Public Charity

AHA PUNANA LEO

AHA PUNANA LEO, of HILO, HI, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2024 filing shows $11.1M in revenue, $8.2M in expenses, $32.1M in total assets. 33 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $19.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 990226111 HILO, HI Humanities NTEE: A70 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$11.1M
Total Expenses$8.2M
Total Assets$32.1M
Grant Records33
Funding Total$19.0M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

TO DRIVE AND INSPIRE CHANGE TO ENSURE A LIVING HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE IN HAWAII AND BEYOND.

Where $100 goes at Aha Punana Leo

How Aha Punana Leo divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$81 Programs the work itself
$19 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $81 for programs

$72
School operations
89% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 300 children; 300 families
$9
Community programming
11% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2024
FUNDS RAISED BY GLOBALGIVING AND DISBURSED TO MEET DONOR EXPECTATIONS
$200,000
2024
TO SUPPORT THEIR MAUI FIRE RELIEF EFFORTS, SPECIFICALLY FOR THEIR STUDENTS K-12.
$60,000
$10,830
$10,830

Showing up to 5 of 33 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

CFO Cristin Gallagher
MEMBER Hulilau Wilson
CEO Ka'iulani Laeha
PRESIDENT Kauanoe Kamana
MEMBER Keawe Lopes
SECRETARY Ki'ope Raymond

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Education
$17,363,602 10 grants
General Support
$1,012,160 11 grants
International Aid & Development
$305,000 2 grants
Economic Development
$150,000 1 grant
Health & Medicine
$102,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $11.1M $8.2M $32.1M
2023 $9.5M $6.7M $28.4M
2022 $8.7M $6.4M $25.4M
2020 $6.8M $5.6M $22.2M
2019 $7.2M $6.5M $21.2M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $7.2M to $11.1M (+56%), with total assets most recently reported at $32.1M.

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