Hawaii · Nonprofit
KAI LOA INC
KAI LOA INC (Hawaii) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,791,745 to it, the largest being TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ($2,498,731). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $660k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Kai Loa Inc does
Mission
To build na kula `o kamakau's success to advance and sustain the hawaiian language and culture.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Kai loa received funding from kamehameha schools and other sources which were passed through to ke kula o samuel m. Kamakau public charter school. Kai loa also rents facilities to the school. Includes 239,395 of depreciation of facilities.
$401,027 spentof which $161,632 as grants$190,092 earned by the program60% of program spendingProject lama kukui. The goal of project lama kukui is to raise the health and well-being of the kamakau learning community to the highest possible level. The objectives of lama kukui are, 1) raise awareness and ability for the kamakau community to improve physical and mental health, 2) improve physical and mental health by supporting the guiding educational philosophy of the kamakau community through connections to land and place, 3) support guiding educational philosophy of the kamakau community by increasing the knowledge and skills of traditional practices which improve physical and mental health, 4) increase the capacity to serve the kamakau community and allow for the safe physical distancing of education delivery.
$181,169 spent27% of program spendingAll other programs.
$85,422 spent13% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $667,618.
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 2022 to 2023, from $4.5M to $5.0M (+9%).
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: 2017 48% · 2018 44% · 2019 43% · 2020 36% · 2021 35% · 2022 52% · 2023 35% · 2024 30% · 2025 42%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
69% of KAI LOA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Robert Doming
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $328k → $356k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 KAI LOA 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
KAI LOA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% 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
90% 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 KAI LOA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 82% · 2021 100% · 2022 68% · 2023 96% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of KAI LOA INC's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
KAI LOA INC's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding KAI LOA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.4M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.7M
- Department of Education$1.7M
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 KAI LOA 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.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Ke Kula O Samuel M Kamakau Lpcs · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KAI LOA 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 KAI LOA INC?
- KAI LOA INC (Hawaii) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,791,745 to it, the largest being TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ($2,498,731). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KAI LOA INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $2,791,745 in grants to KAI LOA INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KAI LOA INC?
- TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS is the largest funder on record, with $2,498,731 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KAI LOA 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 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