· Private foundation
Cindy and Glenn Frey 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k9 grants · $45k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WAIPA FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN | $10,000 |
| HANALEI INITATIVE | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| KAUAI INDEPENDENT FOOD BANK | $5,000 |
| HANALEI WAINIHA HAENA COMMUNITY | $5,000 |
| INTER-NATION CULTURAL FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| PARK CENTURY SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| KKCR | $5,000 |
| HUI MAKAAINANA O MAKANA | $5,000 |
| VETS AID | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +93% since the first grant, against -33% for those funded once.
6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NTNATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN3× · 2022–2024 · $20k · revenue +93%
- WFWAIPA FOUNDATION2× · 2023–2024 · $15k · revenue +35%
- HMHui Maka Ainana O Makana3× · 2022–2024 · $15k · revenue +200%
Funded once
- FFFOUNDATION FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS INCone grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -33%
- CSCROSSROADS SCHOOL FOR THE ARTSone grant, 2023 · $5k
- COCOUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT INCone grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -20%
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.
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.
Ea ecoversity's mission is to provide culturally-driven learning, training, credentialing, and other long-term societal benefits to ka lahui hawai'i.
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,…
Our mission is to uplift the collective of aina (land), community, and culture, and preserve ancestral knowledge by reconnecting people to the land. we do this through indigenous grassroots initiatives, sustainable agriculture, and…
To re-establish the systems that sustain our community through educational initiatives and land-based practices that cultivate abundance, regenerate responsibilities, and promote collective health and well being.
The mission of keiki o ka 'aina family learning centers (koka-flc) is to build strong communities by building strong families through communicating the vital importance of education, advocating for literacy, supporting parents as their…
To reclaim Hawai'i as a beacon of Aloha for the world by activating our four pillars: (1)Pu'uhonua: Create a safe, welcoming, and culturally-rooted space at our site in Papaauhau where individuals, families, organizations, and groups can…
To empower hawaiis farming community to enhance food production and distribution through education, collaboration and advocacy.
The kohala center is an independent community-based center for research, conservation, and education.
How this is measured
10 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. 10 of the 15 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
- Who funds WAIPA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Hui Maka Ainana O Makana ↗
- Who funds FOUNDATION FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds KAUAI FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds The Hanalei Initiative Inc ↗
- Who funds PARK CENTURY SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds INTER-NATION CULTURAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COUNCIL ON THE ENVIRONMENT INC ↗
- Who funds FARMLINK PROJECT ↗
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.
Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Cindy and Glenn Frey Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cindy and Glenn Frey Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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