Hawaii · Nonprofit
MALAMA O PUNA
MALAMA O PUNA (Hawaii) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,129 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($40,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $246k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $45k
- Net assets
- $122k
What Malama O Puna does
Mission
None
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Professional services - feral pig eradicationmlama o puna carried out a county of hawaii professional services contract to manage and reduce feral pig populations in the puna district. Activities included coordination with local hunters and landowners, placement of traps, and monitoring of heavily impacted areas. The program aimed to lessen crop destruction, property damage, and threats to native ecosystems caused by feral pigs. These efforts improved watershed protection and supported the county's broader invasive-species management objectives.
$75,000 spent$75,000 earned by the program40% of program spendingKilauea recovery kealoha ag roadmlama o puna participates in klauea eruption recovery efforts through stewardship and infrastructure support along the kealoha agricultural road corridor, facilitating agricultural access, soil restoration, and community resilience in areas affected by the 2018 eruption.
$51,421 spent$51,398 earned by the program27% of program spendingWaiwai stewardshipmlama o puna implements the waiwai stewardship program to restore native ecosystems and protect water resources in the puna district. The program integrates community volunteerism, invasive species management, and watershed protection initiatives.
$28,461 spent$28,461 earned by the program15% of program spendingMlama o puna carries out additional community stewardship and recovery initiatives throughout the puna district. Activities include maintaining county conservation properties such as the wai'ele coastal parcel; supporting klauea eruption recovery and agricultural access along the kealoha agricultural road; coordinating the waiwai stewardship project to restore native habitat and protect water resources; and providing public education on environmental protection, invasive-species control, and sustainable land management. These projects advance the organization's mission to protect and restore the natural and cultural resources of puna.
$34,338 spent$62,003 earned by the program18% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $189,220.
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 $72k to $262k (+263%).
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: 2021 87% · 2024 88%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of MALAMA O PUNA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% 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.
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
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $37 → $20k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 89% 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 MALAMA O PUNA’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
MALAMA O PUNA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% 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
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund MALAMA O PUNA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 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
89% of MALAMA O PUNA's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $5k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Hawaii funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $40k 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
MALAMA O PUNA runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like MALAMA O PUNA
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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 MALAMA O PUNA: 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 MALAMA O PUNA?
- MALAMA O PUNA (Hawaii) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,129 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($40,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MALAMA O PUNA have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $45,129 in grants to MALAMA O PUNA, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MALAMA O PUNA?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MALAMA O PUNA 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 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