Hawaii · Nonprofit
KA IPU MAKANI CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER
KA IPU MAKANI CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER (Hawaii) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $764,222 to it, the largest being HAU'OLI MAU LOA FOUNDATION ($253,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $210k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $764k
- Net assets
- $0
What Ka Ipu Makani Cultural Heritage Center does
Mission
To foster an awareness of cultural and natural resource management and heritage preservation in Hawaii, by encouraging community stewardship, practice, preservation, and restoration of cultural and historical sites, landscapes, and materials while promoting cultural and natural richness, diversity, arts, languages, sciences, history, and traditions of Molokai.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
The goal of Ka Ipu Makani's Culture and Aina Based Education(CABE) program focus area is to increase, enhance, and elevate culture, ina, and lelo Hawaii literacy within our community. We cultivate and perpetuate traditional knowledge via curriculum development and implementation, development of research and resource materials, providing internship and training programs, and providing programs that bolster Molokai cultural arts. During this period through our CABE focus areas a total of 6 participants were trained in loipunawai farming practices, more than 250 community members participated in community workdays at Kaupapaloi o Kaamola further increasing exposure to loipunawai farming practices.
$32,644 spentof which $68,037 as grants$500 earned by the program23% of program spendingThe goal of Ka Ipu Makanis Restoration and Stewardship program focus area is to reconnect Molokai ohana (families) with their wahi kpuna (ancestral heritage sites and landscapes), and support their inherent kuleana (responsibility) to care for these places. During this period, over 16,000 square feet of invasive vegetation were cleared at Kaupapaloi o Kaamola, and over 6 new loi were opened. Additionally, over 2,000 slips of huli were planted and more than 600lbs of kalo was distributed throughout the Molokai community.
$29,461 spentof which $42,450 as grants$4,500 earned by the program21% of program spendingThe goal of Ka Ipu Makani's Heritage Preservation program focus area is to provide community access to archival and primary resources, material collections, oral histories, land documents, and family history records in order to support local research initiatives and promote the cultural and historical importance of Molokai. A tal of 5 participants were trained in records management and digitial archiving practices and methods. Over 20,000 unique records specific to the history of Molokai were digitized and digitally archived for preservation.
$77,221 spentof which $68,070 as grants$870 earned by the program55% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $139,326.
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.
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 $230k to $0 (−100%).
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: 2023 58%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Cheney-Ann Lima
Executive Director
Board chair
Awapuhi Napoleon-Obrien
Board President
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $18k → $207k.
1 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 KA IPU MAKANI CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER’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
KA IPU MAKANI CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
57% 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 KA IPU MAKANI CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 43% · 2022 46% · 2023 62% — 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
20% of KA IPU MAKANI CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 58% 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
56% of KA IPU MAKANI CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $175 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Government funding KA IPU MAKANI CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $400k on record.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$300k
- National Archives and Records Administration$59k
- Department of the Interior$41k
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.
Organizations like KA IPU MAKANI CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER
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
100% 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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KA IPU MAKANI CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER: 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 KA IPU MAKANI CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER?
- KA IPU MAKANI CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER (Hawaii) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $764,222 to it, the largest being HAU'OLI MAU LOA FOUNDATION ($253,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KA IPU MAKANI CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $764,222 in grants to KA IPU MAKANI CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KA IPU MAKANI CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER?
- HAU'OLI MAU LOA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $253,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KA IPU MAKANI CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER 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 FY2023 (financials across 2022–2023), and the filings of 12 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