Hawaii · Nonprofit
KA'OHANA O KALAUPAPA
KA'OHANA O KALAUPAPA (Hawaii) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $326,003 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($244,800). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $93k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $326k
- Net assets
- $360k
What Ka'Ohana O Kalaupapa does
Mission
Ka ohana o kalaupapa, an ohana of kalaupapa patients, and their family members and friends, are dedicated to promoting the value and dignity of every individual exiled to kalaupapa since 1866. As an ohana, we cherish and look for guidance from our kupuna of kalaupapa and we believe in the values of aloha, lokahi, malama, kokua, and pono. The goal of the ohana is to ensure that the state and federal laws are carried out to guarantee that all patients can live out their lives in kalaupapa with all the necessary support and services. We will also work with and serve as a resource for other entities to help shape the communitys future, assist with the interpretation of history, educate the public and make certain that the legacy of kalaupapa will remain a living inspiration and testament for generations to come.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Kalaupapa month -- in 2021, ka 'ohana o kalaupapa introduced a bill to the hawai`I state legislature to designate january annually as kalaupapa month. For our second kalaupapa month in january, 2023, ka 'ohana distributed informational brochures to schools and the public with ways to commemorate the event; hosted two public webinars, distributed six essays about the various dates, and partnered with the lahaina restoration foundation to display an exhibit developed by ka 'ohana at the old lahaina courthouse.
$4,090 spent7% of program spendingWebinars -- ka 'ohana hosted five public webinars, presented guest webinars for the damien and marianne catholic conference and hawaiian health week, and gave other webinars to two university classes and a civic club in colorado. All well attended. Essays -- researched and wrote 12 essays about various events in kalaupapa history, electronically distributed to 1,300 e-subscribers. Newsletter -- produced a 12-page newsletter commemorating 20th anniversary of ka 'ohana o kalaupapa; distributed to 1,400 mail subscribers and posted on our 'ohana website.
$10,400 spent18% of program spendingKalaupapa memorial -- a number of meetings were held among leaders of ka 'ohana o kalaupapa to determine criteria for the memorial. Ka 'ohana received a list of the first 6,000 names of people sent to kalaupapa and related information from historian anwei law for future display on the kalaupapa memorial. Ka 'ohana hosted meetings with state and federal agencies on releasing the funds appropriated by the state legislature. Professional consultants continued work on the design plans for the memorial.
$38,681 spent67% of program spendingFamily visits, restoration of family ties -- we continued to help descendants learn more about their ancestors by conducting research of our records for them. And, after more than three years of not being allowed to visit kalaupapa because of covid restrictions, ka 'ohana o kalaupapa resumed our program of helping descendants visit the settlement. Annual meeting -- unable to hold our meeting at kalaupapa, ka 'ohana leaders met on oahu to discuss how we move forward after covid. Norway conference -- ka 'ohana o kalaupapa president charmaine woodward was invited to give a presentation at the bergen international conference on hansen's disease in norway.
$4,541 spent8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $57,712.
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 2023 to 2024, from $363k to $549k (+51%).
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: 2024 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of KA'OHANA O KALAUPAPA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $17k → $2k.
1 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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'OHANA O KALAUPAPA’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'OHANA O KALAUPAPA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 63% · 2019 67% · 2020 53% · 2021 80% · 2022 67% · 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.
How long its funders stay
33% of KA'OHANA O KALAUPAPA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
KA'OHANA O KALAUPAPA draws 81% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13k 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.
Against its field
KA'OHANA O KALAUPAPA holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,043 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,043 civil rights nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In Hawaii
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
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'OHANA O KALAUPAPA: 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'OHANA O KALAUPAPA?
- KA'OHANA O KALAUPAPA (Hawaii) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $326,003 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($244,800). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KA'OHANA O KALAUPAPA have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $326,003 in grants to KA'OHANA O KALAUPAPA, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KA'OHANA O KALAUPAPA?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $244,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KA'OHANA O KALAUPAPA 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 8 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