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Davis Levin Livingston Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Davis Levin Livingston Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$112k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$28k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Crime & Legal$167kEducation$112kArts & Culture$25kHuman Services$5kReligion$3kCivil Rights$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $93k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$980k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University of Hawaii Foundation$28,210
The Mediation Center of the Pacific$25,000
Legal Aid Society of Hawaii$10,000
Hawaii Women's Legal Foundation$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
Washington University School of Law$10,000
National Civil Justice Institute$5,000
Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii$5,000
Kukui Children's Foundation$5,000
Hawaii Friends of Restorative Justice$2,500
The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association$1,750
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 (FY20–20, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, 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%EPIC 'OHANA INC: $20k → 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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$247k · 9 repeat orgs$83k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
9

Total granted

$247k
$45k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+29%

Still filing today

89%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationCrime & LegalHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementReligionOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION
    3× · 2019–2024 · $88k · revenue +164%
  • HS
    HAWAII STATE BAR FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2023 · $30k · revenue +60%
  • VL
    VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES HAWAII
    2× · 2022–2024 · $7k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • EP
    EFFECTIVE PLANNING & INNOVATIVE COMMUNICATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue +38%
  • BH
    BALLET HAWAIIgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +29%
  • PB
    PACIFIC BUDDHIST ACADEMY
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -5%
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 Exemplary State Foundation
Community Improvement
2
Hawaii Education Institute
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3
Hawaii Association of Independent Schools

The hawai'i association of independent schools (hais) advocates on behalf of independent education in hawaii, provides services that strengthen individual schools and engages them to achieve educational quality and excellence for all…

Education
4
Hawaii - American Nurses Association Foundation
Environment
5
Hui Pohala

Palliative care is a win-win-win-win. expanding access to palliative care benefits all parts of the healthcare system. people living with serious illness are better able to manage physical and emotional symptoms and have peace of mind that…

Health
6
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

—
7
Hawaii Book and Music Festival
Arts & Culture
8
Straub Foundation

The mission of straub foundation is to create a healthier hawai'i.

Health
9
Hawaii Public Television Foundation Dba Pbs Hawaii

The mission of pbs hawai'i is to advance learning and discovery by sharing stories that profoundly touch lives. we bring the world to hawai'i and hawai'i to the world.

Arts & Culture
10
Hawaii Pacific University

Hawaii pacific university is an international learning community set in the rich cultural context of hawaii. students from around the world join us for an american education built on a liberal arts foundation. our innovative undergraduate…

Education
11
The Hawaii Pacific Foundation Inc

To empower hawaiian communities by supporting programs that improve access to opportunities for success to the socio-economically disadvantaged.

Science & Tech
12
'Iolani School

To develop educated, well-rounded individuals who are well prepared for college.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hawaii State Bar Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Creighton University. 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

21 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. 21 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
12/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE MEDIATION CENTER OF THE PACIFIC INC: $92,500 · OtherTHE MEDIATION CENTER OF THE PACIFIC INCHAWAII WOMEN'S LEGAL FOUNDATION: $13,000 · OtherHAWAII WOMEN'S LEGAL FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $6,500 · OtherNATIONAL CIVIL JUSTICE INSTITUTE: $6,000 · OtherBALLET HAWAII: $5,000 · Other+2 more: $5,750 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $88,210 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATIONWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITYPACIFIC BUDDHIST ACADEMY: $5,000 · EducationTHE COLORADO COLLEGE: $5,000 · Education+3 more: $3,500 · EducationHAWAII STATE BAR FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Community ImprovementHAWAII STA…LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF HAWAII: $10,000 · Crime & LegalVOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES HAWAII: $6,500 · Crime & LegalKUKUI CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Crime & LegalPUBLIC JUSTICE FOUNDATION: $3,500 · Crime & LegalEFFECTIVE PLANNING & INNOVATIVE COMMUNICATION INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesTHE PEOPLE'S FUND: $1,000 · Human ServicesDOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACTION CENTER: $3,000 · Religion
Other$138,750Education$111,710Community Improvement$30,000Crime & Legal$25,000Human Services$21,000Religion$3,000

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 budgetTHE MEDIATION CENTER OF THE PACIFIC INC: $92,500 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $88,210 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHAWAII STATE BAR FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetEFFECTIVE PLANNING & INNOVATIVE COMMUNICATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHAWAII WOMEN'S LEGAL FOUNDATION: $13,000 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF HAWAII: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES HAWAII: $6,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNATIONAL CIVIL JUSTICE INSTITUTE: $6,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetKUKUI CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBALLET HAWAII: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPACIFIC BUDDHIST ACADEMY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE COLORADO COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC JUSTICE FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Foundation of the Federal Bar Association: $3,250 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACTION CENTER: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAWAII FRIENDS OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSEEQS FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHAWAII CHILDREN'S ACTION NETWORK: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCreighton University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PEOPLE'S FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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…Bank of Hawaii Charit…Aloha United Way IncJ Watumull FundThe Harry and Jeanett…Harold Kl Castle Foun…First Insurance Compa…Hawaii Justice Founda…The Cades FoundationPadosi FoundationMcInerny Foundation--Kosasa Foundation
Tradewind Group FoundationHI19.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tradewind Group Foundation · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · Aloha United Way Inc · J Watumull Fund · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Harold Kl Castle Foundation · First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation · Hawaii Justice Foundation · The Cades Foundation · Padosi Foundation · McInerny Foundation-- · Kosasa 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 Davis Levin Livingston Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Davis Levin Livingston Charitable 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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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    How do I get to Davis Levin Livingston Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Davis Levin Livingston Charitable 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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