Hawaii · Nonprofit
Kanu I Ka Pono Inc
Kanu I Ka Pono Inc (Hawaii) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,216,371 to it, the largest being TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ($1,533,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $184k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Kanu I Ka Pono Inc does
Mission
To manage, operate, guide, direct, fund, and promote educational enrichment programs.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Program
Provides enrichment workshops, retreats, job training programs, summer & after school programs which are academically rigorous, culturally grounded & community-based and support to Kanuikapono Learning Center Public Charter School.
$241,640 spent$183,546 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $241,640.
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 $2.7M to $2.3M (−16%).
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 15% · 2018 2% · 2020 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Kanu I Ka Pono Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 of the last 10 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.
Chief executive
Jenevieve Torio
CEO/Chairman
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $302k → $207k.
From the IRS filings of Kanu I Ka Pono 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
Kanu I Ka Pono Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 Kanu I Ka Pono Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 96% · 2019 85% · 2020 100% · 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
84% of Kanu I Ka Pono 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. 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
Kanu I Ka Pono Inc's revenue fell 61% between 2017 and 2026.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 625 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like Kanu I Ka Pono 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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Kanuikapono Charter School · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Kanu I Ka Pono 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 Kanu I Ka Pono Inc?
- Kanu I Ka Pono Inc (Hawaii) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,216,371 to it, the largest being TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ($1,533,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Kanu I Ka Pono Inc have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $2,216,371 in grants to Kanu I Ka Pono Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Kanu I Ka Pono Inc?
- TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS is the largest funder on record, with $1,533,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Kanu I Ka Pono 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), 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