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C Q Yee Hop Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

C Q Yee Hop Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$44k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.

Education$79kArts & Culture$30kHuman Services$26kCommunity Improvement$26kFood & Nutrition$10kEnvironment$9kPhilanthropy$4kCrime & Legal$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$629k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Iolani School$10,000
United Chinese Society$5,000
Honolulu Civil Beat$5,000
Kona Historical Society$3,500
Chinatown Improvement District$3,200
Palolo Chinese Home$3,000
Mun Lun School$2,500
Hawaii Food Bank$2,500
Chinese Chamber of Commerce Foundtn$2,500
Palehua Conservation Initiative$2,000
Chinatown 808 Events$1,500
A Better Chinatown Association$1,500
Hamakua Youth Center$1,000
Bamboo Ridge Press$1,000
Hawaii Chinese History Center$200
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%Catholic Charities of Hawaii: $1k → 9%United Chinese Society: $9k → 9%United Chinese Society: $5k → 9%Lanakila Pacific Foundation: $3k → 9%Palolo Chinese Home: $3k → 9%Palolo Chinese Home: $3k → 9%Palolo Chinese Home: $3k → 9%Palolo Chinese Home: $3k → 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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 72% of C Q Yee Hop Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 99% of the giving stays in HI; by stated purpose, 28%.

C Q Yee Hop Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$165k · 15 repeat orgs$19k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against -15% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
5

Total granted

$165k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
-15%

Still filing today

80%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • 'S
    'IOLANI SCHOOL
    4× · 2022–2025 · $46k · revenue +16%
  • HC
    Honolulu Civil Beat Inc
    4× · 2022–2025 · $19k · revenue +6%
  • UC
    UNITED CHINESE SOCIETY OF HAWAII THE CHUN WA HUI QUON
    2× · 2024–2025 · $14k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • KH
    KA HALE A KE OLA HOMELESS RESOURCE CENTERS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $4k · revenue +196%
  • LP
    LANAKILA PACIFIC FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue -15%
  • TA
    The ARTS at Marks Garage
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue -60%
How this is measured

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

04Its 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
Hawaii Book and Music Festival
Arts & Culture
2
E Kupaku Ka Aina - the Hawaii Land Restoration Institute
Environment
3
Hawaii Maritime Center
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4
Na 'Aina Kai Botanical Gardens
Philanthropy
5
Ka Ha O Ka Aina
Environment
6
Hiikua a Hiialo Cultural Foundation
Arts & Culture
7
Hawaii - American Nurses Association Foundation
Environment
8
Kalihi-Palama Culture & Arts Society Inc

In 1972, kumu hula george lanakilakekiahiali`i na`ope and kahu wendell silva created our organization to preserve hawaiian culture through dance. from that idea they formed the kalihi-palama culture & arts society, inc. (kpcas) to provide…

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9
Lanikuhonua Cultural Institute
—
10
Hanalei River Heritage Foundation
Philanthropy
11
Na Mamo o Kawa

to rehabilitate, curate, and steward the natural and cultural resources of Kawa to honor the past, benefit the present, and preserve for the future generations of Ka'u, the Island of Hawaii and all humankind.

Environment
12
The Haiku Aina Permaculture Initiative
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Chinese Society of Hawaii the Chun Wa Hui Quon; the most unlike its peers is The Arts at Marks Garage. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/22
Grantees still filing
12/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

'IOLANI SCHOOL: $46,000 · Education'IOLANI SCHOOLUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATIONASSOCIATED CHINESE UNIVERSITY WOMEN INC: $5,000 · EducationASSOCIATED CHINESE UNIVERSITY WOM…Mun Lun School: $17,500 · OtherMun Lun SchoolCHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION: $11,000 · OtherCHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOU…THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $7,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYSUI WAH SCHOOL: $5,000 · OtherSUI WAH SCHOOLKA HALE A KE OLA HOMELESS RESOURCE CENTERS INC: $3,500 · OtherKA HALE A KE OLA HOMELESS RESOU…The ARTS at Marks Garage: $2,500 · OtherHAWAII CHINESE HISTORY CENTER: $1,950 · OtherPALEHUA CONSERVATION INITIATIVE: $2,000 · Other+2 more: $2,000 · OtherUNITED CHINESE SOCIETY OF HAWAII THE CHUN WA HUI QUON: $13,500 · Human ServicesUNITED CHINESE S…PALOLO CHINESE HOME: $11,500 · Human ServicesPALOLO CHINESE H…LANAKILA PACIFIC FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Human ServicesLANAKILA PACIFIC…CATHOLIC CHARITIES HAWAII: $1,000 · Human ServicesHonolulu Civil Beat Inc: $18,500 · Arts & CultureHonolulu Civil …KONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3,500 · Arts & CultureKONA HISTORICAL…BAMBOO RIDGE PRESS: $2,000 · Arts & CultureBAMBOO RIDGE PR…CHINATOWN 808 EVENTS: $1,500 · Arts & CultureCHINATOWN 808 E…CHINATOWN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT: $8,200 · Community ImprovementA BETTER CHINATOWN ASSOCIATION: $6,500 · Community ImprovementHAWAII FOODBANK INC: $10,000 · Food & NutritionWEED & SEED HAWAII INC: $3,500 · Crime & Legal
Education$56,000Other$52,450Human Services$28,500Arts & Culture$25,500Community Improvement$14,700Food & Nutrition$10,000Crime & Legal$3,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budget'IOLANI SCHOOL: $46,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHonolulu Civil Beat Inc: $18,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED CHINESE SOCIETY OF HAWAII THE CHUN WA HUI QUON: $13,500 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetPALOLO CHINESE HOME: $11,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHINESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetHAWAII FOODBANK INC: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCHINATOWN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT: $8,200 over 3y, 64% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetA BETTER CHINATOWN ASSOCIATION: $6,500 over 3y, 100% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSUI WAH SCHOOL: $5,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetWEED & SEED HAWAII INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetKA HALE A KE OLA HOMELESS RESOURCE CENTERS INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLANAKILA PACIFIC FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBAMBOO RIDGE PRESS: $2,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCHINATOWN 808 EVENTS: $1,500 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES HAWAII: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Tradewind Group Found…Louise & Yt Lum Found…Locations FoundationDonor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Tradewind Group FoundationHI17.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tradewind Group Foundation · Louise & Yt Lum Foundation · Locations Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 C Q Yee Hop Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from C Q Yee Hop Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to C Q Yee Hop Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to C Q Yee Hop 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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