Hawaii · Nonprofit
KAUAI PHILIPPINE CULTURAL CENTER
KAUAI PHILIPPINE CULTURAL CENTER (Hawaii) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,000 to it, the largest being J Michael Gearon Jr Foundation ($30,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $29k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $43k
- Net assets
- $3.4M
What Kauai Philippine Cultural Center does
Mission
1. To develop, own, maintain and operate a community center to promote and perpetuate filipino culture within the county of kauai and throughout the state of hawaii; and 2. Provide repository and library for historical documents and items relating to filipino history on kauai; and 3. Open and encourage all ethnic groups and organizations usage of the facility.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Maintaining and operating of the community center to promote and perpetuate filipino culture within the county of kauai and throughout the state of hawaii. In the process of constructing an external bathroom for k-pal (kauai police activities league) for after school sports programs. Kpcc strives to be a facility which helps perpetuate the filipino culture and encourage all other ethnic groups and organizations to use the center, in promoting arts and culture as well as promoting community awareness to notable events and serves as a facility venue for educational training for the community. To promote arts and culture, kpcc hosted and sponsored the filipino folk dancing classes on 8/11/24 and 9/8/24. On 10/18/24 and 10/19/24 kpcc sponsored filipino american history month with various exhibits, food, and entertainment. It also co-sponsored the kauai chorale concerts in may and december 2024. To promote training and awareness of important community events, kpcc sponsored and hosted the kauai fire department "fire awareness education" on october 5, 2024, with educational focus on children and the elderly. On november 16, 2024, the hawaii food bank distributed 300 packets from the…
In 2023 the organization collected contributions from several organizations and individuals totaling 12,775 to aid the people in the philippines, affected by typhoon egay. Funds totaling 12,750 were transferred through the rotary club in january 2024 to assist the people in both laoag and vigan city in the ilocos region from severe flooding.
$12,750 spent100% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,750.
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 2017 to 2018, from $2.4M to $2.9M (+25%).
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: 2018 83% · 2019 88%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
118% of KAUAI PHILIPPINE CULTURAL CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $3k.
From the IRS filings of KAUAI PHILIPPINE CULTURAL CENTER’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
KAUAI PHILIPPINE CULTURAL CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 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
KAUAI PHILIPPINE CULTURAL CENTER draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 3 states in all.
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
KAUAI PHILIPPINE CULTURAL CENTER holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like KAUAI PHILIPPINE CULTURAL CENTER
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
22% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KAUAI PHILIPPINE CULTURAL CENTER: 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 KAUAI PHILIPPINE CULTURAL CENTER?
- KAUAI PHILIPPINE CULTURAL CENTER (Hawaii) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,000 to it, the largest being J Michael Gearon Jr Foundation ($30,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KAUAI PHILIPPINE CULTURAL CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $43,000 in grants to KAUAI PHILIPPINE CULTURAL CENTER, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KAUAI PHILIPPINE CULTURAL CENTER?
- J Michael Gearon Jr Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KAUAI PHILIPPINE CULTURAL CENTER 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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