Hawaii · Nonprofit
NATIVE NATIONS EDUCATION FOUNDATION
NATIVE NATIONS EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,134,430 to it, the largest being TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ($1,133,318). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $269k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $393k
What Native Nations Education Foundation does
Mission
The organization provides training, education, development, research and scholarship for projects related to education and improving the life conditions of indigenous peoples. Primary current activities create and support diverse Hawaiian culture based education activities for Native Hawaiians in Hawai'i.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Panee mua project: the focus of this project is to provide a hawaiian culture infused adult basic education program (ged/hiset/c-based) and intensive employment preparation/personal development, as well as support services and need-based scholarships for first degree/certification native hawaiian adults in the east hawaii community. Nnef began the panee mua project in 2013. Under current grant funding, the project is scheduled to continue through 2025, writing curriculum and programming guides for all programming and services while providing direct instruction and education support services for native hawaiian adults. The project certified 11 individuals with employment preparation/personal development certifications and 2 high school diplomas. Support services were provided to 35 individuals, including 19 scholarships provided to individuals pursuing thier first secondary/post-high credential, certification or degree. This project served 60 native hawaiian community members.
$389,505 spentof which $30,400 as grants96% of program spendingPartner in Puuhonua Wellness - Phase 2: Sustainability Agriculture and Agricultural Technology project. The project goal is to contribute to the food resiliency and workforce of the Sustainable Agriculture and Agricultural Technology (SA/AT) industries on the islands of Hawaii, Molokai, Maui, Kauai and Oahu as well as to the personal and professional development of at least 55 formerly incarcerated Native Hawaiian and their historically underserved family members annually. This will be done by providing career and technical training education as well as cultural interventions, both of which will help transform mindsets and behavior and strengthen the ability to withstand the stresses of reintegration. NNEF's role is 1. Work with the CTE trainer and BFC to incorporate the Sustainable Agriculture and Agricultural Technology (SA/AT) curricular content into its Native Hawaiian cultural education framework. 2. Provide referrals to cultural practitioners and/or supplemental training in the form of Professional Development and other activities for project personnel, contractors and community collaborators and hub managers when needed. 3. Assist with recruitment services of project…
$16,233 spent4% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $405,738.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2021 to 2022, from $33k to $441k (+1250%).
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 16% · 2022 57% · 2023 71% · 2024 62%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of NATIVE NATIONS EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $100k → $150k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 NATIVE NATIONS EDUCATION FOUNDATION’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 NATIONS EDUCATION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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
100% 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 NATIONS EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 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
100% of NATIVE NATIONS EDUCATION FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $112 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
NATIVE NATIONS EDUCATION FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding NATIVE NATIONS EDUCATION FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.6M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.6M
- National Endowment for the Humanities$30k
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 NATIONS EDUCATION FOUNDATION
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
96% 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 NATIONS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: 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 NATIONS EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- NATIVE NATIONS EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,134,430 to it, the largest being TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ($1,133,318). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIVE NATIONS EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,134,430 in grants to NATIVE NATIONS EDUCATION FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIVE NATIONS EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS is the largest funder on record, with $1,133,318 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIVE NATIONS EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), 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