Hawaii · Nonprofit
MAKAI FOUNDATION
MAKAI FOUNDATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $459,000 to it, the largest being BOTTON FOUNDATION ($200,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $325k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $459k
- Net assets
- $288k
What Makai Foundation does
Mission
The Makai Foundation is rooted in the power of community-helping-community. We are committed to ensuring no one slips through the cracks in the system. Driven by the power of compassion and community, we stand as beacons of hope. We uplift those in need, meeting them exactly where they are- bridging gaps and breaking barriers to ensure no one is forgotten. We are committed to putting the "relief" into "disaster-relief,- and improving the system-design for disaster recovery in the future. We inspire resilience, fostering sustainable recovery through effective collaboration and unwavering dedication.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The Makai Foundation is dedicated to helping those affected by the maui wildfires. We operate with a dual perspective: focusing on short-term direct aid and recovery services (which can span days to weeks), and long- term sustainable recovery measures that stretch months to years. Our primary areas of interest encompass disaster recovery, disaster advocacy and case-management, capacity building, community empowerment, housing solutions (both emergency housing, interim housing and long term housing), business revitalization, and health and well-being support. Within this framework, a significant component of our mission is ensuring that resources, like tools vital for tradespeople, are distributed to those in need. Our actions are deeply rooted in the communities of maui, notably in the lahaina and kula regions, as we aim to rebuild, revitalize, and reinforce the resilience of these areas. Current program areas include: 1. Disaster recovery sessions- "aloha navigator sessions" (like disaster coaching which helps to open up additional longer term funding through government and partner agencies. 2. Emergency housing. 3. Building homes and creating long-term sustainability/resiliency…
$408,794 spentof which $282,713 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $408,794.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $395k to $288k (−27%).
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.
94% of MAKAI FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (86% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 MAKAI 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
MAKAI FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
“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
MAKAI FOUNDATION draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 6 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $73k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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.
Against its field
MAKAI FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 6,435 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,435 animals nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like MAKAI 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.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MAKAI 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 MAKAI FOUNDATION?
- MAKAI FOUNDATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $459,000 to it, the largest being BOTTON FOUNDATION ($200,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MAKAI FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $459,000 in grants to MAKAI FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MAKAI FOUNDATION?
- BOTTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MAKAI 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 2023–2024), and the filings of 10 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