Hawaii · Nonprofit
MANOA HERITAGE CENTER FKA MANOA VALLEY CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUND
MANOA HERITAGE CENTER FKA MANOA VALLEY CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUND (Hawaii) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,350,222 to it, the largest being COOKE FOUNDATION LIMITED ($260,000). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 38
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $3.5M
What Manoa Heritage Center Fka Manoa Valley Cultural Heritage Found does
Mission
Manoa heritage center is 3.5-acre living classroom dedicated to promoting an understanding of hawaii's cultural and natural heritage. We do this by caring for and sharing a cultural landscape centered around kukaoo heiau, native hawaiian gardens and the historic kualii home and collections.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Manoa heritage center promotes an understanding of hawaii's cultural and natural heritage by sharing kukaoo heiau and its surrounding gardens of rare, native hawaiian plants. During the year, mhc served 6,317 students and educators through place-based programs. Mhc's school and educator programs, including professional development workshops for educators, are offered at no charge including busing. An additional 1,792 people were served via tours and workshops. Mhc is dedicated to being 1) an active resource for educators; 2) an educational hub for kupuna, families, neighbors, cultural practitioners and community organizations; 3) a well-maintained facility with accessible historical and educational collections; and 4) an efficient, financially-stable non-profit focused on enjoyable learning.
$705,410 spent$23,021 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $705,410.
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 2019 to 2020, from $4.5M to $3.9M (−12%).
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 8% · 2018 16% · 2019 15% · 2020 22% · 2021 17% · 2022 11% · 2023 35% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of MANOA HERITAGE CENTER FKA MANOA VALLEY CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUND’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Lisa Solomine
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 9 funders, grant income rose $78k → $82k.
5 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $668k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Kuali'I Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money MANOA HERITAGE CENTER FKA MANOA VALLEY CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUND raised.
From the IRS filings of MANOA HERITAGE CENTER FKA MANOA VALLEY CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 funders by total. 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
MANOA HERITAGE CENTER FKA MANOA VALLEY CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUND has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 32% · 2018 36% · 2019 71% · 2020 39% · 2021 43% · 2022 36% · 2023 61% — 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
23% of MANOA HERITAGE CENTER FKA MANOA VALLEY CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
94% of MANOA HERITAGE CENTER FKA MANOA VALLEY CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUND's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $201k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
MANOA HERITAGE CENTER FKA MANOA VALLEY CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUND runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding MANOA HERITAGE CENTER FKA MANOA VALLEY CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUND receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $240k on record.
- Department of Commerce$150k
- National Endowment for the Humanities$90k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like MANOA HERITAGE CENTER FKA MANOA VALLEY CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUND
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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
71%
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
- Kuali'I Foundation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MANOA HERITAGE CENTER FKA MANOA VALLEY CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUND?
- MANOA HERITAGE CENTER FKA MANOA VALLEY CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUND (Hawaii) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,350,222 to it, the largest being COOKE FOUNDATION LIMITED ($260,000). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MANOA HERITAGE CENTER FKA MANOA VALLEY CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUND have?
- IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $1,350,222 in grants to MANOA HERITAGE CENTER FKA MANOA VALLEY CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUND, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MANOA HERITAGE CENTER FKA MANOA VALLEY CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUND?
- COOKE FOUNDATION LIMITED is the largest funder on record, with $260,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MANOA HERITAGE CENTER FKA MANOA VALLEY CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUND 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 38 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