Hawaii · Nonprofit
IKAIKA HAWAII (WATERMANS ACADEMY)
IKAIKA HAWAII (WATERMANS ACADEMY) (Hawaii) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $24,719 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $321k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $25k
- Net assets
- $42k
What Ikaika Hawaii (Watermans Academy) does
Mission
To perpetuate the development of inspirational waterman through positive water sport opportunities for the children of hawaii, sharing knowledge on watermans safety, skills & stewardship.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The watermans academy program for safety, skills and stewardship - with over 300 children coming through the program for one week or up 12 weeks, throughout the summer, and during all the school holidays. This program is for 5-14 year old keiki to be introduced to watermans ocean safety, skills and stewardship and then to improve their confidence and skills on water craft like surf ski, kayak, rowing, paddle board, sup and outrigger canoeing, while learning water safety practices. The "waterman" can then continue their love of the ocean by joining the more focused after school squads, or be chosen to volunteer in the youth coach/ leadership program. Rowing clinics - rowing shell experience was provided to over 20 students to assist with college application. College scholarships are provided to youth that meet the requirements.
$242,603 spentof which $32,297 as grants$197,701 earned by the program80% of program spendingSquad training programs for our youth to learn and train in mental and physical fitness as well as life wellbeing utilising the sports of canoe, kayak and rowing. This program has children on a monthly basis, all year around every day of the school week and saturdays and services over 150 different kids each year with some coming daily all year around. Any child willing to put in the work, may develop as an elite athlete to be chosen to represent hawaii in national and international competitions, thus furthering exposure to various cultures and life experiences.
$58,851 spent$51,641 earned by the program20% of program spendingLeadership program - this is an opportunity for our keiki to learn positive leadership skills, become loving, compassionate mentors and youth leaders of tomorrow with focus on positive wordage for themselves and others. Providing safe, fun learning for their leadership team and the younger keiki they then support and be mentored and become mentors through the learnings and skills they develop while supporting the watermans academy.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $301,454.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $138k to $411k (+198%).
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.
22% of IKAIKA HAWAII (WATERMANS ACADEMY)’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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.
Chief executive
Shelley Oates-Wilding
President/CEO coach
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $39.
4 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 IKAIKA HAWAII (WATERMANS ACADEMY)’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
IKAIKA HAWAII (WATERMANS ACADEMY) leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 IKAIKA HAWAII (WATERMANS ACADEMY).
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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 IKAIKA HAWAII (WATERMANS ACADEMY)'s grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Against its field
IKAIKA HAWAII (WATERMANS ACADEMY) has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Hawaii
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds IKAIKA HAWAII (WATERMANS ACADEMY)?
- IKAIKA HAWAII (WATERMANS ACADEMY) (Hawaii) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $24,719 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does IKAIKA HAWAII (WATERMANS ACADEMY) have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $24,719 in grants to IKAIKA HAWAII (WATERMANS ACADEMY), 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of IKAIKA HAWAII (WATERMANS ACADEMY)?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST 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 IKAIKA HAWAII (WATERMANS ACADEMY) 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 4 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