Hawaii · Nonprofit
PALEHUA CONSERVATION INITIATIVE
PALEHUA CONSERVATION INITIATIVE (Hawaii) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,500 to it, the largest being C Q Yee Hop Foundation ($2,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $340k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $93k
What Palehua Conservation Initiative does
Mission
To promote aina-based education and environmental stewardship that protects and restores natural, cultural, and community resources in the southern Waianae mountains and throughout Hawaii
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Conservation Programming: The organization delivers volunteer-driven conservation programming focused on protecting and restoring the natural environment in the southern Waianae mountains. The organization holds monthly community workdays and weekly additional volunteer opportunities for people interested in seed collection, propagation, planting, and invasive plant removal. The programming reached approximately 300 volunteers for a total of 150 volunteer hours in 2024. the organization reports 778 plantings of native plants over the course of the year.
$64,025 spent36% of program spendingCulture & Aina-based Education Programming: The organization hosts educational services programming at three cabins, with a focus on cultural workshops and strategic planning retreats for social service professionals. Those include culture-based workshops such as lei making, and small educational gatherings for social service and nonprofit professionals. PCI hosted 29 events for 797 attendees in 2024. Expenses include maintenance of cabins used to host education programming.
$115,245 spent$138,290 earned by the program64% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $179,270.
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 PALEHUA CONSERVATION INITIATIVE’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
PALEHUA CONSERVATION INITIATIVE 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
“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
57% of PALEHUA CONSERVATION INITIATIVE's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
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
PALEHUA CONSERVATION INITIATIVE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,264 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,264 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Hawaii
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 PALEHUA CONSERVATION INITIATIVE: 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 PALEHUA CONSERVATION INITIATIVE?
- PALEHUA CONSERVATION INITIATIVE (Hawaii) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,500 to it, the largest being C Q Yee Hop Foundation ($2,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PALEHUA CONSERVATION INITIATIVE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $3,500 in grants to PALEHUA CONSERVATION INITIATIVE.
- Who is the largest funder of PALEHUA CONSERVATION INITIATIVE?
- C Q Yee Hop Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $2,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PALEHUA CONSERVATION INITIATIVE 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 2024–2024), 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