Hawaii · Nonprofit
MEGA LAB
MEGA LAB (Hawaii) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,000 to it, the largest being PARLEY FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $84k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $55k
- Net assets
- $59k
What Mega Lab does
Mission
The MEGA Lab advances environmental education, citizen science, and scientific research focused on coral reef and coastal ecosystems. The organization supports scientific research, provides outreach education, and mentors students to promote public engagement in science and community based conservation. These activities address complex challenges related to climate change, ocean ecology, and human environmental interactions in marine and coastal systems, and require collaboration across scientific disciplines and with local communities to support the protection and sustainable management of these environments.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Organized and conducted reef education workshops to advance environmental education and community engagement in coral reef conservation. Engaged over 5,000 students and more than 10,000 members of the public, supported by a team of volunteers. Workshops focused on reef monitoring, citizen science methods, and increasing awareness of the importance of sustaining healthy ocean ecosystems.
$21,500 spent32% of program spendingDeveloped and distributed digital media and training resources to support education and public participation in marine science and conservation. Participants were trained to use accessible tools such as Luma.ai and KIRI Engine to capture and share 3D models, expanding engagement in coastal habitat mapping and scientific data collection through online platforms.
$8,500 spent13% of program spendingProvided programmatic support to Ohana Waa, a Hawaii based nonprofit dedicated to empowering youth through education in voyaging and place based learning. This support contributed to educational programming that increases awareness of ocean conservation and strengthens connections between communities and marine environments.
$2,500 spent4% of program spendingEngaged with the surf community to advance public understanding of coral reef health and conservation. Conducted outreach and training to support citizen science and reef monitoring efforts, and provided educational resources at surf events reaching over 5,000 participants to promote ocean stewardship and informed use of coastal ecosystems.
$12,500 spent18% of program spendingCollaborated with local ocean communities to support coral reef conservation through training and implementation of 3D reef mapping and monitoring techniques. Community members were trained to collect high resolution spatial data and develop habitat maps to inform local decision making and management. This work supported community based efforts to assess reef condition, quantify ecological value, and strengthen local capacity to protect and sustainably manage coastal ecosystems.
$22,751 spent34% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $67,751.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $43k to $59k (+37%).
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.
75% of MEGA LAB’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (89% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of MEGA LAB’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
MEGA LAB leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
45% 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 MEGA LAB.
“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
MEGA LAB draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 2 states in all.
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.
Against its field
MEGA LAB runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 479 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 479 science & tech nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like MEGA LAB
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MEGA LAB: 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 MEGA LAB?
- MEGA LAB (Hawaii) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,000 to it, the largest being PARLEY FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MEGA LAB have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $55,000 in grants to MEGA LAB.
- Who is the largest funder of MEGA LAB?
- PARLEY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MEGA LAB 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 2024–2025), 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