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Christina Hassell & Watters O Martin Jr Family Foundation at a glance

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Christina Hassell & Watters O Martin Jr Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$7k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
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, FY2021 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$33kReligion$23kHousing & Shelter$10kAnimals$6kHealth$6kCrime & Legal$1kEducation$600Community Improvement$500
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$675k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Washington Place Foundation$5,000
Bishop Museum$1,000
Lokahi Pacific$500
Punahou School$100
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%North Hawaii Hospice: $1k → 15%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$39k · 5 repeat orgs$41k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +289% since the first grant, against +36% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
15

Total granted

$39k
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+289%
+36%

Still filing today

60%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureAnimalsCrime & LegalHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEducationOther
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

  • WC
    WAIOLA CHURCH
    3× · 2021–2023 · $22k
  • WP
    WASHINGTON PLACE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2021–2024 · $9k · revenue +289%
  • HI
    HAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA
    2× · 2021–2022 · $6k · revenue -3%

Funded once

  • LH
    LUNALILO HOMEgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +36%
  • TF
    THE FRIENDS OF IOLANI PALACEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +72%
  • SH
    Shriners Hospitals for Children Honolulu
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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
E Kupaku Ka Aina - the Hawaii Land Restoration Institute
Environment
2
Hawaii Book and Music Festival
Arts & Culture
3
Hawaii Maritime Center
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4
Lanikuhonua Cultural Institute
—
5
The Liljestrand Foundation
Arts & Culture
6
Na 'Aina Kai Botanical Gardens
Philanthropy
7
Kauai Historical Society

Our Mission is To collect, preserve, and disseminate the oral, written and pictorial history of Kauai County and to educate ourselves and the public about the history and cultures of Kauai and Niihau.

—
8
Hawaii - American Nurses Association Foundation
Environment
9
Na Kua Aina O Waimanalo
Arts & Culture
10
Hale Puna

Hale puna perpetuates the rich history of kauais westside while promoting cultural and economic resiliency within the community.

Arts & Culture
11
Maui Historical Society

To preserve hawaiian artifacts and historic documents pertaining to hawaiian history and to display and interpret maui's early culture.

Arts & Culture
12
Hiikua a Hiialo Cultural Foundation
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hawaiian Historical Society; 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.
04the grantee network

16 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. 16 of the 23 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
12/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WAIOLA CHURCH: $22,000 · OtherWAIOLA CHURCHLUNALILO HOME: $10,000 · OtherLUNALILO HOMETHE FRIENDS OF IOLANI PALACE: $10,000 · OtherTHE FRIENDS OF IOLANI PALACEShriners Hospitals for Children Honolulu: $5,000 · OtherShriners Hospitals for Children HonoluluPU'UHONUA SOCIETY: $5,000 · OtherPU'UHONUA SOCIETY+5 more: $4,250 · Other+5 moreWASHINGTON PLACE FOUNDATION: $8,500 · Arts & CultureWASHINGTON PLACE FOUN…TAU DANCE THEATER: $2,500 · Arts & CultureTAU DANCE THEATERHAWAIIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 · Arts & CultureHAWAIIAN HISTORICAL S…THE LAHAINA RESTORATION FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE LAHAINA RESTORATI…BISHOP MUSEUM: $1,000 · Arts & CultureBISHOP MUSEUM+3 more: $1,250 · Arts & Culture+3 moreHAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA: $6,100 · AnimalsNORTH HAWAII HOSPICE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesNATIVE HAWAIIAN LEGAL CORPORATION: $1,000 · Crime & LegalLOKAHI PACIFIC: $500 · Community ImprovementPUNAHOU SCHOOL: $100 · Education
Other$56,250Arts & Culture$15,250Animals$6,100Human Services$1,000Crime & Legal$1,000Community Improvement$500Education$100

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLUNALILO HOME: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF IOLANI PALACE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWASHINGTON PLACE FOUNDATION: $8,500 over 3y, 20% of budgetHAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA: $6,100 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTAU DANCE THEATER: $2,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetHAWAIIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE LAHAINA RESTORATION FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH HAWAII HOSPICE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBISHOP MUSEUM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIVE HAWAIIAN LEGAL CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHULA PRESERVATION SOCIETY: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLOKAHI PACIFIC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII THEATRE CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION DBA PBS HAWAII: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUNAHOU SCHOOL: $100 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.

Dolores F Martin Foun…J Watumull FundLiliuokalani TrustJohn R Halligan Chari…Hawaii Council for Hu…Council for Native Ha…The Michael B Wood Fo…The Kenneth and Diane…The Strong FoundationFirst Insurance Compa…Bank of Hawaii Charit…Atherton Family Found…
Dolores F Martin FoundationHI26.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dolores F Martin Foundation · J Watumull Fund · Liliuokalani Trust · John R Halligan Charitable Fund · Hawaii Council for Humanities · Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement · The Michael B Wood Foundation · The Kenneth and Diane Matsuura Foundation · The Strong Foundation · First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · Atherton Family 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 Christina Hassell & Watters O Martin Jr Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Christina Hassell & Watters O Martin Jr Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%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
    7report 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    Find your warmest path to Christina Hassell & Watters O Martin Jr Family 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 23 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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