Hawaii · Nonprofit
KA MA'O INC
KA MA'O INC (Hawaii) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,000 to it, the largest being AMA OLUKAI FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $43k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $17k
- Net assets
- $33k
What Ka Ma'O Inc does
Mission
Founded by the green, our mission is to share the knowledge and experiences gained from our journey in the music industry to educate, inspire, and empower our community. Provide opportunities that teach the art, business, and technical skills of music while also celebrating the traditions that have shaped our sound and identity.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
During its initial years, the organization established its organizational foundation and structuring of programs. This will ensure a solid framework for implementation, sustainability, and long-term impact for the future. The organization also held a golf tournament fundraiser which will play a crucial role in funding the development and expansion of the ka ma'o music center - a dedicated space for creativity and learning.
$0 spent
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
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 KA MA'O INC’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 MA'O INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
41% 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 MA'O INC.
“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 KA MA'O INC'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
KA MA'O INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like KA MA'O INC
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KA MA'O INC: 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 MA'O INC?
- KA MA'O INC (Hawaii) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,000 to it, the largest being AMA OLUKAI FOUNDATION ($10,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KA MA'O INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $17,000 in grants to KA MA'O INC.
- Who is the largest funder of KA MA'O INC?
- AMA OLUKAI FOUNDATION 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 KA MA'O INC 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 2 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