Hawaii · Nonprofit
KAUAKOKO FOUNDATION
KAUAKOKO FOUNDATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,500 to it, the largest being MARK H AND BLANCHE M HARRINGTON FOUNDATION ($17,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $88k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $19k
- Net assets
- $59k
What Kauakoko Foundation does
Mission
The organization's primary purpose is the preservation, perpetuation and education in matters relating to hawaiian arts and culture, specifically to the art of hula.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
1. In may, the Kauakoko Foundation produced a live production at the waikiki shell that 130 students participated in, with 2,600 people in attendance. All of the students participated in the show, directed by the two kumu, with song and hula, and assisted with the costumes, lei making and choreography of the show.2. In april, the Kauakoko Foundation participated in the merrie monarch hula festival, sending 50 students, two kumu, three musicians, and five kokua (helpers) which involves three days of performances and many months of preparation to compete in the invitation-only most prestigious hula competition in the world in hilo, hawai'I. This involves researching the hula to be performed, and adorning the dancers with costumes and lei appropriate for the hula and time period.3. In august, sent 25 of the young students along with the two kumu and eight kokua (helpers) to participate in the keiki hula festival which involves three days of performances and 20 other halaus. Many members of the halau assist in getting the young students ready, including helping sew costumes and lei. Also sent a similar group to hula oni e in september. These competitions for our young students help…
$45,490 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $45,490.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2019 to 2020, from $28k to $78k (+182%).
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.
44% of KAUAKOKO FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $10k → $4k.
From the IRS filings of KAUAKOKO FOUNDATION’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
KAUAKOKO FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% 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: 2020 100% · 2023 71% — 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
KAUAKOKO FOUNDATION draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 2 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
KAUAKOKO FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half 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 KAUAKOKO FOUNDATION
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.
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KAUAKOKO FOUNDATION: 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 KAUAKOKO FOUNDATION?
- KAUAKOKO FOUNDATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,500 to it, the largest being MARK H AND BLANCHE M HARRINGTON FOUNDATION ($17,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KAUAKOKO FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $18,500 in grants to KAUAKOKO FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KAUAKOKO FOUNDATION?
- MARK H AND BLANCHE M HARRINGTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $17,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KAUAKOKO FOUNDATION 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 2 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