Hawaii · Nonprofit
INTER-NATION CULTURAL FOUNDATION
INTER-NATION CULTURAL FOUNDATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $413,789 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM JEFF AND JENNIFER GROSS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($100,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $232k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $414k
- Net assets
- $47k
What Inter-Nation Cultural Foundation does
Mission
Our mission is to promote community development for the purpose of preserving,revitalizing, and maintaining all cultural identities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
INCFOur core projects, Nuclear Wake Up, Pineapple Yoga, Pepper Sauce For Peace and Womens Global Peace Alliance, continue to grow and evolve.The pattern for INCF has been a slow activity for many small yet purposeful projects, some of which dry up and are replaced by others.Yet, our core projects progress and keep INCF sustainable as we develop new projects in service to humanity.We are happy to announce two projects going forward into 2026, which have the potential for great success.The first one is called The Veterans Headstone Project and the most exciting one: The Healing Of Persia Project, which we recognize as a tremendous opportunity for INCF to serve humanity.We hope to report the success of those projects in our 2026 report.Blessings and best wishes to the INCF global community for a dynamic and prosperous new year.
$91,139 spent$111,322 earned by the program28% of program spendingWGPA:It has been wonderful to continue our exploration of possibilities as a research assistant to the Ask the Mother animated film project. The charitable goal of this project to discover, clarify and provide access to sound and light frequency codes in support of personal and planetary transformation. Ask The Mother invites audiences to embark on a transformative journey of reconnecting with nature and rediscovering their role in nurturing and preserving the Earth. This research project is in support of the goals of this project. During the past 12 months Ive continued to work with my colleague in South Africa (SA) an exceptionally gifted Sound healer and frequency technician via Zoom, in addition to working with musicians and energetic healers here in the US who use the frequencies of Chrystal Alchemy Sound Bowls as part of their healing modalities. My colleague in South Africa, Kellyann Conway has a variety of sound instruments; e.g. tuning forks tuned to multiple frequencies, Tibetan bowls, Chrystal Bowls, human voice (she has perfect pitch), guitar and keyboard. Using access to sound and light technology we have continued to find significant gradients in the color depth,…
$77,068 spent$82,020 earned by the program24% of program spendingSepanouir:Charitable purpose: reweave planet health. An incubator whose value is connected to prana and vitality and methods to restore it. The aim is to projects that develop/evolve as a prototype for a disruptive competitor model of projects that are integrative, holistic, and regenerative in nature. Long term goal: develop a bio-cultural regenerative funding incubator rooted in currency that derives value from prana of essential resources like soil. As we shift into a new paradigm and create our new world, the vitality of the planet (soil, food, oceans, humans and other animals) is the measure of value that matters. Over the past year, a donation was made to surrogacy by faith to help families who are in need of support to have a child. Surrogacy by Faith is a faith-based organization dedicated to helping individuals and families overcome infertility by providing financial, emotional, and spiritual support throughout the surrogacy journey. Its mission is rooted in compassion and the belief that building a family should be accessible to those called to parenthood, regardless of financial barriers. My donation helped further this mission by directly supporting families in need,…
$67,402 spent21% of program spendingPineapple Yoga KAUAI2025 was another positive year in community outreach and sustained community service. Our promotional goals were met with continued online and printed advertisements. The projects were nurtured along, allowing for another successful outcome to our efforts. The programs supported additional group classes & private yoga instruction services including seniors over 70 plus years of age as well as children from 1 year old (parent / child) to 10 years of age.
$35,251 spent$10,776 earned by the program11% of program spendingPlay Hanalei:The charitable purpose for Play Hanalei is entirely for the benefit of kids in our local community of Kaua'i to benefit from the songwriting enrichment programs we are able to create. Our company is a Record label that umbrellas many avenues of music, one, most importantly being our songwriting coaching- that We've tuned into a community serving program. We are able to hire professionals from all over to come and share their expertise with young teens, and keiki who are interested in growing as writers and artists.Play Hanalei has benefited from the efforts of INCF in exceptional ways this year from tuition contributions for families in need of financial support, to helping our program become more visible with a proper website that helps us communicate and promote these programs.
$25,540 spent$17,100 earned by the program8% of program spendingStop The Haena Cell Tower:We are pleased to report the 2025 progress of our Stop the Haena Cell Tower project. This project came about as a result of AT&Ts announcement of its intent to construct a 125 ft high telecommunications tower in the Haena, Kauai, a residential neighborhood, adjacent to the federally-designated historic highway, and located in the Special Management Area near the tsunami flood zone. Of note, the height limit for all structures in Haena is 25 ft above sea level. Accordingly, AT&T would be required to obtain zoning variances and height variances, including various use and building permits.AT&Ts stated purpose for proposing the cell tower is to provide cell phone reception to and from Kee, a popular tourist destination in the Haena district. The tower would not benefit local residents.At various meetings of the Haena/Wainiha community in 2024 and 2025, residents were(and remain) 100% opposed to the proposed cell tower for various reasons including, but not limited to, the potential adverse health impacts of electromagnetic fields (EMFs), the undesirable location of a cell tower 38 ft from the adjacent neighbors home, the 125 ft height of the tower which is…
$21,340 spent$7,500 earned by the program7% of program spendingPepper Sauce For Peace:Pepper Sauce For Peace continues to provide Pepper Sauce to local Kauai stores as well as online sales, in order to promote INCF as a whole and specifically WGPA & peace related projects, either through INCF or other peace goaled organizations. This is a non-profit item; all proceeds fund peace movements. In 2025 Pepper Sauce For Peace continued to experience slowing down, both in terms of pepper production due to farm damage and in terms of sales.
$870 spent$1,712 earned by the program0% of program spendingWanderwolf/Beyond the Four Walls:The charitable purpose of this project is to relieve homelessness and poverty by providing housing access, basic needs assistance, and transitional support to vulnerable individuals and families. The project focuses on free and low-cost land access in California, development of alternative housing solutions, and the customization of a mobile off-grid vehicle used for outreach to unhoused individuals in the Bay Area. When resources allow, limited humanitarian assistance is also provided internationally to women, children, and families facing housing instability, violence, or extreme poverty.During the year, the project supported individuals experiencing homelessness by providing free land access in Kern County and San Luis Obispo County, assisting with relocation and trailer transport, and continuing customization of a mobile vehicle for urban outreach and services. Internationally, charitable assistance was provided to women and children in Nepal and India through food, clothing, and basic needs support, including helping a woman relocate and establish a small income-generating activity after leaving domestic violence. In Chitwan, Nepal, financial…
$603 spent$1,000 earned by the program0% of program spendingLove & Bananas:"Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story" is a documentary film that follows a rescue mission to save a partially blind Asian elephant named Noi Na in Thailand. The film explores the challenges faced by Asian elephants, such as exploitation in the tourism industry and the threat of extinction. Lek Chailert, a renowned elephant conservationist, leads the mission to transport Noi Na to a sanctuary, highlighting the broader issues surrounding elephant conservation and the efforts to protect these majestic animals. 2025 was a year of continued education and awareness around the plight of the Asian elephant.
$262 spent0% of program spendingThe Great Will:The charitable purpose of this project is to protect human life, families, and community stability in wildfire-prone regions by developing and deploying shelter-in-place safety systems and emergency preparedness solutions. The projects primary focus is the Wildfire Ship initiative, a humanitarian response model designed to provide fire-resilient shelter options, education, and preparedness infrastructure for communities facing increasing wildfire risk. In 2025, the project concentrated its charitable efforts on two communities that have experienced severe wildfire impact and displacement: Lahaina, Maui and the Pacific Palisades region of Los Angeles County.During the 2025 reporting year, the project advanced its charitable purpose through the planning, development, and early deployment stages of the Wildfire Ship initiative. Activities included research and design of shelter-in-place systems intended to protect families during wildfire events, community-focused planning for deployment in high-risk zones, and coordination with local stakeholders in Lahaina and the Palisades to assess needs related to evacuation limitations, housing loss, and fire resilience. The…
$190 spent$293 earned by the program0% of program spendingAina Abundance:December 2025 - Website Launched: https://www.ainaabundance.org/November 2025 - Legal Council Established: Kayla Ruben, Associate of Morgan Lewis, joins our advisor team, specializing in counseling charitable organizations, private foundations, and other tax-exempt organizations on obtaining and maintaining tax-exempt status.September 2025 - Kalukalu at 1624 Partnership: Kalukalu at 1624 is a Kauai community hub and resilience center founded by the Kauai Federal Credit Union stewarding a cooperative economy that serves climate, culture, and community. Aina Abundance became a co-operative partner within the hub.June 2025 - Collab Cafe Partnership: Collab Cafe begins ?
$134 spent0% of program spendingEarth Spirit Educational Alliance/Lokahi Gardens:Mahalo for this opportunity to share an update of our activities and intentions for Lokahi Gardens from December 1 until now and for the upcoming spring season.We are experimenting with growing oat and alfalfa grass to create local highly nutritive food for horses and donkeys at our animal sanctuary. So far we have obtained two kinds of oat seed and alfalfa seed to test what are optimum growing conditions.We have two stations with nine seed trays in active rotation to grow flats of oat grass for our animal family that are part of the animal connection programs for Keiki and families.Part of the funding is for supplies such as seeds, seed trays, tray stands, and water.Part of the funding is to pay for the person or people to tend the seeds, clean the trays and monitor the experimental conditions. The intentions are to create a local highly nutritive feed source for ungulates and people if desired. Also there is a need to minimize importation of oat alfalfa cubes that come in plastic bags, which are not currently recycled. This program could be scalable for local jobs and youth involvement if successful and all aspects viable for the…
The 12 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $319,799.
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 2024 to 2025, from $176k to $73k (−59%).
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 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of INTER-NATION CULTURAL FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Shirin Hunt
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $25k → $101k.
4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 INTER-NATION CULTURAL FOUNDATION’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
INTER-NATION CULTURAL FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% 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
34% 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 INTER-NATION CULTURAL FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 58% · 2023 99% — growing more concentrated.
“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
20% of INTER-NATION CULTURAL FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 27% give in more than one year at all.
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
INTER-NATION CULTURAL FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $141k 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
INTER-NATION CULTURAL FOUNDATION's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,237 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like INTER-NATION CULTURAL FOUNDATION
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In Hawaii
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% 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
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INTER-NATION CULTURAL FOUNDATION: 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 INTER-NATION CULTURAL FOUNDATION?
- INTER-NATION CULTURAL FOUNDATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $413,789 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM JEFF AND JENNIFER GROSS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($100,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INTER-NATION CULTURAL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $413,789 in grants to INTER-NATION CULTURAL FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTER-NATION CULTURAL FOUNDATION?
- THE WILLIAM JEFF AND JENNIFER GROSS FAMILY FOUNDATION 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 INTER-NATION CULTURAL 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 11 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