Record · State
Nonprofits in Hawaii
The IRS recognizes 9,679 tax-exempt organizations with a Hawaii address, rank 44 of 51. 3,815 of them have a Form 990 on record.
Hawaii is 44 of 51 by tax-exempt organizations, at 9,679. Highest on the left.
The 51 figures behind this strip
| Rank | Name | Tax-exempt organizations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 203,805 |
| 2 | Texas | 155,577 |
| 3 | New York | 125,130 |
| 4 | Florida | 114,851 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 82,237 |
| 6 | Ohio | 77,494 |
| 7 | Illinois | 75,114 |
| 8 | Georgia | 62,701 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 59,487 |
| 10 | Michigan | 56,832 |
| 11 | Virginia | 54,568 |
| 12 | New Jersey | 53,855 |
| 13 | Indiana | 44,650 |
| 14 | Missouri | 44,280 |
| 15 | Massachusetts | 44,202 |
| 16 | Maryland | 43,818 |
| 17 | Washington | 42,812 |
| 18 | Minnesota | 40,399 |
| 19 | Wisconsin | 39,461 |
| 20 | Tennessee | 39,235 |
| 21 | Colorado | 36,502 |
| 22 | South Carolina | 32,575 |
| 23 | Arizona | 31,700 |
| 24 | Iowa | 30,339 |
| 25 | Oregon | 27,028 |
| 26 | Alabama | 26,440 |
| 27 | Louisiana | 24,098 |
| 28 | Connecticut | 23,749 |
| 29 | Kentucky | 22,861 |
| 30 | Oklahoma | 22,534 |
| 31 | Kansas | 18,568 |
| 32 | Arkansas | 16,404 |
| 33 | Mississippi | 15,898 |
| 34 | Nebraska | 14,915 |
| 35 | District of Columbia | 14,200 |
| 36 | Nevada | 13,586 |
| 37 | Utah | 13,160 |
| 38 | Montana | 12,397 |
| 39 | West Virginia | 11,851 |
| 40 | New Mexico | 11,324 |
| 41 | Idaho | 10,569 |
| 42 | Delaware | 10,529 |
| 43 | Maine | 10,385 |
| 44 | Hawaii | 9,679 |
| 45 | New Hampshire | 9,562 |
| 46 | South Dakota | 7,469 |
| 47 | North Dakota | 6,823 |
| 48 | Rhode Island | 6,675 |
| 49 | Vermont | 6,606 |
| 50 | Wyoming | 6,159 |
| 51 | Alaska | 5,878 |
At a glance
- 9,679
- Organizations recognized
- Registration, not activity.
- 8,434
- Recognized under 501(c)(3)
- The charitable subsection.
- 3,815
- With a Form 990 on record
- The only organizations with financial figures here.
- 675.5
- Per 100,000 residents
- Census resident population as the denominator.
- $14.9 billion
- Revenue reported
- $14,867,248,752
- Summed across filings, each for a different year.
- 0.5%
- Share of all US organizations
- Of 1,975,975 recognized nationally.
Taken from the IRS on October 14, 2026. Address of record, which is not necessarily where an organization operates.
Largest by revenue
2 more columns on a wider screen
| Rank | Organization | Revenue |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaii Pacific Health Group Return | $2.0 billion$1,971,029,391 |
| 2 | The Queens Medical Center | $1.9 billion$1,861,679,716 |
| 3 | Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop | $927.5 million$927,455,971 |
| 4 | Alohacare | $468.9 million$468,901,642 |
| 5 | Queen Emma Land Company | $412.4 million$412,369,022 |
| 6 | Kapiolani Medical Specialists | $369.5 million$369,477,047 |
| 7 | Hawaii Dental Service | $275.3 million$275,253,336 |
| 8 | The Queens Health Systems | $255.4 million$255,434,067 |
| 9 | Hawaii Pacific Health | $249.5 million$249,523,867 |
| 10 | Kauai Island Utility Cooperative | $191.6 million$191,634,829 |
| 11 | The Hawaii Pacific Foundation Inc | $173.7 million$173,736,286 |
| 12 | Punahou School | $171.3 million$171,314,979 |
| 13 | Kuakini Medical Center | $163.6 million$163,552,942 |
| 14 | Hawaii Community Foundation | $161.3 million$161,269,117 |
| 15 | AFL Hotel & Restaurant Workers Health & Welfare Trust Fund | $159.5 million$159,468,470 |
The fifteen largest with a filing on record. Organizations without one are counted above but have no figures to rank.
Largest by assets
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| Rank | Organization | Assets |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop | $13.0 billion$13,000,665,087 |
| 2 | The Queens Medical Center | $5.8 billion$5,760,579,747 |
| 3 | The Queens Health Systems | $2.7 billion$2,661,961,641 |
| 4 | Hawaii Pacific Health Group Return | $1.6 billion$1,579,363,194 |
| 5 | Queen Emma Land Company | $1.5 billion$1,470,979,033 |
| 6 | Hawaii Pacific Health | $1.2 billion$1,204,721,763 |
| 7 | Hawaii Community Foundation | $1.1 billion$1,056,472,942 |
| 8 | Liliuokalani Trust | $934.9 million$934,888,511 |
| 9 | Punahou School | $742.6 million$742,618,217 |
| 10 | Iolani School | $480.6 million$480,623,645 |
Book value at the end of the year, which is what all three forms report.
Highest reported compensation
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| Rank | Organization | Reported compensation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sutter Insurance Services Corporation | $11.9 million$11,904,420 |
| 2 | The Hawaii Pacific Foundation Inc | $6.4 million$6,377,921 |
| 3 | Hawaii Pacific Health | $5.4 million$5,445,826 |
| 4 | Hawaii Pacific Health Group Return | $5.4 million$5,445,826 |
| 5 | Kapiolani Medical Specialists | $5.4 million$5,445,826 |
| 6 | Queens University Medical Group | $3.2 million$3,236,431 |
| 7 | Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop | $2.5 million$2,467,294 |
| 8 | Hui Huliau | $2.1 million$2,130,951 |
| 9 | Queen Emma Land Company | $1.8 million$1,759,879 |
| 10 | Queens North Hawaii Community Hospital | $1.8 million$1,759,879 |
The largest amount an organization here reported paying one person, as reported.
What they do
| Category | Organizations |
|---|---|
| Arts, Culture and Humanities | 906 |
| Education | 856 |
| Recreation and Sports | 785 |
| Religion-Related | 766 |
| Human Services | 562 |
| Community Improvement and Capacity Building | 461 |
| Philanthropy, Voluntarism and Grantmaking Foundations | 448 |
| Environment | 396 |
| Health Care | 269 |
| Youth Development | 262 |
Organizations the IRS never classified do not appear here. A code is assigned at registration and rarely updated, so it describes what an organization said it would do.
Nearest by count
| Rank | State | Organizations |
|---|---|---|
| 43 | Maine | 10,385 |
| 44 | Hawaii | 9,679 |
| 45 | New Hampshire | 9,562 |
Hawaii elsewhere on the Factbook
- Reported crime Crime and justice
Offenses reported to police by type, the trend, and the reporting coverage.
- Most dangerous cities in Hawaii Crime and justice
What each agency serving 25,000 or more reported, ranked. Agency populations overlap, so these do not add up to the state.
- Prison population Crime and justice
People held under the state’s correctional authority, and the imprisonment rate. A different publisher counting a different thing.
- Arrests by race, sex and age Crime and justice
Arrests as the FBI’s participating agencies reported them, with what the figures can and cannot support at the top.
- Hate crime Crime and justice
Incidents reported to the FBI by bias motivation, as counts — the collection publishes no participation share, so there is no rate to compare states on.
- Federal obligations Federal spending
What federal agencies obligated against a place of performance in the state, per resident and by agency.
- Payments to doctors Health
What drug and device companies reported paying doctors with a practice address in the state, and the largest recipients.
- Immigration courts Immigration and the border
The EOIR courts sitting in the state, what they completed and still have pending, and how far apart their asylum grant rates are. The courts, not the state’s residents: a detention court hears cases from far outside it.
- Farm program payments Farm subsidies
What the Farm Service Agency paid through the state’s county offices, by program and by recipient. The offices that administered the payments, not a count of farms: a recipient addressed elsewhere is counted where they were paid.
- Paycheck Protection Program loans PPP loans
The PPP loans SBA guaranteed to businesses operating in the state, by county, with how many carry a forgiveness amount and how many were charged off. Loans, not businesses: a business with two draws is two loans.
- Population, age, income and origin Demographics
The Census Bureau's population estimates year by year, with births, deaths and migration, and age, income, poverty, housing and origin from the American Community Survey, each with its margin of error.
- Public schools Schools
Pupils, schools and teachers, the largest districts, what districts spend per pupil and where the money comes from, and the colleges that take federal student aid.
- Banks and credit unions Banks and credit unions
The FDIC-insured banks headquartered in the state and their offices, and the credit unions based there and their sites, each per resident and against every other state.
- Housing Housing
The homes under HUD’s rental assistance programs in the state, by program and county, and its tax-credit housing, each per resident and against every other state.
- Mortgage lending Mortgage lending
The mortgage applications, loans and denials lenders reported in the state under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, and its largest lenders and counties.
- Cost of living Cost of living
BEA’s price level for the state against the nation, for goods, rents, utilities and other services, and its metro areas beside it.
- County health County health
CDC’s model-based estimates of adult health, risk behaviors and prevention for every county in the state, each with its 95% interval.
- College athletics Sports
Every college in the state that reported to the Equity in Athletics survey, ranked by its athletics revenue, with its expenses, athletes and athletic aid.
- Federal civilian workforce Federal salaries
Federal civilian employees stationed in the state by agency and occupation, with the pay OPM publishes and the share it withholds.
- The Hawaii Factbook entry Across the Factbook
Every measure the Factbook publishes for this state in one place, each with where it ranks among the others and the record it came from.
The immigration link above is EOIR’s courts, which sit in this state. CBP’s encounters are not by state and will not be: its sectors and field offices are areas of responsibility rather than a geography, and assigning them to states would be a claim the data does not make. Immigration and the border.
Compared with New Hampshire.
Full rankings: largest by revenue, largest by assets, largest grantmakers, and highest reported nonprofit pay. All organizations: nonprofits.
What this page cannot show
- The state is the organization’s address of record with the IRS. A national charity registered here operates elsewhere too.
- Churches need not apply for recognition, so they are under-represented, and the ones here are those that chose to apply.
- Financial figures exist only for organizations with a Form 990 on record, and each describes whichever year that organization last reported.
Full method at methodology.
Sources
- Exempt Organizations Business Master File — Internal Revenue Service · Public domain — U.S. Government work · retrieved October 14, 2026
- Form 990 series e-file data
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