Hawaii · Nonprofit
KANEHUNAMOKU VOYAGING ACADEMY
KANEHUNAMOKU VOYAGING ACADEMY (Hawaii) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,352,657 to it, the largest being HAU'OLI MAU LOA FOUNDATION ($825,246). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Kanehunamoku Voyaging Academy does
Mission
To perpetuate the knowledge and practice of traditional hawaiian navigation and voyaging culture and to provide opportunities to native hawaiian youth for advancement in contemporary ocean-based careers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Hoakea: mauka to makai navigating our future honors the rich history and traditions of hawaiian voyaging. Sponsored by the doe, various waa (canoe) and aloha aina (land and ocean based) organizations will provide hand-on learning experiences that perpetuate foundational values and perspectives of the canoe and those who came before us. In alignment with the upcoming moananuiakea voyage of our beloved waa hokulea, we hope this event inspires our students, schools, and larger community to embrace the "navigator mindset and become the leaders, stewards, and critical thinkers" that can navigate us into a better future.
$366,026 spent$296,412 earned by the program23% of program spendingPapahana hoolauna program - papahana hoolauna is a school and community- based outreach program. Focus is on the perpetuation of hawaiian voyaging culture through hands-on learning in the classroom and aboard the canoe, kanehunamoku. Papahana hoolauna provides services to a wide variety of populations of all ages, including public, charter, and private schools from grades pre-k to post-secondary schools. Participants in this program learn the history of hawaiian voyaging, as well as methods used in wayfinding and sailing. We work with schools and teachers to customize instruction and learning outcomes.
$782,239 spentof which $6,500 as grants$92,020 earned by the program49% of program spendingHoa mau community leadership program is an adult internship program, which was designed to fill a need for more leadership and community participation and expand the knowledge of traditional voyaging to those who are interested. The program training is based on the progression from haumana (student/intern) to aukai (crew) to kapena (captain) and defines the knowledge and skills base needed for each level. Participants receive sail, cultural, and teacher training which allows them to teach waa skills to our participating schools, as well as the community. Hoa mau also prepares adults with the education needed for future employment in educating the community.
$336,483 spentof which $600 as grants21% of program spendingKu I ka mana - ku I ka mana is a program of depth designed to nurture contemporary students of wa'a culture who are cognizant of their place and kuleana as torch-bearers in an important aspect of the unfolding hawaiian renaissance. Ku I ka mana is currently refined for grade 9 students at halau ku mana public charter school where captain and crew visit on a weekly basis for the entire school year.
$104,358 spentof which $9,249 as grants$91,000 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,589,106.
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 2018 to 2019, from $321k to $783k (+144%).
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 87% · 2018 32% · 2019 24% · 2020 27% · 2021 55% · 2022 58% · 2023 52% · 2024 70% · 2025 61%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
75% of KANEHUNAMOKU VOYAGING ACADEMY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $165k → $23.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 KANEHUNAMOKU VOYAGING ACADEMY’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
KANEHUNAMOKU VOYAGING ACADEMY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
26% 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 KANEHUNAMOKU VOYAGING ACADEMY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 59% · 2019 59% · 2020 86% · 2021 58% · 2022 97% · 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.
Where its funders are
100% of KANEHUNAMOKU VOYAGING ACADEMY's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $123 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
KANEHUNAMOKU VOYAGING ACADEMY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,623 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding KANEHUNAMOKU VOYAGING ACADEMY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.6M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$2.0M
- Department of Education$1.4M
- Department of the Interior$165k
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 KANEHUNAMOKU VOYAGING ACADEMY
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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds KANEHUNAMOKU VOYAGING ACADEMY?
- KANEHUNAMOKU VOYAGING ACADEMY (Hawaii) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,352,657 to it, the largest being HAU'OLI MAU LOA FOUNDATION ($825,246). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KANEHUNAMOKU VOYAGING ACADEMY have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $1,352,657 in grants to KANEHUNAMOKU VOYAGING ACADEMY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KANEHUNAMOKU VOYAGING ACADEMY?
- HAU'OLI MAU LOA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $825,246 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KANEHUNAMOKU VOYAGING ACADEMY 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 7 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