Hawaii · Nonprofit
WAIKOLOA DRY FOREST INITIATIVE INC
WAIKOLOA DRY FOREST INITIATIVE INC (Hawaii) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $343,332 to it, the largest being Dorrance Family Foundation ($134,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $343k
- Net assets
- $626k
What Waikoloa Dry Forest Initiative Inc does
Mission
Waikoloa Dry Forest Initiative's mission is to protect, promote, and restore native Hawaiian dry forest.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Land Management: Through management informed by science, WDFI protected approximately 300 acres of native habitat from wildfire through weed management and fuelbreak maintenance. WDFI collected and stored native seeds, propagated several thousand native plants, and planted 2000 native trees, converting five acres of degraded land into managed forest restoration areas. In 2025, WDFI also secured an additional 116 acres for forest conservation
$199,809 spent$320,465 earned by the program41% of program spendingYouth Education: WDFI hosted nature immersion after-school programming four days per week throughout the school year for 52 students. This place-based program serves area youth ages 9-13 and is provided at no cost to families. WDFI also provided field trips for local elementary school students and a four-week summer program for youth. A four-week summer camp was also offered at no cost to families and students.
$88,722 spent18% of program spendingCommunity Outreach & Public Education: WDFI hosted monthly interpretive walks for the general public, as well as bi-monthly community workdays that engaged our local and visiting community. WDFI also provided field trips for visiting students, local schools, and other groups. WDFI also hosted a major educational event, the Wiliwili Festival, which engaged the community in-person at the preserve and online through virtual tours, workshops, talks, and activities. In 2025 WDFI also became the host of a professional symposium to promote conservation strategy and research with 250 attendees.
$194,881 spent$49,925 earned by the program40% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $483,412.
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 2024 to 2025, from $122k to $637k (+421%).
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 19% · 2018 29% · 2019 0% · 2020 6% · 2021 20% · 2022 11% · 2023 6% · 2024 0% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
51% of WAIKOLOA DRY FOREST INITIATIVE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Jennifer Lawson
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $40k → $85.
2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 WAIKOLOA DRY FOREST INITIATIVE 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
WAIKOLOA DRY FOREST INITIATIVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
27% 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 WAIKOLOA DRY FOREST INITIATIVE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 50% · 2019 69% · 2020 58% · 2021 55% · 2022 99% · 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.
How long its funders stay
17% of WAIKOLOA DRY FOREST INITIATIVE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
WAIKOLOA DRY FOREST INITIATIVE INC draws 58% of its grant income from funders outside Hawaii, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
WAIKOLOA DRY FOREST INITIATIVE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,074 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding WAIKOLOA DRY FOREST INITIATIVE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $94k on record.
- Department of Commerce$94k
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 WAIKOLOA DRY FOREST INITIATIVE 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
75% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WAIKOLOA DRY FOREST INITIATIVE INC?
- WAIKOLOA DRY FOREST INITIATIVE INC (Hawaii) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $343,332 to it, the largest being Dorrance Family Foundation ($134,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WAIKOLOA DRY FOREST INITIATIVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $343,332 in grants to WAIKOLOA DRY FOREST INITIATIVE INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WAIKOLOA DRY FOREST INITIATIVE INC?
- Dorrance Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $134,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WAIKOLOA DRY FOREST INITIATIVE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 10 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