Hawaii · Nonprofit
KOHALA INSTITUTE
KOHALA INSTITUTE (Hawaii) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,729,344 to it, the largest being NEW MOON FOUNDATION ($2,894,071). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $4.0M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $3.7M
- Net assets
- $0
What Kohala Institute does
Mission
We protect and preserve the natural landscape and cultural assets of the ahupua'a of 'iole. We inspire collaboration, leadership, and mindset shifts through a deep connection with the land, place-based education, and a pu'uhonua retreat. We model and pioneer sustainable practices to serve our hawaii community and the world.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Programs
Grace center lodging reservations. The grace center is comprised of (5) main buildings for hosting meetings, large events such as dinners, community meetings, (1) 40 bed dormitory and (10) cabins for groups wanting to stay over.
$28,730 spent$189,351 earned by the program56% of program spendingLele o kohala youth leadership program was held in person this year after being offered through online courses due to covid. Students learned about king kamehameha, his life growing up as a young boy in the valley and becoming the king that united all the hawaiian islands. Visited various sites in kohala that are significant to kamehameha, such as mo'okini heiau, keahole point, and pu'ukohola heiau.
$22,181 spent$146,189 earned by the program44% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $50,911.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.8M to $0 (−100%).
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 1339% · 2020 27% · 2021 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 6 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $57k → $3.0M.
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 KOHALA INSTITUTE’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
KOHALA INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 97%; 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: 2017 54% · 2018 88% · 2019 88% · 2020 82% · 2021 49% · 2022 90% — growing more concentrated.
“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
97% of KOHALA INSTITUTE's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10 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.
Organizations like KOHALA INSTITUTE
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
7% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
33%
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
- Hawaii Asia Pacific Association Leaders · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KOHALA INSTITUTE: 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 KOHALA INSTITUTE?
- KOHALA INSTITUTE (Hawaii) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,729,344 to it, the largest being NEW MOON FOUNDATION ($2,894,071). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KOHALA INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $3,729,344 in grants to KOHALA INSTITUTE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KOHALA INSTITUTE?
- NEW MOON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,894,071 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KOHALA INSTITUTE 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 FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), 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