Hawaii · Nonprofit
KUPAA FOUNDATION
KUPAA FOUNDATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $35,000 to it, the largest being AIO FOUNDATION ($35,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $180k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $35k
- Net assets
- $0
What Kupaa Foundation does
Mission
Kupaa Foundation is organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code Its primary exempt purpose is to strengthen Hawaii communities through civic education public-interest storytelling community engagement and the development of tools programs and platforms that increase public understanding participation and capacity to address social environmental and cultural challenges
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
0
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Mea Aloha Spady
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of KUPAA 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.
Where its funders are
100% of KUPAA FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
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
KUPAA FOUNDATION receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $35k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like KUPAA 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
99%
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 KUPAA 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 KUPAA FOUNDATION?
- KUPAA FOUNDATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $35,000 to it, the largest being AIO FOUNDATION ($35,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KUPAA FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $35,000 in grants to KUPAA FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of KUPAA FOUNDATION?
- AIO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $35,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KUPAA 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 1 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