Hawaii · Nonprofit
STORYBOOK THEATRE OF HAWAII
STORYBOOK THEATRE OF HAWAII (Hawaii) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $304,500 to it, the largest being HAU'OLI MAU LOA FOUNDATION ($90,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $91k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $305k
- Net assets
- $311k
What Storybook Theatre of Hawaii does
Mission
Storybook Theatre of Hawaii (STH) has been producing quality childrens programming in Hawai'i for 44 years. The organizational purpose of STH is: promoting environmental and arts education; the sharing of cultural diversity; encouraging global understanding and citizenship; remember and honor important Hawaiian historical figures and historical buildings; and enabling children to experience and participate in the performing and media arts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Funds used to promote childrens media center/ continued construction and support of childrens media center and expansion of childrens programs
$89,396 spent$21,857 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $89,396.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $802k to $538k (−33%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 20% · 2021 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
67% of STORYBOOK THEATRE OF HAWAII’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $30k → $30k.
From the IRS filings of STORYBOOK THEATRE OF HAWAII’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
STORYBOOK THEATRE OF HAWAII has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 62% · 2022 67% · 2023 51% — 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 STORYBOOK THEATRE OF HAWAII's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 63% 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
86% of STORYBOOK THEATRE OF HAWAII's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
STORYBOOK THEATRE OF HAWAII has grown faster than half of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like STORYBOOK THEATRE OF HAWAII
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
84% 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 STORYBOOK THEATRE OF HAWAII: 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 STORYBOOK THEATRE OF HAWAII?
- STORYBOOK THEATRE OF HAWAII (Hawaii) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $304,500 to it, the largest being HAU'OLI MAU LOA FOUNDATION ($90,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STORYBOOK THEATRE OF HAWAII have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $304,500 in grants to STORYBOOK THEATRE OF HAWAII, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STORYBOOK THEATRE OF HAWAII?
- HAU'OLI MAU LOA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $90,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STORYBOOK THEATRE OF HAWAII 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 8 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