Hawaii · Nonprofit
SYNERGISTIC HAWAII AGRICULTURE COUNCIL
SYNERGISTIC HAWAII AGRICULTURE COUNCIL (Hawaii) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $150,000 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH ($150,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $150k
- Net assets
- $17k
What Synergistic Hawaii Agriculture Council does
Mission
The improvement and development of the hawaii coffee, floriculture/nursery, macadamia nuts, and papaya industries through research and development, marketing and promotion, and education and cooperation on a non-partisan basis.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Using nifa funds, a wide range of coffee leaf rust research activities are underway in hawaii and puerto rico. Results are helping to refine agronomic refinements in the field as well as the proper timing and application of fungicidal sprays. The intent is to reduce crop damage caused by infections. Growers have become interested in the research as the economic burden of managing the case of susceptible trees continue to increase. Stakeholders have taken a proactive role in assisting scientists with identifying varieties currently in the field and communicating their preferences on the taste profile.
Using usda fas marketing access program (map) and regional agricultural promotion program (rapp) funding, shac funded marketing activities in taiwan, canada, and japan as well as the purchase of the 'ka'u coffee' trade name from its former owner. Activities included trade show activities, social media, market studies, reverse trade missions and the development of photographic and video media.
Using usda agriculture research service funding, shac is funding research to facilitate the diagnosis and remediation of coffee pests, diseases and nutrient deficiencies and toxicities by producing an ai driven app.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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 2021 to 2022, from $115k to $353k (+207%).
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: 2017 90% · 2018 90% · 2019 96% · 2020 83% · 2021 62% · 2022 97% · 2023 97% · 2024 98%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of SYNERGISTIC HAWAII AGRICULTURE COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (0% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of SYNERGISTIC HAWAII AGRICULTURE COUNCIL’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
SYNERGISTIC HAWAII AGRICULTURE COUNCIL draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 1 state in all.
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
SYNERGISTIC HAWAII AGRICULTURE COUNCIL has grown faster than three-quarters of the 864 membership benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 864 membership benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding SYNERGISTIC HAWAII AGRICULTURE COUNCIL receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $8.3M on record.
- Department of Agriculture$7.8M
- Department of Commerce$483k
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 SYNERGISTIC HAWAII AGRICULTURE COUNCIL
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
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Shac Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SYNERGISTIC HAWAII AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: 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 SYNERGISTIC HAWAII AGRICULTURE COUNCIL?
- SYNERGISTIC HAWAII AGRICULTURE COUNCIL (Hawaii) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $150,000 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH ($150,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SYNERGISTIC HAWAII AGRICULTURE COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $150,000 in grants to SYNERGISTIC HAWAII AGRICULTURE COUNCIL.
- Who is the largest funder of SYNERGISTIC HAWAII AGRICULTURE COUNCIL?
- FOUNDATION FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SYNERGISTIC HAWAII AGRICULTURE COUNCIL 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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