Hawaii · Nonprofit
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOSPITALITY ASSOC
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOSPITALITY ASSOC (Hawaii) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $102,000 to it, the largest being AMERICAN INDIGENOUS TOURISM ASSOCIATION INC ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $223k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $102k
- Net assets
- $535k
What Native Hawaiian Hospitality Assoc does
Mission
To promote hawaiian culture, values, and traditions in the workplace through consultation and education, and to provide opportunities for the native hawaiian community to shape the future of tourism.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Promoting and perpetuating hawaiian culture, values and traditions in tourism and hawaiian communities; promoting improved communications, respect and collaboration between the native hawaiian community and the visitor industry.
$325,959 spentof which $207,150 as grants80% of program spendingProviding training, consulting, workshops, and seminars in hawaiian culture, historic tours showcasing hawaiian culture and history.
$41,392 spent10% of program spendingSponsoring gatherings and communications to encourage the preservation of hawaiian values, customs and culture; and provide opportunities for native hawaiians.
$40,454 spent10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $407,805.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $392k to $802k (+104%).
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 83% · 2023 92% · 2024 67%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
67% of NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOSPITALITY ASSOC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
Laura M Sanders
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $2k → $50k.
From the IRS filings of NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOSPITALITY ASSOC’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
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOSPITALITY ASSOC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
98% 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 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOSPITALITY ASSOC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 50% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOSPITALITY ASSOC draws 50% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 3 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
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOSPITALITY ASSOC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOSPITALITY ASSOC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $300k on record.
- Department of the Interior$300k
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 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOSPITALITY ASSOC
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOSPITALITY ASSOC: 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 NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOSPITALITY ASSOC?
- NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOSPITALITY ASSOC (Hawaii) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $102,000 to it, the largest being AMERICAN INDIGENOUS TOURISM ASSOCIATION INC ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOSPITALITY ASSOC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $102,000 in grants to NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOSPITALITY ASSOC.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOSPITALITY ASSOC?
- AMERICAN INDIGENOUS TOURISM ASSOCIATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOSPITALITY ASSOC 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 4 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