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Abigail K K Kawananakoa Foundation at a glance

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Abigail K K Kawananakoa Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$468k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $5k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $167k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.0M
  • $250k+1 grant · $468k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$5.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Lunalilo Home$467,852
Honolulu Civil Beat Inc$200,000
St Andrew's Schools$150,000
Aloha Medical Mission$131,969
Hawaii Executive Collaborative$100,000
Molokai General Hospital$83,188
Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation$60,000
The Hawaiian Legacy Foundation$56,300
Gary B Pitt DPM Inc$50,000
Na Kama Kai$50,000
Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii$50,000
Henry Maunakea Center for Discernment and Church Development$50,000
Awaiaulu Inc$50,000
Individual grant recipient$28,500
Friends of Iolani Palace$27,363
02The need
02

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY24–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%Molokai High School: $10k → 9%Kawaikini New Century Public Charter School: $10k → 9%Bishop Museum: $25k → 9%Mokuaina A Wakinekona Hawaiian Civic Club: $11k → 9%Molokai General Hospital: $83k → 9%Mauna Ala - Royal Mausoleum: $19k → 9%Henry Maunakea Center for Discernment and Church Development: $50k → 9%Awaiaulu Inc: $50k → 9%Honolulu Civil Beat Inc: $200k → 9%Na Kama Kai: $50k → 9%Blanche Pope Elementary School: $10k → 9%Nanakuli Elementary School: $10k → 9%Koolaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club: $2k → 9%Gary B Pitt DPM Inc: $50k → 9%Lunalilo Home: $468k → 9%St Andrew's Schools: $150k → 9%Hawaii Executive Collaborative: $100k → 9%Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii: $50k → 9%Hawaii State Archives: $29k → 9%Friends of Iolani Palace: $27k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
E Kupaku Ka Aina - the Hawaii Land Restoration Institute
Environment
2
Hawaii Book and Music Festival
Arts & Culture
3
Hawaii - American Nurses Association Foundation
Environment
4
Hawaii Education Institute
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5
Na Kua Aina O Waimanalo
Arts & Culture
6
Hawaii Maritime Center
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7
Ho'ola Lahui Hawaii

To improve the health and well-being of our community.

Human Services
8
Hui Aloha Kiholo

Our mission is to protect, perpetuate, and enhance the cultural and natural landscape of the kiholo bay area through collaborative management and active community stewardship.

Arts & Culture
9
Hiikua a Hiialo Cultural Foundation
Arts & Culture
10
Na 'Aina Kai Botanical Gardens
Philanthropy
11
Papahana Kuaola

Papahana kuaola's mission is to create quality educational programs focused on environmental restoration and economic sustainability fully integrated with hawaiian knowledge in order to exemplify a lifestyle respectful of kanaka, `aina,…

Environment
12
Hawaii Public Radio

The mission of hawai'i public radio is to serve the people of hawai'i by informing with essential news, inspiring through the power of music and the arts, and connecting through conversations and convenings.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Na Kama Kai; the most unlike its peers is Lunalilo Home. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 25 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
2/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LUNALILO HOME: $467,852 · OtherLUNALILO HOMEST ANDREW'S SCHOOLS: $150,000 · OtherST ANDREW'S SCHOOLSGary B Pitt DPM Inc: $50,000 · OtherGary B Pitt DPM IncBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HAWAII: $50,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HAWAIINA KAMA KAI: $50,000 · OtherNA KAMA KAI+11 more: $146,187 · Other+11 moreHonolulu Civil Beat Inc: $200,000 · Arts & CultureHonolulu Civil Beat In…THE HAWAIIAN LEGACY FOUNDATION: $56,300 · Arts & CultureTHE HAWAIIAN LEGACY FO…AWAIAULU INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureAWAIAULU INCBISHOP MUSEUM: $25,000 · Arts & CultureBISHOP MUSEUMALOHA MEDICAL MISSION: $131,969 · InternationalHAWAII EXECUTIVE COLLABORATIVE: $100,000 · Community ImprovementMOLOKAI GENERAL HOSPITAL: $83,188 · HealthPUBLIC SCHOOLS OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $60,000 · EducationTHE HENRY MAUNAKEA CENTER FOR DISCERNMENT AND CHURCH DEVELOPMENT: $50,000 · Religion
Other$914,039Arts & Culture$331,300International$131,969Community Improvement$100,000Health$83,188Education$60,000Religion$50,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLUNALILO HOME: $467,852 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetHonolulu Civil Beat Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetST ANDREW'S SCHOOLS: $150,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetALOHA MEDICAL MISSION: $131,969 over 1y, 12% of budgetHAWAII EXECUTIVE COLLABORATIVE: $100,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetMOLOKAI GENERAL HOSPITAL: $83,188 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPUBLIC SCHOOLS OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetTHE HAWAIIAN LEGACY FOUNDATION: $56,300 over 1y, 63% of budgetNA KAMA KAI: $50,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HAWAII: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAWAIAULU INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF IOLANI PALACE: $27,363 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBISHOP MUSEUM: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRESIDENTIAL YOUTH SERVICES & EMPOWERMENT: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Queen's Medical C…Atherton Family Found…The Strong FoundationFirst Insurance Compa…J Watumull FundDolores F Martin Foun…Hawaii Dental ServiceKosasa FoundationCooke Foundation Limi…Tradewind Group Found…Bank of Hawaii Charit…Aloha United Way Inc
The Queen's Medical CenterHI22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Queen's Medical Center · Atherton Family Foundation · The Strong Foundation · First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation · J Watumull Fund · Dolores F Martin Foundation · Hawaii Dental Service · Kosasa Foundation · Cooke Foundation Limited · Tradewind Group Foundation · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · Aloha United Way Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Abigail K K Kawananakoa Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Abigail K K Kawananakoa Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Abigail K K Kawananakoa Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Abigail K K Kawananakoa Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 25 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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