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MAUI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

MAUI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Hawaii) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $133,096 to it, the largest being HAWAII CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUND ($133,096). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$616k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$133k
Net assets
$123k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Maui Chamber of Commerce does

Mission

Encourage business and community prosperity by promoting economic programs designed to strenghten and enhance the financial opportunities for all businesses within the county. Serve as an effective non-partisan, non-sectarian voice for business on legislative, business, social, governmental and community issues affecting maui. Identify and overcome obstacles that are detrimental to the business climate and community growth. Support civic, social and cultural programs designed to increase the functional and aesthetic values of the community. Promote life long learning.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Business support the Maui Chamber of Commerce is a business membership organization comprised of businesses from all sectors, all sizes, and all areas of the island. The organization offers a variety of programs to benefit its business members (over 90% of which are small businesses with twenty-five or fewer employees). Business support programs are aimed at helping our members plan for a sustainable future, build relationships, market and promote their business, maximize opportunities and grow and prosper. Programs include: advocacy and public education of issues important to businesses, such as creating a "business friendly" environment, addressing appropriate regulation, and creating winning solutions that embrace the triple bottom-line view of sustainability (economy, environment and social well-being); various small business awards programs to honor and recognize outstanding businesses; luncheon meetings that provide access to key leaders (such as the governor & mayor) and provide education on important economic topics; monthly business after hours networking events to establish and build relationships; cost-effective advertising and promotional opportunities; constant…

    $284,058 spent
    47% of program spending
  2. Education and training the organization researches, plans and offers timely seminars and workshops for its business members as well as the community at large. Some education and training events are held annually, like the annual labor law seminar to keep businesses abreast of the latest laws impacting their business, with others held periodically as interests/needs arise. Periodic education and training topics include: advertising and promotion, customer service, financing, sales, succession planning, etc.

    $27,115 spentof which $3,750 as grants
    5% of program spending
  3. Economic development/industry support a strong economic climate improves business growth and success. The Maui Chamber of Commerce works with various partners on projects and programs that strengthen our economy and support industry development and expansion. A key economic development program is the annual made in maui county festival which features locally made products and manufacturers in maui county and connects them with buyers, wholesalers and distributors and the public (through a public shopping day) to help them increase sales and product awareness. The event is supported by the county of maui office of economic development. The organization also includes three trade councils - the made in maui trade council,which benefits local manufacturers, the construction industry of maui trade council (cim), which supports businesses related to all facets of the construction industry and the professional rental management association (prma) that supports businesses engaged in the management of legal vacation and rental properties. Cim has created a scholarship program to support local high school graduates launching into the construction industry or a supporting field.…

    $290,572 spentof which $34,500 as grants
    48% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $601,745.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($679k) Expenses 100 ($532k) Net assets 100 ($117k)2018 Revenue 102 ($691k) Expenses 118 ($631k) Net assets 151 ($178k)2019 Revenue 98 ($664k) Expenses 120 ($639k) Net assets 173 ($203k)2020 Revenue 100 ($682k) Expenses 133 ($706k) Net assets 152 ($178k)2021 Revenue 99 ($670k) Expenses 100 ($531k) Net assets 271 ($318k)2022 Revenue 70 ($473k) Expenses 107 ($569k) Net assets 188 ($221k)2023 Revenue 91 ($616k) Expenses 134 ($714k) Net assets 105 ($123k)
2017201820192020202120222023
Revenue (91)Expenses (134)Net assets (105)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $330k to $471k (+43%).

$174k
$216k
$219k
$330k
$471k
$372k
$278k
2017201820192020202120222023
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 17% · 2018 17% · 2019 21% · 2020 21% · 2021 27% · 2022 27% · 2023 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$147k
’17
$60k
’18
$25k
’19
−$24k
’20
$139k
’21
−$97k
’22
−$98k
’23
4.6
months of
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.

Board chair

Sylvia Ho

Chair

As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.

2017201820192020202120222023
Listed19171918161818
Joined·+5+3+3+2+2+3
No longer listed·714403
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $17k → $16k.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of MAUI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE’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 MAUI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.

HI

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
’22
’23
Hawaii out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

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In Hawaii

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

84% of spending goes to programs.

Program 84%Management 12%Fundraising 3%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Maui Chamber of Commerce Foundation · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds MAUI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
MAUI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Hawaii) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $133,096 to it, the largest being HAWAII CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUND ($133,096). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MAUI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $133,096 in grants to MAUI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MAUI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
HAWAII CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUND is the largest funder on record, with $133,096 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MAUI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), 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