Hawaii · Nonprofit
NA LEO O HAWAII INC
NA LEO O HAWAII INC (Hawaii) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,300 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($1,300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $6.0M
What Na Leo O Hawaii Inc does
Mission
The organization was formed for the purpose of planning, designing, managing, and promoting the creation, production, and cable casting of noncommercial programs by and for the people of the island of hawai'I. Na leo 'o hawai'I, inc. (nloh) provides television access to facilitate diverse community dialog and educational awareness for the citizens of hawai'I island. The same access is utilized for county and state governments to communicate and provide relevant information to hawai'I island residents. Our mission includes providing our citizens with great customer service, clean facilities, and modern equipment to work with. The organization maintains two production facilities in hilo and in kona, and one cable casting facility in hilo.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The opportunity for citizens to express their constitutional right of free speech can be achieved in many ways. Nloh wishes to promote this very fundamental right by allowing people to become certified and trained to use our equipment and facilities. Increasing the number of "external producers" (ep) who create new programs and utilize our resources is a very high priority. This vision is achieved by providing nloh employees as resources and professional experts in the local television market who can develop and promote the best practices to ensure that relevant media access is taking place throughout the county of hawai'I. The organization maintains two production and cable casting facilities, one in hilo and one in kailua-kona on the island of hawai'I.
$1,626,875 spentof which $3,000 as grants$1,679,788 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,626,875.
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 $10M to $8.9M (−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: 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 3% · 2021 11% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
3% of NA LEO O HAWAII INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue 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. 3 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
Ashley Kierkiewicz
Pres/CEO
Board chair
Melvin Ventura
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $300 → $500.
From the IRS filings of NA LEO O HAWAII INC’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
NA LEO O HAWAII INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
NA LEO O HAWAII INC draws 57% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
NA LEO O HAWAII INC 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 NA LEO O HAWAII INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $804k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$804k
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 NA LEO O HAWAII INC
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Nl Energy Partners LLC · disregarded
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NA LEO O HAWAII INC: 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 NA LEO O HAWAII INC?
- NA LEO O HAWAII INC (Hawaii) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,300 to it, the largest being The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc ($1,300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NA LEO O HAWAII INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $2,300 in grants to NA LEO O HAWAII INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NA LEO O HAWAII INC?
- The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NA LEO O HAWAII INC 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 2 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