Hawaii · Nonprofit
MAUI UNITED WAY
MAUI UNITED WAY (Hawaii) receives grants from 260 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,404,398 to it, the largest being ALOHA UNITED WAY INC ($4,769,845). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.8M
- Funders on record
- 260
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $26M
What Maui United Way does
Mission
To raise funds for various health and welfare agencies.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Fiscal sponsorshipsMaui United Way serves as a fiscal sponsor for community-led initiatives that align with our strategic plan and address priority needs across maui, molokai, and lnai. Through these sponsorships, we provide administrative, financial, and compliance infrastructure to support grassroots organizations and emerging efforts that may not yet have 501(c)(3) status. This work enables timely and equitable distribution of funds directly into communities, particularly to smaller, locally rooted organizations that are best positioned to respond to community-identified needs. Fiscal sponsorship allows these initiatives to access philanthropic and public funding, operate with accountability, and scale their impact while maintaining community leadership. Maui United Way ensures oversight, financial stewardship, and alignment with community priorities, strengthening the overall ecosystem of nonprofit and grassroots work across maui county.
$1,041,938 spent20% of program spendingCommunity impact (non-disaster)Maui United Way advances long-term community well-being through coordinated investments and capacity-building efforts across key impact areas, including health, education, financial stability, and basic needs. This work supports a network of nonprofit partners delivering essential social services throughout maui, molokai, and lnai.in addition to grantmaking, Maui United Way serves as a convener and backbone organization, bringing togethernonprofits, government, and community stakeholders to align resources, share data, and strengthen systems of care.we invest in nonprofit capacity building, leadership development, and operational resilience to ensure organizations are sustainable and effective in serving their communities. This program area reflects our commitment to strengthening the nonprofit sector, uplifting community-based organizations, and building long-term resilience outside of disaster response.
$4,129,501 spentof which $2,489,142 as grants80% of program spendingMaui disaster relief, recovery, and resiliencen response to disasters, Maui United Way mobilized and administered large-scale disaster relief and recovery efforts across maui county. This includes grantmaking and direct fund distribution to individuals, families, and nonprofit organizations supporting immediate relief, long-term recovery, and resilience building.Maui United Way has distributed significant resources to local organizations providing housing support, food security, mental health services, case management, and community-based recovery programs. Funds are deployed with an emphasis on equity, prioritizing those most impacted and historically underserved.as a backbone organization, Maui United Way coordinates with government agencies, philanthropy, and nonprofit partners to ensure efficient, non-duplicative, and community-informed resource allocation. This work supports both immediate recovery needs and the long-term resilience of communities across maui, molokai, and lnai.
$22,474 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,193,913.
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 $2.5M to $27M (+991%).
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: 2020 5% · 2021 11% · 2022 17% · 2023 3% · 2024 2% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
72% of MAUI UNITED WAY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Chris Smith
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 198 funders, grant income rose $54k → $9.5M.
41 of 260 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 MAUI UNITED WAY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 260 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
MAUI UNITED WAY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% 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
65% 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 MAUI UNITED WAY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 37% · 2019 59% · 2020 30% · 2021 35% · 2022 29% · 2023 45% — diversifying over time.
“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
56% of MAUI UNITED WAY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 17% 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
MAUI UNITED WAY draws 52% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 33 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 19 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
MAUI UNITED WAY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,645 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding MAUI UNITED WAY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $500k on record.
- Environmental Protection Agency$500k
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 MAUI UNITED WAY
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 MAUI UNITED WAY: 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 MAUI UNITED WAY?
- MAUI UNITED WAY (Hawaii) receives grants from 260 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,404,398 to it, the largest being ALOHA UNITED WAY INC ($4,769,845). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MAUI UNITED WAY have?
- IRS filings report 260 organizations giving $19,404,398 in grants to MAUI UNITED WAY, 45 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MAUI UNITED WAY?
- ALOHA UNITED WAY INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,769,845 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MAUI UNITED WAY 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 260 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing