Hawaii · Nonprofit
UPCOUNTRY STRONG INC
UPCOUNTRY STRONG INC (Hawaii) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $216,924 to it, the largest being PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC ($105,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $662k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $217k
- Net assets
- $99k
What Upcountry Strong Inc does
Mission
Purchasing and distributing food to the needy population of the upcountry area of maui
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
The organization ceased the mobile food distribution program as of july 31, 2024. The organization rented a space early august 2024 at 1043 makawao avenue, makawao hi 96768 and served the public on wednesdays and saturdays.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
The organization distributed purchased or donated food at a previously advertised location up to 6 times in 2024 to 1100 registered upcountry households in need or for a total of 3840 persons.
$80,724 spentof which $45,000 as grants$991 earned by the program13% of program spendingIn august 2024 the organization opened a pantry in makawao to serve the public on a regular basis (wednesdays and saturdays). The financial support and in kind donations especially from the maui food bank were used to purchase food. From august 2024 through december 2024 a total of 5817 residents including 1,022 children were supported through this program.
$524,910 spentof which $41,197 as grants$707 earned by the program87% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $605,634.
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.
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 $46k to $100k (+120%).
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: 2023 15% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of UPCOUNTRY STRONG INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $16k → $46k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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 UPCOUNTRY STRONG 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
UPCOUNTRY STRONG INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
88% 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 UPCOUNTRY STRONG INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 81% · 2022 100% · 2023 54% — 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.
Where its funders are
59% of UPCOUNTRY STRONG INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $89k that is directly attributable, 57% of it comes from funders outside Hawaii, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $128k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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
UPCOUNTRY STRONG INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,974 food & nutrition nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like UPCOUNTRY STRONG 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
100% 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 UPCOUNTRY STRONG 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 UPCOUNTRY STRONG INC?
- UPCOUNTRY STRONG INC (Hawaii) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $216,924 to it, the largest being PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC ($105,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UPCOUNTRY STRONG INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $216,924 in grants to UPCOUNTRY STRONG INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UPCOUNTRY STRONG INC?
- PLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $105,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UPCOUNTRY STRONG 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 9 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