Hawaii · Nonprofit
Kaha Kukahi
Kaha Kukahi (Hawaii) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $306,389 to it, the largest being BNY MELLON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($70,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $600k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $306k
- Net assets
- $546k
What Kaha Kukahi does
Mission
To inspire children to choose healthy active lifestyles that uplift our community and environment through mentorship and support.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Kahakukahi Foundation Program Summary:* Total Events : 52 FREE Community events / programs* Average Attendance each week was 50 children per event* Total Reach. Beyond 3,000 children and community members served* 2024 First Responder & Miliitary Honolua Surf Classic - 119 First Responders Participated with their family and friends presentKahakukahi Ocean Academy launched free weekly ocean immersion clinics to support youth healing and resilience. Each 3 hour session featured ocean safety classes, art & crafts, Hawaiian cultural programs, beach clean ups, fitness and Junior Lifeguard training activities and introductory lessons is swimming, sailing, paddling, and surfing. These weekly "Ocean Healing Days" became a cornerstone of the post-fire community recovery, offering keiki and their families a safe and uplifting space to reconnect with the ocean and each other.
$148,503 spent$527,508 earned by the program88% of program spendingAfter the devastating wildfires that destroyed so many houses on Maui, we started a GoFundMe specifically to assist Lahaina families in dire financial need. As we hosted our events, we heard the tragic stories that many of our Kahakukahi participants and volunteers suffered. We continued to support these families that were in financial need, donating to 18 families. In addition, $31,850 was distributed in 2023, so our grants exceeded the income as we supported families during this time.
$20,125 spent$40,337 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $168,628.
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 2023 to 2024, from $158k to $554k (+252%).
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.
100% of Kaha Kukahi’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
6 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% 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 Kaha Kukahi’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
Kaha Kukahi has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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
91% 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 Kaha Kukahi.
“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
71% of Kaha Kukahi's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $88k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from Hawaii funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $219k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
Kaha Kukahi runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Kaha Kukahi
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Kaha Kukahi: 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 Kaha Kukahi?
- Kaha Kukahi (Hawaii) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $306,389 to it, the largest being BNY MELLON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($70,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Kaha Kukahi have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $306,389 in grants to Kaha Kukahi, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Kaha Kukahi?
- BNY MELLON CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $70,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Kaha Kukahi 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 10 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