Hawaii · Nonprofit
MALAMA PONO HEALTH SERVICES FKA MALAMA PONO-KAUAI AIDS PROJECT
MALAMA PONO HEALTH SERVICES FKA MALAMA PONO-KAUAI AIDS PROJECT (Hawaii) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $222,866 to it, the largest being KAUAI UNITED WAY ($60,271). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $223k
- Net assets
- $209k
What Malama Pono Health Services Fka Malama Pono-Kauai AIDS Project does
Mission
To provide individualized compassionate health care services and education to meet the evolving needs of those on kauai.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Case management services: the organization provided 28 clients infected with hiv and their families with case management services. Clients were provided utility assistance, mental health, medical, transportation and medical insurance areas.
$733,866 spent$328,317 earned by the program86% of program spendingTobacco cessation services encompasses free cessation counseling in both group sessions and individual sessions, and free nicotine replacement therapy to 138 individuals.
$109,518 spent13% of program spendingClinic services - testing, education, counseling & prevention provided 662 high risk and general hiv tests and counseling. Reached 1022 persons for counseling and education outreach at various venues and health fairs. Provided 94 hep c tests to high risk population. Provided 996 std counseling & testing sessions. Distributed more than 8000 condoms to the community.womens wellness clinic - during the 2023-2024 service year mphs saw 441 unique patients who utilized services. The womens wellness program identified 76 patients without medical insurance who utilized free care, the program identified 10 abnormal pap smears, 47 utilized birth control.
$14,236 spent$25,355 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $857,620.
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. 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 $1.1M to $459k (−60%).
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 37% · 2018 14% · 2019 13% · 2020 14% · 2021 19% · 2022 28% · 2023 31% · 2024 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
70% of MALAMA PONO HEALTH SERVICES FKA MALAMA PONO-KAUAI AIDS PROJECT’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Melanie Rule
President/CEO
Board chair
Robert Wotring
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $46k → $25k.
2 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 PONO HEALTH SERVICES FKA MALAMA PONO-KAUAI AIDS PROJECT’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 PONO HEALTH SERVICES FKA MALAMA PONO-KAUAI AIDS PROJECT has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
57% 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 PONO HEALTH SERVICES FKA MALAMA PONO-KAUAI AIDS PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 34% · 2019 100% · 2020 25% · 2021 61% · 2022 60% · 2023 60% — 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.
How long its funders stay
18% of MALAMA PONO HEALTH SERVICES FKA MALAMA PONO-KAUAI AIDS PROJECT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 25% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
83% of MALAMA PONO HEALTH SERVICES FKA MALAMA PONO-KAUAI AIDS PROJECT's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k 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 PONO HEALTH SERVICES FKA MALAMA PONO-KAUAI AIDS PROJECT's revenue grew 46% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
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In Hawaii
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
58% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MALAMA PONO HEALTH SERVICES FKA MALAMA PONO-KAUAI AIDS PROJECT?
- MALAMA PONO HEALTH SERVICES FKA MALAMA PONO-KAUAI AIDS PROJECT (Hawaii) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $222,866 to it, the largest being KAUAI UNITED WAY ($60,271). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MALAMA PONO HEALTH SERVICES FKA MALAMA PONO-KAUAI AIDS PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $222,866 in grants to MALAMA PONO HEALTH SERVICES FKA MALAMA PONO-KAUAI AIDS PROJECT, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MALAMA PONO HEALTH SERVICES FKA MALAMA PONO-KAUAI AIDS PROJECT?
- KAUAI UNITED WAY is the largest funder on record, with $60,271 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MALAMA PONO HEALTH SERVICES FKA MALAMA PONO-KAUAI AIDS PROJECT 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 16 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