Honolulu, HI

The Early School

EIN 99-0155064

Education & Youth Development Early Childhood & Preschool Children & youth

Mission

The Early School nurtures children’s innate desire to learn through a play-based, hands-on emergent curriculum that emphasizes social-emotional growth, outdoor exploration, and foundational literacy and numeracy.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) school Contributions are tax-deductible

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About The Early School

The Early School is a licensed 501(c)(3) nonprofit preschool in Honolulu, Hawaii, serving children from approximately 18 months through 5 years with year-round programs. The school emphasizes an indoor–outdoor, emergent curriculum shaped by children’s interests and places a research-backed focus on social and emotional development and confidence. The program maintains low adult-to-child ratios (reported ranges from 1:5 to 1:10 across classrooms), offers a large shaded outdoor play environment, and runs distinct Young Children’s (18 months–3 years) and Preschool (3–5 years) programs with daily opportunities for hands-on projects, music, art, gardening, and play. The school operates with a long community history (founded in the 1970s) and maintains active fundraising and community engagement to support operations and tuition assistance.

Notable achievements

Longstanding early education program

The Early School has operated in Honolulu since the early 1970s and has maintained continuous preschool programming and community presence for multiple decades.

Sustained program scale and financial activity (FY2024)

In recent filings the organization reported program-focused revenues and operations consistent with a mid-sized preschool (reported total revenue approximately $1.59M and program services as the majority of revenue for the most recent fiscal year). The school continues to run year-round programs while maintaining low student–teacher ratios.

Active community fundraising

The Early School organizes community fundraising events and campaigns (including an annual gala-style fundraiser) and operates an online school shop and donor-facing donation options to support scholarships, facilities, and program costs.

At a glance

Total assets: $2.0M
Annual revenue: $1.6M
Tax status: 501(c)(3)School
EIN: 99-0155064
Location: Honolulu, HI
Website: www.theearlyschool.org
On Mahalo since: May 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Public directories and community resources list The Early School as a long-established early childhood education provider in Honolulu and note affiliations with local early-education networks.

Listed as a participant/member with environmental/early-learning networks (Natural Start Alliance) for outdoor and nature-based learning initiatives.

Reported recipient of local foundation support and community grants in recent years (small operating grants identified from local philanthropic sources), reflecting community funder support for programming and tuition assistance.

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