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PURE KNF FOUNDATION

PURE KNF FOUNDATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $182,694 to it, the largest being ARIA FOUNDATION CO TG TAX & ACCOUNTING SERVICES LLC ($182,694). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2022
$60k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$183k
Net assets
$95k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 50%
01What it does

What Pure Knf Foundation does

Mission

"We exist to restore life through microbial awareness education and action." - Mission statement. We are an educational non-profit and provide an online resources for leaning regenerative farming practices. We host a website that is a question and answer forum called KNF Support which as of the end of 2022 has 577 users and over 300 questions asked. We host a live youtube Sunday "Office Hour" that has a world wide reach and created 36 episodes which are available anytime for viewing on YouTube for the public. We helped to sponsor attendance for the Hawaii Farmers Union United Convention which promotes regenerative agriculture and taught 2 classes of which 70 people attended to learn Korean Natural Farming.

As stated on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Knfsupport.com reached 577 users this year! This website is an open source Q&A discussion platform for all questions related to Korean Natural farming; it contains all of the Sunday Office Hour episodes for rewatching and lists resources and links to other credible resources which are open source. In 2022 the platform exceeded 300 questions submitted to the Q&A page.

    $1,244 spent
    23% of program spending
  2. Live Sunday "Office Hour" on Youtube generated 36 episodes for the year and garnered a worldwide audience of 672 people on average per episode. Episodes are now available on YouTube and knfsupport.com for perpetual viewing free of charge.

    $3,000 spent
    54% of program spending
  3. Pure KNF Foundation sponsored tickets for two individuals to attend the Hawaii Farmers Union United Annual 2022 Convention which is focused on regenerative agriculture and family farms. Representing the Foundation two Korean Natural Farming classes were taught with 70 people in attendance. We held an educational booth that provided books and resources for exploring the world of KNF.

    $1,265 spent
    23% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $5,509.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $33k → $30k.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of PURE KNF 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.

Where its funders are

PURE KNF FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 1 state in all.

IL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
’22
’23
Hawaii out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PURE KNF FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,054 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin79% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,054 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2022

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In Hawaii

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

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Questions and answers

Who funds PURE KNF FOUNDATION?
PURE KNF FOUNDATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $182,694 to it, the largest being ARIA FOUNDATION CO TG TAX & ACCOUNTING SERVICES LLC ($182,694). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PURE KNF FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $182,694 in grants to PURE KNF FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PURE KNF FOUNDATION?
ARIA FOUNDATION CO TG TAX & ACCOUNTING SERVICES LLC is the largest funder on record, with $182,694 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PURE KNF 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2022 (financials across 2022–2022), and the filings of 1 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