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Denis & Roberta Wong Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Denis & Roberta Wong Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$7k
Granted FY2023
3
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Education$9kHealth$9kReligion$5kHuman Services$3kPhilanthropy$3kCrime & Legal$2kArts & Culture$500Environment$500Other$0
02FY2023 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$129k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center$4,000
Hawaii Community Foundation$3,000
Doctors without Borders$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 (FY17–22, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%NAVIAN HAWAII: $500 → 9%HOSPICE HAWAII: $500 → 9%PALOLO CHINESE HOME: $1k → 9%PALOLO CHINESE HOME: $1k → 9%PALOLO CHINESE HOME: $500 → 9%PALOLO CHINESE HOME: $500 → 9%YMCA OF HONOLULU: $100 → 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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$20k · 7 repeat orgs$6k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +53% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
5

Total granted

$20k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+23%

Still filing today

57%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesEducationCrime & LegalHealthInternationalArts & CultureOther
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× · 2017–2021 · $4k · revenue +53%
  • PC
    PALOLO CHINESE HOME
    4× · 2017–2021 · $3k · revenue +29%
  • PS
    PALAMA SETTLEMENT
    2× · 2017–2018 · $2k · revenue +104%

Funded once

  • HP
    HAWAII PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION DBA PBS HAWAII
    one grant, 2022 · $500 · revenue -6%
  • NK
    NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $500
  • TN
    THE NATURE CONSERVANCY IN HAWAII
    one grant, 2022 · $500
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 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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2
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
3
Kaua'i Medical Clinic

Kaua'i medical clinic, an affliate of hawai'i pacific health, is a multi-specialty clinic dedicated to providing world-class care for adults and children across hawai'i and the pacific region in partnership with kapi'olani medical center…

Health
4
Kahala Senior Living Community Inc

In the spirit of ohana, kahala senior living community and its associates are dedicated to serving the unmet needs of seniors in hawaii. we are a not-for-profit organization that provides a continuum of high quality residential and health…

Housing & Shelter
5
Pali Momi Foundation

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

Health
6
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
7
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
8
Hawaii - American Nurses Association Foundation
Environment
9
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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10
Kapi'olani Health Foundation

The mission of kapi'olani health foundation is to create a healthier hawai'i.

Health
11
Ho'ola Lahui Hawaii

To improve the health and well-being of our community.

Human Services
12
Hale Makua Health Services

The mission of hale makua health is to improve the well-being of those in our care through compassionate personalized health services in our home and yours.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hawaii Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Hawaii Health & Harm Reduction Center. 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

11 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. 11 of the 16 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
8/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FRIENDS OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $5,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF CATHOLIC CHARITIESSTANFORD BUSINESS SCHOOL FUND: $4,000 · OtherSTANFORD BUSINESS SCHOOL FUNDSTANFORD HOSPITAL PARTNERS: $1,500 · OtherSTANFORD HOSPITAL PARTNERSNATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION: $500 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY IN HAWAII: $500 · OtherHAWAII HEALTH & HARM REDUCTION CENTER: $4,000 · HealthHAWAII HEALTH & HARM…MAYO CLINIC: $1,500 · HealthMAYO CLINIC'IOLANI SCHOOL: $4,000 · Education'IOLANI SCHOOLCHAMINADE UNIVERSITY OF HONOLULU: $500 · EducationCHAMINADE UNIVER…PALOLO CHINESE HOME: $3,000 · Human ServicesPALOLO CHINESE …HOSPICE HAWAII INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE HAWAII …+1 more: $100 · Human ServicesHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMM…PALAMA SETTLEMENT: $1,500 · Crime & LegalHAWAII PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION DBA PBS HAWAII: $500 · Arts & CultureMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100 · International
Other$11,500Health$5,500Education$4,500Human Services$4,100Philanthropy$3,000Crime & Legal$1,500Arts & Culture$500International$100

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHAWAII HEALTH & HARM REDUCTION CENTER: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget'IOLANI SCHOOL: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPALOLO CHINESE HOME: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPALAMA SETTLEMENT: $1,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOSPICE HAWAII INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION DBA PBS HAWAII: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHAMINADE UNIVERSITY OF HONOLULU: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HONOLULU: $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.

J Watumull FundCastiglione A Casauri…Hung Wo and Elizabeth…Tradewind Group Found…Bank of Hawaii Charit…The Harry and Jeanett…First Hawaiian Bank F…First Insurance Compa…Aloha United Way IncAtherton Family Found…David C Ai Charitable…Chung Kun Ai Foundati…
J Watumull FundHI22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: J Watumull Fund · Castiglione A Casauria Foundation · Hung Wo and Elizabeth Lau Ching Foundation · Tradewind Group Foundation · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · First Hawaiian Bank Foundation · First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation · Aloha United Way Inc · Atherton Family Foundation · David C Ai Charitable Trust · Chung Kun Ai 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 Denis & Roberta Wong Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Denis & Roberta Wong Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%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 · 0–20%
    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.

    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 16 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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