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KAHEA THE HAWAIIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE

KAHEA THE HAWAIIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE (Hawaii) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $771,991 to it, the largest being TIDES FOUNDATION ($205,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$144k
Funders on record
23
Grants received
$772k
Net assets
$637k
8/23 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Kahea the Hawaiian Environmental Alliance does

Mission

Kahea is a community-based organization working to improve the quality of life for hawai`I's people and future generations through the revitalization and protection of hawai`I's unique natural and cultural resources. Kahea advocates for the proper stewardship of our resources and for social responsibility by promoting cultural understanding and environmental justice. Kahea focuses on issues that impact cultural rights and the 'aina (land) kahea has cultural activists and practitioners, including kuma hula (teachers of dance, language, chants, history, and healing), environmental activists and people concerned about social justice. Kahea is on every island and are 'opio (youth), makua (adults) and kupuna (elders). Together, kahea envisions a truly just and sustainable hawai`I in a world where people, culture and native ecosystems survive and thrive.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Kahea focuses on issues that impact cultural rights and the 'aina (land). Kahea is on every island and includes 'opio (youth), makua (adults) and kupuna (elders). Kahea includes cultural activists and practitioners, including kuma hula (teachers of dance, language, chants, history, and healing), environmental activists and people concerned about social justice. The sacred summits program supported community organizing efforts and education and outreach activities focused on the cultural and environmental preservation of mauna kea, which is one of the most important and sensitive areas in hawaii. Our work helped people to connect to this special place and to build and strengthen meaningful relationships and community.

    $52,835 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $52,835.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($46k) Expenses 100 ($38k) Net assets 100 ($48k)2018 Revenue 69 ($32k) Expenses 89 ($34k) Net assets 59 ($29k)2019 Revenue 176 ($81k) Expenses 269 ($103k) Net assets 132 ($64k)2020 Revenue 1945 ($896k) Expenses 991 ($380k) Net assets 1198 ($580k)2021 Revenue 347 ($160k) Expenses 412 ($158k) Net assets 1202 ($582k)2022 Revenue 405 ($187k) Expenses 553 ($212k) Net assets 1150 ($557k)2023 Revenue 200 ($92k) Expenses 262 ($100k) Net assets 1133 ($548k)2024 Revenue 248 ($114k) Expenses 256 ($98k) Net assets 1166 ($565k)2025 Revenue 313 ($144k) Expenses 188 ($72k) Net assets 1315 ($637k)
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Revenue (313)Expenses (188)Net assets (1315)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $64k to $580k (+807%).

$66k
$174k
$64k
$580k
$582k
$557k
$549k
$565k
$637k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

91% of KAHEA THE HAWAIIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,629 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$8k
’17
−$3k
’18
−$22k
’19
$516k
’20
$2k
’21
−$25k
’22
−$8k
’23
$16k
’24
$72k
’25
106
months of
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.

202020212022202320242025
Listed855555
Joined·+0+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·30000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $30k → $71k.

7 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 KAHEA THE HAWAIIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE’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

KAHEA THE HAWAIIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% 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

68% 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 KAHEA THE HAWAIIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE.

27%
largest funder
55%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 63% · 2020 33% · 2021 34% · 2022 94% · 2023 71% — 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

8% of KAHEA THE HAWAIIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 35% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

KAHEA THE HAWAIIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE draws 80% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 7 states in all.

NY
MA
OH
PA
CA
HI
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Hawaii out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $300k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

KAHEA THE HAWAIIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin50% · top quartile
Months of reserve106.0mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)15% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

73% of spending goes to programs.

Program 73%Management 27%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

HI

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Questions and answers

Who funds KAHEA THE HAWAIIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE?
KAHEA THE HAWAIIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE (Hawaii) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $771,991 to it, the largest being TIDES FOUNDATION ($205,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does KAHEA THE HAWAIIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE have?
IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $771,991 in grants to KAHEA THE HAWAIIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of KAHEA THE HAWAIIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE?
TIDES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $205,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like KAHEA THE HAWAIIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 23 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