Hawaii · Nonprofit
KAKOO LAHUI
KAKOO LAHUI (Hawaii) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being THE PEOPLE'S FUND ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $125k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $15k
- Net assets
- $32k
What Kakoo Lahui does
Mission
To uplift Kanaka Maoli through the protection of our aina and culture, advancing environmental justice and self-determination through advocacy, education, and mutual aid.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Piko Gathering, a four day intergenerational gathering for frontline Aloha Aina, Hawaiian rights, and environmental advocates. The inaugural event brought together 100 participants from across Hawaii for workshops and discussions on Hawaiian burials, ancestral lands, water protection, demilitarization, climate change, self determination, and sovereignty. The gathering fostered cultural education, intergenerational connection, and community wellness while providing food, shelter, and educational resources in partnership with other community organizations.
$35,000 spent55% of program spendingKa Lahui Hawaii Maluhia (Peace) Movie Nights hosts free movies in communities followed by an educational forum on political topics and issues of the day and Hawaiian history and language. Meals are served, security provided and additional information and support is provided on controversial topics where needed.
$15,000 spent23% of program spendingProvide food and educational materials for the Red Hill spill crisis and the monthly Community Representation Initiative. We also provide free water to families still dealing with the effects of the Red Hill spill in 2021 on O'ahu.
$7,200 spent11% of program spendingKa Lahui Hawai'i free educational materials for educational workshops and booths on self-determination, environmental justice, and land reclamation and for our youth leadership development program for those interested in advocating for Hawaiian sovereignty, land back, and protecting Hawaiian burials.
$6,900 spent11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $64,100.
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 KAKOO LAHUI’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.
Where its funders are
100% of KAKOO LAHUI'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
KAKOO LAHUI runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,433 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,433 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like KAKOO LAHUI
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 KAKOO LAHUI: 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 KAKOO LAHUI?
- KAKOO LAHUI (Hawaii) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $15,000 to it, the largest being THE PEOPLE'S FUND ($15,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KAKOO LAHUI have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $15,000 in grants to KAKOO LAHUI.
- Who is the largest funder of KAKOO LAHUI?
- THE PEOPLE'S FUND is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KAKOO LAHUI 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 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