Hawaii · Nonprofit
POHAKU PELEMAKA
POHAKU PELEMAKA (Hawaii) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $104,358 to it, the largest being CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ($68,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $280k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $104k
- Net assets
- $91k
What Pohaku Pelemaka does
Mission
Our mission is to protect, perpetuate, and enhance: the intrinsic qualities of the lower puna area, native hawaiian wellbeing, and the transmission of intergenerational knowledge and practices in partnership with county, state, government, public and private sectors.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Na lauo o kaakepa monthly la ohana. Na lauo o kaakepa la ohana (family) monthly clean ups or aloha aina days focus on the protection and preservation of kaakepa. Our target audience are the ohana of the area: kupuna to keiki (elders to children). Education, observation, monitoring and hands-on activities are critical to successful stewardship. These activities entail having paid positions to coordinate, manage, implement and work with partners to ensure the programs are carried out successfully. These stewardship activities have entailed volunteer hours for the last 4-years, yet ohana have been doing it for generations. We believe having a presence and educating residents and visitors frequenting kaakepa makes a difference. If we aloha aina then others will follow. It is also important to allow the place time to rest so we can perpetuate the natural and cultural resources within the space. Our aspiration is to have at least one kupuna present each month. As stewards of the area, it is imperative to share intergenerational knowledge from kupuna to keiki as it has been done for generations.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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 POHAKU PELEMAKA’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
POHAKU PELEMAKA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% 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 POHAKU PELEMAKA.
“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
POHAKU PELEMAKA draws 65% 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
POHAKU PELEMAKA runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like POHAKU PELEMAKA
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
77% 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 POHAKU PELEMAKA: 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 POHAKU PELEMAKA?
- POHAKU PELEMAKA (Hawaii) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $104,358 to it, the largest being CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ($68,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does POHAKU PELEMAKA have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $104,358 in grants to POHAKU PELEMAKA, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of POHAKU PELEMAKA?
- CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $68,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like POHAKU PELEMAKA 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 2024–2024), 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