Hawaii · Nonprofit
IOLE
IOLE (Hawaii) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,250,000 to it, the largest being TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ($1,250,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $771k
What Iole does
Mission
We listen to and serve our place, 'Iole, kohala, modeling ways to confront the most urgent, complex, and existential challenges of the modern age across the globe. Using regenerative governance, ancient wisdom, modern technology, and masterful convening techniques, we guide the institutions of civil society to ideate, design, and deploy durable, just, systemic change, while building joyful, devotionally committed communities of practice. All of this, in service of a regenerative future for society in gracious harmony with nature.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
As a new organization, we established our governance, board and officers. Through the year, we focused on establishing our mission and transitioning from the previous owners/operators. We began community engagement and worked with local schools to develop both relationships and programs for students at 'Iole. We named a ceo in april and provided time for him to work with the team in caring for the lands and facilities. We continued to host groups, mainly local to hawaii island, for their visits and activities at 'Iole and worked to tie their stays with our mission. We also began engagement with ranching and farming lessees to develop a long-term land in the land stewardship and management.
$695,451 spent$203,856 earned by the program67% of program spendingOverall objective - to create a global resilience hub at 'Iole around climate issues. Initially focus is around energy security, food security, and education/leadership. The goal for 'Iole is to integrate indigenous cultural, knowledge and practice with today's technology to create climate and resilience models that can be shared and replicated globally.
$348,913 spent33% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,044,364.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $2.3M to $3.0M (+33%).
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.
88% of IOLE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 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
Todd Apo
CEO
Board chair
Toby Taniguchi
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of IOLE’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.
Where its funders are
100% of IOLE's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
IOLE has grown faster than half of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like IOLE
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
59% 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
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Hawaii Community Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for IOLE: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds IOLE?
- IOLE (Hawaii) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,250,000 to it, the largest being TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ($1,250,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does IOLE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,250,000 in grants to IOLE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of IOLE?
- TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS is the largest funder on record, with $1,250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IOLE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 1 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