Hawaii · Nonprofit
POPOLO PROJECT INC
POPOLO PROJECT INC (Hawaii) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $271,023 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($127,300). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $106k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $271k
- Net assets
- $2k
What Popolo Project Inc does
Mission
The Popolo Projects mission is to redefine what it means to be Black in Hawaii and in the world through cultivating deep reconnection to ourselves our community our ancestors and the land.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Community cultural gatherings for Black History Month Juneteenth and other celebrations throughout the year.
$20,000 spentof which $15,000 as grants80% of program spendingPublic lectures and panels
$2,000 spent8% of program spendingEducational media production
$3,000 spentof which $2,000 as grants12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $25,000.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Akiemi Glenn
Executive Director
Board chair
Jamila Jarmon
Chair Board of Directors
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $40k → $85k.
4 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 POPOLO PROJECT 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
POPOLO PROJECT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
74% 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 POPOLO PROJECT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 62% · 2021 50% · 2022 58% · 2023 59% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
40% of POPOLO PROJECT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 31% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
53% of POPOLO PROJECT INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $128k that is directly attributable, 60% of it comes from Hawaii funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $143k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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
POPOLO PROJECT INC receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $271k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like POPOLO PROJECT 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.
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 POPOLO PROJECT 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 POPOLO PROJECT INC?
- POPOLO PROJECT INC (Hawaii) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $271,023 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($127,300). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does POPOLO PROJECT INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $271,023 in grants to POPOLO PROJECT INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of POPOLO PROJECT INC?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $127,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like POPOLO PROJECT 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 13 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