Hawaii · Nonprofit
SUPPORTING THE LANGUAGE OF KAUA'I
SUPPORTING THE LANGUAGE OF KAUA'I (Hawaii) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,846,721 to it, the largest being TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ($2,845,599). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $897k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $756k
What Supporting the Language of Kaua'I does
Mission
Supporting the language of kau`ai, inc.'s mission is "to support and perpetuate the native hawaiian language through education and cultural enrichment."
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Supporting the language of kaua`I, inc.(slk) projects benefit all geographic areas of kaua'I with a special emphasis on k-12 students in hawaiian language programs. Slk serves as the fiscal sponsor and fundraising arm for kawaikini new century public charter school and for other organizations that work to further the hawaiian language on kaua'I.
$391,439 spentof which $175,935 as grants$60,000 earned by the program40% of program spendingThe native hawaiian education program aims to develop innovative educational initiatives that support native hawaiian student and communities, focusing on cultural preservation and academic success. The native hawaiian education (nhe) program, administered by the u.s. Department of education, provides funding and support for educational programs specifically designed for native hawaiians. In fiscal year 2024, the program awarded 10 million in grants to various educational and community-based organizations in hawaii. These grants are intended to foster innovative educational practices that recognize the importance of native hawaiian language and culture in the academic success of students.
$571,645 spent58% of program spendingLaho'iho'I program: funding from the kamehameha schools to sponsor educational events commemorating hawaiian sovereignty.
$15,237 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $978,321.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.3M to $1.1M (−19%).
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: 2018 11% · 2021 2% · 2022 7% · 2023 0% · 2024 28% · 2025 65%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of SUPPORTING THE LANGUAGE OF KAUA'I’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 9 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $252k → $397k.
1 of 3 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 SUPPORTING THE LANGUAGE OF KAUA'I’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 2 of 3 funders by total. 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
SUPPORTING THE LANGUAGE OF KAUA'I leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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 SUPPORTING THE LANGUAGE OF KAUA'I.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of SUPPORTING THE LANGUAGE OF KAUA'I's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1k 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
SUPPORTING THE LANGUAGE OF KAUA'I has grown faster than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding SUPPORTING THE LANGUAGE OF KAUA'I receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.3M on record.
- Department of Education$1.3M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like SUPPORTING THE LANGUAGE OF KAUA'I
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
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Kawaikini Public Charter School · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SUPPORTING THE LANGUAGE OF KAUA'I: 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 SUPPORTING THE LANGUAGE OF KAUA'I?
- SUPPORTING THE LANGUAGE OF KAUA'I (Hawaii) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,846,721 to it, the largest being TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ($2,845,599). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SUPPORTING THE LANGUAGE OF KAUA'I have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $2,846,721 in grants to SUPPORTING THE LANGUAGE OF KAUA'I, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SUPPORTING THE LANGUAGE OF KAUA'I?
- TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS is the largest funder on record, with $2,845,599 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SUPPORTING THE LANGUAGE OF KAUA'I 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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