Hawaii · Nonprofit
REAL ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES TO SOAR INC
REAL ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES TO SOAR INC (Hawaii) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $245,518 to it, the largest being THE STRONG FOUNDATION ($200,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $961k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $246k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Real Ongoing Opportunities to Soar Inc does
Mission
The mission of roots is to provide educational and experiential opportunities that encourage children to think independently, realize their talents, & apply their learning
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Provision of k-6 education. Roots school is an independent, progressive private school for student from preschool to grade six. Through our experiental, project-based approach, multi-age setting, small classes, and emphasis on critical thinking and creativity, we create a flexible learning environment to encourage students to develop their unique potential along with mathematics, science, history, social science, language arts, and foreign language classes, we offer fine and performing arts, physical education, gardening, student activities, and field trips. Roots school is located in the heart of haiku town on the island of maui, which provides distinctive educational and cultural resources. Our graduates attend high schools across maui, and are accepted at colleges and universities across the nation. The school is licensed by the hawaii council of private schools, the state of hawaii department of human services, and the hawaii association of independent schools. In the fiscal year ending august 31, 2024, the k-6 program enrolled 54 students.
$513,957 spent$607,866 earned by the program74% of program spendingProvision of preschool services. In the fiscal year ending august 31, 2025, the school enrolled 19 students in the preschool program
$180,111 spent$199,479 earned by the program26% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $694,068.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2023 to 2024, from $1.7M to $2.8M (+64%).
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.
4% of REAL ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES TO SOAR INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue 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. 2 of the last 9 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 held at 2 funders, grant income fell $115k → $5k.
1 of 5 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 REAL ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES TO SOAR 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
REAL ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES TO SOAR INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 87% · 2020 99% · 2021 97% · 2022 100% · 2023 98% — growing more concentrated.
“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
88% of REAL ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES TO SOAR INC's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $518 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
REAL ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES TO SOAR INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like REAL ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES TO SOAR 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.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
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 REAL ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES TO SOAR 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 REAL ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES TO SOAR INC?
- REAL ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES TO SOAR INC (Hawaii) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $245,518 to it, the largest being THE STRONG FOUNDATION ($200,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does REAL ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES TO SOAR INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $245,518 in grants to REAL ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES TO SOAR INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of REAL ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES TO SOAR INC?
- THE STRONG FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like REAL ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES TO SOAR 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 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