21
$497k
’22
$1.5M
’23
$547k
’24
16
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.

Chief executive

No'Eau Peralto

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

201920202021202220232024
Listed10101091010
Joined·+1+0+0+1+0
No longer listed·10100
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $120k → $1.0M.

6 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 MALAMA I KE ALA ULILI’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 MALAMA I KE ALA ULILI has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 33% 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

61% 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 MALAMA I KE ALA ULILI.

33%
largest funder
63%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 100% · 2019 97% · 2020 68% · 2021 48% · 2022 39% · 2023 35% — 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

33% of HUI MALAMA I KE ALA ULILI's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

67% of HUI MALAMA I KE ALA ULILI's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.

NY
OR
CA
MD
DE
HI

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Hawaii out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $760k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 MALAMA I KE ALA ULILI runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin26% · top quartile
Months of reserve15.5mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)45% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding HUI MALAMA I KE ALA ULILI receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.0M on record.

Federal$1.0M
grants $1.0Mcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Department of the Interior$1.0M

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

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 15%Fundraising 1%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

52%

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 MALAMA I KE ALA ULILI?
HUI MALAMA I KE ALA ULILI (Hawaii) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,789,346 to it, the largest being TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ($1,595,297). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does HUI MALAMA I KE ALA ULILI have?
IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $4,789,346 in grants to HUI MALAMA I KE ALA ULILI, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of HUI MALAMA I KE ALA ULILI?
TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS is the largest funder on record, with $1,595,297 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HUI MALAMA I KE ALA ULILI 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 24 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