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· Private foundation

A Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$57k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Recreation & Sports$717kReligion$527kScience & Tech$201kEnvironment$95kInternational$50kHuman Services$42kFood & Nutrition$35kPublic Safety & Disaster$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $32k
$2,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$4.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$20,000
GLOBALGIVING$12,000
HAWAII FOODBANK$6,500
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$4,000
SELF-REALIZATION FELLOWSHIP$3,500
MA CENTER CHARITIES$3,500
AMERICAN RED CROSS$2,500
Individual grant recipient$1,478
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND$1,000
ONCE A MONTH CHURCH$500
NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST$500
MALAMA PUPUKEA WAIMEA$500
HALEIWA ARTS FESTIVAL$500
TEACH FOR AMERICA$250
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $17k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: $10k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $3k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $2k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

ID
IL
NY
CA
CO
NC
DC
HI
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

24%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$408k · 17 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +46% since the first grant, against +39% for the ones you funded once.

17 repeat relationships — 13 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
23

Total granted

$408k
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+39%

Still filing today

53%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentEducationInternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesAnimalsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $58k · revenue +41%
  • HF
    HAWAII FOODBANK INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $25k · revenue +100%
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
    9× · 2017–2025 · $21k · revenue +202%

Funded once

  • SO
    STATE OF HAWAII
    one grant, 2019 · $717k
  • BB
    BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $500k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $34k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
For the Fishes

To address, educate, coordinate, and enhance enforcement capacity to end teh trade in coral reef wildlife for household and other small display aquariums. our supply and demand side strategies are directed locally and globally to…

Animals
2
Hawaiian Islands Land Trust

Hawaiian islands land trust dba hawai'i land trust (hilt) is hawai'i's statewide land trust that is both a hawai'i 501(c)3 nonprofit, and a nationally accredited land trust. hilt's mission is to protect and steward the lands that sustain…

Environment
3
The People's Fund

Hawai`i people`s fund supports, funds, and amplifies the work of hawai`i- based grassroots organizations challenging systems of oppression.

Human Services
4
Malama Haleakala Foundation

Support the protection of the vital terrestrial and near-shore ecosystems of haleakala

Environment
5
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
6
Uhiwai O Haleakala

The mission of the corporation shall be to work with partners to protect and restore native ecosystems and watersheds, to improve the quality and quantity of freshwater resources to perpetuate hawaiian cultural resources and practices, to…

Environment
7
Pacific Whale Foundation

Protect the ocean through science and advocacy and inspire environmental stewardship, remaining steadfastly dedicated to saving the world's whales and dolphins from extinction through research, education, (see schedule o)

Environment
8
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
9
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
10
Rainforest Foundation Inc

The purpose of rainforest foundation us is to support indigenous peoples and forest communities in their efforts to secure their lands, protect their environment, and uphold their rights.

Environment
11
Malama Kua Aina
Environment
12
Hawaii Pacific Model United Nations Incorporated
International

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hawaii Community Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Malama Popoki. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 32 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number25%10%<5yr15%0%5–10yr18%10%10–20yr18%43%20–35yr12%10%35–55yr12%29%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value25%1%<5yr15%0%5–10yr18%6%10–20yr18%27%20–35yr12%11%35–55yr12%55%55yr+

The field is 25% startups (under 5 years old) — 10% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/22
the rest of the field
13%
1,148/8,677

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 42 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
15/19
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

STATE OF HAWAII — $717,190 · OtherSTATE OF HAWAIIBIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH — $500,000 · OtherBIBLE BAPTIST CHURCHIndividual grant recipient — $148,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient+26 more — $129,347 · Other+26 moreNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC — $57,750 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $20,500 · EnvironmentTHE NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST — $6,250 · Environment+1 more — $250 · EnvironmentGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC — $37,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIEF — $12,000 · International+1 more — $1,000 · InternationalHAWAII FOODBANK INC — $24,600 · Food & NutritionFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC — $10,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $6,500 · Human ServicesMALAMA PUPUKEA-WAIMEA — $10,000 · Arts & CultureHALEIWA ARTS FESTIVAL — $2,500 · Arts & CultureHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $5,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,494,537Environment$84,750International$50,000Food & Nutrition$24,600Human Services$16,500Arts & Culture$12,500Philanthropy$5,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC — $57,750 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC — $37,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII FOODBANK INC — $24,600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED — $20,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF — $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMALAMA PUPUKEA-WAIMEA — $10,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST — $6,250 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHALEIWA ARTS FESTIVAL — $2,500 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetINTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAUI HUMANE SOCIETY — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHINSDALE CENTRAL FOUNDATION — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIHS THE INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN SERVICES INC — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMALAMA POPOKI — $250 over 1y, 1.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC
  • Who funds GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC
  • Who funds HAWAII FOODBANK INC
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
  • Who funds DIRECT RELIEF
  • Who funds MALAMA PUPUKEA-WAIMEA
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM INC
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
  • Who funds THE NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST
  • Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
  • Who funds HALEIWA ARTS FESTIVAL
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS
  • Who funds MAUI HUMANE SOCIETY
  • Who funds HINSDALE CENTRAL FOUNDATION
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION
  • Who funds IHS THE INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN SERVICES INC
  • Who funds THE CORAL REEF ALLIANCE
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc
  • Who funds MALAMA POPOKI

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Hawaii Foodbank IncHI13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hawaii Foodbank Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization A Charitable Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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202122232425
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY2025

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 42 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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