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Armstrong Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$749k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$343k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0193% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Health$379kPhilanthropy$301kAnimals$191kArts & Culture$57kFood & Nutrition$54kEnvironment$42kHuman Services$24kHousing & Shelter$20kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $89k
  • $250k+2 grants · $643k
$1,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$173k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$343,000
HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$300,000
HAWAIIAN HUMANE SOCIETY$89,000
NA KAMA KAI$10,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$2,500
FRIENDS OF WAIKIKI AQUARIUM$1,500
THE OUTDOOR CIRCLE$1,000
YMCA OF HONOLULU$1,000
THE NATURE CONSERVATORY$1,000
US HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM$200
AMVETS-HAWAII$100
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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YWCA OF O'AHU: $3k → 9%YMCA OF HONOLULU: $1k → 9%YMCA OF HONOLULU: $1k → 9%YMCA OF HONOLULU: $1k → 9%YMCA OF HONOLULU: $1k → 9%YMCA OF HONOLULU: $500 → 9%YMCA OF HONOLULU: $500 → 9%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

IL
NY
MA
VA
MD
DC
HI
TX

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.

51%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$403k · 37 repeat orgs$394k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +36% since the first grant, against +19% for the ones you funded once.

37 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2024, 30 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
24

Total granted

$403k
$50k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+19%

Still filing today

68%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $344k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationFood & NutritionHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther

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

  • HH
    HAWAIIAN HUMANE SOCIETY
    4× · 2018–2024 · $183k · revenue +49%
  • HF
    HAWAII FOODBANK INC
    3× · 2017–2020 · $34k · revenue +100%
  • IT
    IHS THE INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN SERVICES INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $20k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • IF
    INSTITUE FOR HUMAN SERVICES
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • FR
    FAMILY REACH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +9%
  • HA
    HAWAII AG AND CULINARY ALLIANCE
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +9%

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
Hawaii - American Nurses Association Foundation
Environment
2
Hawaii Medical Association

Hawaii medical association is dedicated to serving physicians, their patients and community through representation, advocacy, and public service. core activities: advocacy, education

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3
Hawaii Maritime Center
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4
Hawaii Book and Music Festival
Arts & Culture
5
E Kupaku Ka Aina - the Hawaii Land Restoration Institute
Environment
6
Hawaii Exemplary State Foundation
Community Improvement
7
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
8
Pacific Health Research & Education Institute

See schedule ophrei conducts health research and education that improves the health and well-being of veterans and all people in hawaii, central california, the pacific region, and throughout the u.s. driven by the values of excellence and…

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9
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
10
Kapi'olani Medical Specialists

Kapi'olani medical specialists (dba hawai'i pacific health medical group) is a multispecialty provider group dedicated to providing world-class care for adults and children across hawai'i and the pacific region working in partnership with…

Health
11
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
12
Hawaii Pacific Model United Nations Incorporated
International

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Historic Hawai'i Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Central Pacific Bank Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyPet Rescue and AdoptionFamily Philanthropic Founda…Hawaii Healthcare SystemsMilitary Youth & Veterans O…Early Childhood Education C…Hawaiian Cultural Land Stew…Hawaiian and Pacific Arts E…Youth and Family Support Se…Hawaii Environmental & Agri…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 41 years old; the field is 15. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr18%14%10–20yr18%29%20–35yr12%24%35–55yr13%33%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr18%3%10–20yr18%33%20–35yr12%8%35–55yr13%56%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% 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%0/46
the rest of the field
13%
856/6,553

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

44 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 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 44 of the 66 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
44/44
Grantees still filing
35/44
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $343,000 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC+6 more — $29,090 · Health+6 moreHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $300,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION+2 more — $1,300 · PhilanthropyHAWAIIAN HUMANE SOCIETY — $182,800 · AnimalsHAWAIIAN HUMANE SO…INSTITUE FOR HUMAN SERVICES — $10,000 · OtherINSTITUE FOR…FRIENDS OF WAIKIKI AQUARIUM — $8,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF W…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $7,500 · OtherTHE NATURE C…HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO — $7,000 · OtherHAWAII PUBLI…Individual grant recipient — $7,000 · OtherIndividual g…Individual grant recipient — $6,500 · OtherIndividual g…DOCTORS WO BORDERS USA — $5,000 · OtherIHS THE INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN SERVICES INC — $20,000 · OtherIHS THE INST…YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HONOLULU — $5,000 · Other+31 more — $44,750 · Other+31 moreHAWAII FOODBANK INC — $34,000 · Food & NutritionMAUI FOOD BANK INC — $15,000 · Food & NutritionHAWAII AG AND CULINARY ALLIANCE — $5,000 · Food & NutritionHISTORIC HAWAI'I FOUNDATION — $8,000 · Arts & CultureMAUI ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER — $6,000 · Arts & CultureBISHOP MUSEUM — $5,000 · Arts & CultureHAWAII SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $5,000 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC — $4,000 · Arts & CultureKIMOKEO FOUNDATION — $4,000 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — $3,740 · Arts & CulturePEARL HARBOR AVIATION MUSEUM — $2,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more — $1,800 · Arts & CultureTHE OUTDOOR CIRCLE — $18,000 · EnvironmentNA KAMA KAI — $15,000 · Environment
Health$372,090Philanthropy$301,300Animals$182,800Other$121,250Food & Nutrition$54,000Arts & Culture$39,540Environment$33,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC — $343,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $300,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHAWAIIAN HUMANE SOCIETY — $182,800 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetHAWAII FOODBANK INC — $34,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetIHS THE INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN SERVICES INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OUTDOOR CIRCLE — $18,000 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetNA KAMA KAI — $15,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC — $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc — $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHISTORIC HAWAI'I FOUNDATION — $8,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII PUBLIC RADIO — $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMAUI ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER — $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY REACH FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HONOLULU — $5,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBISHOP MUSEUM — $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII AG AND CULINARY ALLIANCE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHAWAII SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC — $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKIMOKEO FOUNDATION — $4,000 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — $3,740 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association — $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HAWAII — $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION — $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF OAHU — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific Foundation — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS HAWAII — $2,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPEARL HARBOR AVIATION MUSEUM — $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FILIPINO COMMUNITY CENTER INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEASTER SEALS HAWAII — $1,590 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS HAWAII INC — $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD AND FAMILY SERVICE — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC SCHOOLS OF HAWAII FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREALTORS ASSOCIATION OF MAUI COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA-ALOHA COUNCIL #104 — $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC BUDDHIST ACADEMY — $450 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRAL PACIFIC BANK FOUNDATION — $300 over 3y, 0.0% 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.

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.

First Insurance Compa…J Watumull FundThe Harry and Jeanett…Tradewind Group Found…Aloha United Way IncAtherton Family Found…The Queen's Medical C…Central Pacific Bank …Finance Factors Found…Locations FoundationFirst Hawaiian Bank F…The Strong Foundation
First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable FoundationHI40.9× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation · J Watumull Fund · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Tradewind Group Foundation · Aloha United Way Inc · Atherton Family Foundation · The Queen's Medical Center · Central Pacific Bank Foundation · Finance Factors Foundation · Locations Foundation · First Hawaiian Bank Foundation · The Strong 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 Armstrong 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.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%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
    1get no government money at all
    12report 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, FY20–25

    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 66 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

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