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Hawaii media organizations

There are 74 media production and publishing organizations in Hawaii. Combined, these Hawaiian media organizations employ 428 people, earn more than $48 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $141 million.
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Types of media organizations in Hawaii

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Media production and publishing organizations
 
74
 
$47,959,608
Film and video production organizations
 
23
 
$1,595,575
Nonprofit presses and publishers
 
17
 
$572,596
Television producing and broadcasting nonprofits
 
10
 
$25,240,147
Radio producing and broadcasting organizations
 
5
 
$8,570,479
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Media organizations by major Hawaii cities

Metro areaNonprofitsRevenues
Urban Honolulu
 
50
 
$42,144,966
Kahului
 
10
 
$3,055,222
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Job trends for Hawaii media organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
7
1-10
 
9
11-25
 
2
26-100
 
4
101 to 1,000
 
1
1,000+
 
0
Key takeaways for employment stats:

Sizes of media organizations in Hawaii

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
18
$250k to $1M
 
5
$1M to $5M
 
4
$5M to $25M
 
5
$25M to $100M
 
0
$100M+
 
0
Key takeaways for revenue stats:
  • Large organizations like PBS Hawaii, Hawaii Public Radio, Olelo Community Media, Epic 'ohana, and Honolulu Civil Beat earn the majority of revenues among nonprofits in Hawaii media organizations.
  • Organizations with less than $1 million in revenue account for 8.4% of combined nonprofit revenues, whereas organizations in Hawaii media organizations with more than $100 million account for 0.0% of nonprofit earnings.

Directory of media organizations in Hawaii

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PBS Hawaii

PBS Hawaii delivers trusted news, diverse programming, and educational resources, fostering community engagement and preserving local culture across the Islands.
Revenue
$10.1m
Assets
$50.9m
Employees
50
EIN
99-0334518
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Hawaii Public Radio

Hawaii Public Radio provides cultural and informational programming to the state, nation, and international community, with locally produced or outside-sourced content.
Revenue
$8.1m
Assets
$21.7m
Employees
68
EIN
51-0191809
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Epic 'ohana

Epic 'ohana coordinates family and youth conferences, offers family finding and connection services, and conducts training programs in Honolulu.
Revenue
$6.4m
Assets
$5.0m
Employees
119
EIN
99-0333370
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Olelo Community Media

'Olelo Community Media is a non profit organization that provides video production equipment and services to community residents and organizations.
Revenue
$7.0m
Assets
$27.7m
Employees
71
EIN
99-0275429
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Honolulu Civil Beat

Honolulu Civil Beat is a Hawaii-based news organization that promotes an informed citizenry through investigative journalism and information access.
Revenue
$5.2m
Assets
$4.1m
Employees
46
EIN
81-2803662
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Akaku Maui Community Media

Akaku Maui Community Media is Maui's premiere and most innovative media non-profit organization which includes Community Access Television, New Media Education, Broadband Adoption and Radio Broadcasting.
Revenue
$2.3m
Assets
$8.6m
Employees
17
EIN
99-0300906
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Pacific Islanders in Communications

Supporting Pacific Island media content and talent for a deeper understanding of history, culture, and contemporary challenges.
Revenue
$1.9m
Assets
$4.6m
Employees
5
EIN
99-0293514
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Hawaii International Film Festival

Founded in 1981 as a program of the university of Hawaii at manoa, hiff was independently incorporated in 1990 with a mission of fostering International cultural awareness and understanding through Film.
Revenue
$996.1k
Assets
$389.8k
Employees
8
EIN
99-0280373
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Makauila

Makauila promotes Hawaiian language and culture through multimedia content. It also provides marketing services to non-profits and broadcasts media training programs.
Revenue
$1.2m
Assets
$504.3k
Employees
0
EIN
27-2294683
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Na Leo O Hawaii (NLOH)

Na Leo O Hawaii (NLOH) is one of four independent PEG (Public, Education, Government) entities in the State of Hawai`i, which has responsibility for providing such services for the Island of Hawai`i.
Revenue
$1.8m
Assets
$10.0m
Employees
20
EIN
99-0310038
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Center for Better Communities

Center for Better Communities is a nonprofit presses or publisher in Honolulu, HI that was founded in 1995.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
99-0320942
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Searider Productions Foundation

Searider Productions Foundation provides Waianae youth with job training, educational support, and multimedia programs for creative expression.
Revenue
$349.3k
Assets
$317.2k
Employees
5
EIN
46-2594819
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Three Little Sisters Society

Three Little Sisters Society is a nonprofit presses or publisher in Ewa Beach, HI that was founded in 2021.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
86-3378283
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Honua Studios

Honua Studios's was formed to produce and faciliate filmmaking and related activities. Inactive in 2018. Inactive in 2019. Inactive in 2020.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
82-5081971
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Honolulu Horror Nights

Honolulu Horror Nights: Monthly film screenings, social gatherings and events promoting social welfare, including Halloween Extravaganza and Horror in November.
Revenue
$9,892
Assets
$2,000
Employees
N/A
EIN
93-2651701
IRS type
501(c)(4)

Maui Media Initiative

Maui Media Initiative runs a non-commercial FM radio station in Wailuku, HI with the mission to inform, educate and entertain the Maui community. Its programs are geared towards broadcasting relevant content to its listeners.
Revenue
$239.6k
Assets
$275.1k
Employees
0
EIN
46-5400316
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Explore Media Incorporated

We have largely been inactive due to COVID. We have informally had educational and creative possibility conversations with individual artists, cultural practitioners, several schools and organizations about using Media.
Revenue
$0
Assets
$1,500
Employees
N/A
EIN
82-5211298
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Dog Barney Productions

Dog Barney Productions is a film or video production organization in Kailua, HI that was founded in 2005.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
20-2831534
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Hawaii International Film Association

Conducted ongoing meetings with members and other organizations such as government agencies and industry leaders on issues affecting the Film industry.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
99-0303743
IRS type
501(c)(6)

Hawaii Filmmakers Collective

Hawaii Filmmakers Collective is a film or video production organization in Honolulu, HI that was founded in 2017.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
30-0968064
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
This category corresponds to the "A30: Media, Communications Organizations" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
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