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Ernest H Hui Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$55k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
25
Grants FY2025
21
Organizations funded FY2024
19%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
21 to 32
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$1.4M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 19% of the organizations Ernest H Hui Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesArts & CultureCivil RightsHealthOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving24$51k13%
FY202421$62k19%
FY202321$58k10%
FY202225$57k16%
FY202124$58k4%
FY202032$58k28%
FY201927$54k30%
FY201821$54k29%
95% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$268kPhilanthropy$74kEnvironment$26kArts & Culture$26kHuman Services$20kInternational$18kHealth$17kCivil Rights$11kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
PA
CA
MO
VA
NC
DC
HI
OK
AL
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Ernest H Hui Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Hawaii Foundation$174,50060%
Washington University$66,00070%
Foundation of the Rotary Club of Honolulu$51,00088%
Punahou School$18,00090%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$17,00090%
Aloha United Way Inc$12,31870%
Special Service for Groups Inc$12,00020%
Hawaii Public Television Foundation Dba Pbs Hawaii$10,25090%
Marshall & Yuko Hung Foundation$10,0001n/a
Hawaii Foodbank Inc$8,90090%
Hawaii Public Radio$6,00090%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$5,50060%
Polynesian Voyaging Society$5,00010%
Ko Olina Charities$4,0004100%
School of Leadership-Afghanistan Inc$4,00020%
Papahana Kuaola$3,80030%
Tax Foundation of Hawaii$3,00060%
Ohana Arts$3,00011%
American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii Foundation$3,00030%
Rotary District 5000 Foundation$3,00011%
Le Jardin Academy Inc$3,00020%
Habilitat Inc$2,80060%
Child and Family Service$2,50010%
Ihs the Institute for Human Services Inc$2,00040%
Baht Wor Charity Foundation$2,00041%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$1,80090%
Prostate Cancer Foundation$1,80090%
Galapagos Conservancy Inc$1,80090%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$1,00350%
Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation$1,00010%
Winner's Camp Foundation$1,0001n/a
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Hawaii$1,00020%
World Wildlife Fund Inc$80060%
UNICEF USA Impact Fund for Children Inc$70020%
Lanakila Pacific Foundation$50010%
Hawaii Health & Harm Reduction Center$50010%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$50010%
Folds of Honor Foundation$50010%
Kuakini Foundation$50010%
Francis W Parker School$50010%
Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii$49510%
Wahiawa Ryusenji Soto Mission$2501n/a
Ka Lima O Maui Ltd$2001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($34k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Ernest H Hui Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 39 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Hawaii Foundation: $174,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWashington University: $66,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFoundation of the Rotary Club of Honolulu: $51,000 over 8y, 8.2% of budgetPunahou School: $18,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMedecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc: $17,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAloha United Way Inc: $12,318 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Service for Groups Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHawaii Public Television Foundation Dba Pbs Hawaii: $10,250 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHawaii Foodbank Inc: $8,900 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHawaii Public Radio: $6,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPolynesian Voyaging Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKo Olina Charities: $4,000 over 4y, 100% of budgetSchool of Leadership-Afghanistan Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPapahana Kuaola: $3,800 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTax Foundation of Hawaii: $3,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetOhana Arts: $3,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii Foundation: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRotary District 5000 Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetLe Jardin Academy Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHabilitat Inc: $2,800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetChild and Family Service: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIhs the Institute for Human Services Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBaht Wor Charity Foundation: $2,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $1,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetProstate Cancer Foundation: $1,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetGalapagos Conservancy Inc: $1,800 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWikimedia Foundation Inc: $1,003 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research Education and Conservation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Hawaii: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Wildlife Fund Inc: $800 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNICEF USA Impact Fund for Children Inc: $700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLanakila Pacific Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHawaii Health & Harm Reduction Center: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFolds of Honor Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKuakini Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFrancis W Parker School: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Hawaii: $495 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 39.

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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.

First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable FoundationHI24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation · Central Pacific Bank Foundation · J Watumull Fund · Atherton Family Foundation · First Hawaiian Bank Foundation · Aloha United Way Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · The Cades Foundation · Hemic Foundation · Tradewind Group Foundation · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc

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.

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About Ernest H Hui Family Foundation

How much does Ernest H Hui Family Foundation give?
Ernest H Hui Family Foundation reported 25 grants totaling $55,200 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Ernest H Hui Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (54%), Philanthropy (15%), Environment (5%).
Who are Ernest H Hui Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Hawaii Foundation ($175k), Washington University ($66k), Foundation of the Rotary Club of Honolulu ($51k).
Does Ernest H Hui Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Ernest H Hui Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ernest H Hui Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation, Central Pacific Bank Foundation, J Watumull Fund.
Where is Ernest H Hui Family Foundation based?
Ernest H Hui Family Foundation is based in HI.

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 62 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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