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ULU MAU PUANUI

ULU MAU PUANUI (Hawaii) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $863,560 to it, the largest being TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ($863,560). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$51k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$864k
Net assets
$48k
1/1 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Ulu Mau Puanui does

Mission

Education-land based culturally driven sciences.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Program engages all ages in land based culturally centered science education. Hawaii Universities along with other States and community college students return throughout the year to elevate their learning and continue their research projects.

    $0 spent

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($118k) Expenses 100 ($100k) Net assets 100 ($48k)2022 Revenue 101 ($119k) Expenses 103 ($103k) Net assets 71 ($34k)2023 Revenue 86 ($101k) Expenses 102 ($102k) Net assets 68 ($32k)2024 Revenue 104 ($123k) Expenses 105 ($105k) Net assets 105 ($50k)2025 Revenue 43 ($51k) Expenses 53 ($53k) Net assets 102 ($48k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (43)Expenses (53)Net assets (102)Peer revenue range

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 $32k to $50k (+55%).

$48k
$34k
$32k
$50k
$48k
20212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of ULU MAU PUANUI’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,498 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$18k
’21
$16k
’22
−$2k
’23
$18k
’24
−$2k
’25

Leadership and staff

Chief executive

Kehaulani Marshall

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $134k → $202k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of ULU MAU PUANUI’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

100% of ULU MAU PUANUI's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.

HI

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

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
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

ULU MAU PUANUI's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin−3% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−19% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,787 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like ULU MAU PUANUI

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In Hawaii

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

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

HI

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ULU MAU PUANUI: 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 ULU MAU PUANUI?
ULU MAU PUANUI (Hawaii) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $863,560 to it, the largest being TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ($863,560). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ULU MAU PUANUI have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $863,560 in grants to ULU MAU PUANUI, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ULU MAU PUANUI?
TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS is the largest funder on record, with $863,560 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ULU MAU PUANUI 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 2021–2025), 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