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First Hawaiian Bank Foundation at a glance

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First Hawaiian Bank Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
69
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$250k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Health$2.1MEducation$1.9MPhilanthropy$1.9MHuman Services$954kFood & Nutrition$698kCommunity Improvement$623kArts & Culture$551kYouth Development$545kOther$0
02FY2024 · 69 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k55 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $475k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$5.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Hawaii Community Lending Inc$250,000
Blood Bank of Hawaii$125,000
Aloha United Way$100,000
Hawaii Foodbank$50,000
Youth Impact Program$50,000
Parker School$50,000
Straub Foundation$50,000
University of Hawaii Economic Research Org$50,000
Punahou School$40,000
Hawaii Island United Way$35,000
Le Jardin Academy$31,250
Iolani School$30,544
Hawaii Nature Center$30,000
Vision to Learn$25,000
Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services$25,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $442k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Kauai North Shore Food Pantry: $15k → 9%Kauai North Shore Food Pantry: $15k → 9%Kauai North Shore Food Pantry: $10k → 9%Kauai North Shore Food Pantry: $10k → 9%Kauai North Shore Food Pantry: $10k → 9%Life's Bridges Hawaii Inc: $5k → 9%North Hawaii Hospice: $10k → 15%Hale Halawai Ohana O Hanalei: $15k → 9%Hale Halawai Ohana O Hanalei: $15k → 9%Small World Preschool: $4k → 15%Small World Preschool: $3k → 15%Lanakila Pacific: $25k → 9%Navian Hawaii: $20k → 9%Feeding Hawaii Together: $25k → 9%Feeding Hawaii Together: $25k → 9%Feeding Hawaii Together: $25k → 9%Susannah Wesley Community Center: $25k → 9%Helping Hands Hawaii: $20k → 9%Susannah Wesley Community Center: $15k → 9%Helping Hands Hawaii: $10k → 9%Helping Hands Hawaii: $10k → 9%American Red Cross of Hawaii: $10k → 9%American Red Cross Hawaii: $10k → 9%American Red Cross Hawaii: $10k → 9%American Red Cross Hawaii: $10k → 9%American Red Cross of Hawaii: $5k → 9%Touch A Heart: $10k → 9%YMCA of Honolulu: $38k → 9%YMCA of Honolulu: $38k → 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.
$7.6M · 86 repeat orgs$2.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

86 repeat relationships: 49 still active in FY2024, 37 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

86
71

Total granted

$7.6M
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+11%

Still filing today

83%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $542k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • BB
    BLOOD BANK OF HAWAII
    2× · 2020–2024 · $375k · revenue +60%
  • 'S
    'IOLANI SCHOOL
    5× · 2020–2024 · $337k · revenue +46%
  • TQ
    THE QUEEN'S HEALTH SYSTEMS
    4× · 2020–2023 · $300k · revenue +88%

Funded once

  • DC
    DYNAMIC COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS
    one grant, 2023 · $125k · revenue -66%
  • PF
    Pauahi Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • SL
    SAINT LOUIS SCHOOL
    one grant, 2021 · $75k
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 - American Nurses Association Foundation
Environment
3
Ho'ola Lahui Hawaii

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

Human Services
4
Hawaii Education Institute
—
5
Papahana Kuaola

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,…

Environment
6
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
7
Kukio Hoomana Fund

The kuki'o ho'omana fund seeks to uplift and enrich our hawai'i island community through intentional investments in curated local organizations focusing on youth empowerment, affordable housing, environmental preservation, cultural…

Philanthropy
8
Hui Aloha Kiholo

Our mission is to protect, perpetuate, and enhance the cultural and natural landscape of the kiholo bay area through collaborative management and active community stewardship.

Arts & Culture
9
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
10
Na 'Aina Kai Botanical Gardens
Philanthropy
11
Kanu O Ka Aina Learning Ohana

Serving and perpetuating sustainable hawaiian communities through education with aloha.

Arts & Culture
12
Kula Aupuni Niihau a Kahelelani Aloha (Kanaka)

Preserve niihau cultural values and language.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hospice Hawaii Inc; the most unlike its peers is Women Speaking Out. 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

137 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. 137 of the 177 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
135/137
Grantees still filing
93/137
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BLOOD BANK OF HAWAII: $375,000 · OtherBLOOD BANK OF HAWAIIUniversity of Hawaii Economic Research Org: $283,334 · OtherUniversity of Hawaii Economic Research OrgCHILD AND FAMILY SERVICE: $275,000 · OtherPacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship: $250,000 · OtherHAWAII COMMUNITY LENDING: $250,000 · Other+94 more: $3,794,818 · Other+94 moreHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,025,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FO…ALOHA UNITED WAY INC: $500,000 · PhilanthropyALOHA UNITED WAY IN…HAWAII ISLAND UNITED WAY INC: $175,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII ISLAND UNITE…MAUI UNITED WAY: $112,500 · PhilanthropyMAUI UNITED WAYKAUAI UNITED WAY: $100,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $30,000 · PhilanthropyTHE QUEEN'S HEALTH SYSTEMS: $300,000 · HealthTHE QUEEN'S H…WAIANAE DISTR COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH &: $150,000 · HealthWAIANAE DISTR…Pali Momi Foundation: $125,000 · HealthPali Momi Fou…Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific Foundation: $115,000 · HealthRehabilitatio…Straub Foundation: $100,000 · HealthStraub Founda…Kapi'olani Health Foundation: $100,000 · HealthKapi'olani He…KOKUA KALIHI VALLEY COMPREHENSIVE FAMILY SERVICES: $75,000 · HealthKOKUA KALIHI …VISION TO LEARN: $75,000 · HealthVISION TO LEA…WAIMANALO HEALTH CENTER: $50,000 · HealthQUEEN'S NORTH HAWAII COMMUNITY HOSPITAL: $50,000 · HealthCastle Medical Center dba Adventist Health Castle: $50,000 · Health+8 more: $128,500 · Health+8 more'IOLANI SCHOOL: $337,444 · Education'IOLANI SCH…PARKER SCHOOL: $160,000 · EducationPARKER SCHO…Teach for America Inc: $100,000 · EducationTeach for A…PUNAHOU SCHOOL: $90,000 · EducationPUNAHOU SCH…Kauai Christian Academy: $75,000 · EducationKauai Chris…CHAMINADE UNIVERSITY OF HONOLULU: $75,000 · EducationCHAMINADE U…ISLAND SCHOOL: $75,000 · EducationISLAND SCHO…HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $45,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF WAIALUA ROBOTICS: $40,000 · Education+5 more: $95,000 · Education+5 moreHO'OLA NA PUA: $100,000 · Human ServicesFEEDING HAWAII TOGETHER: $75,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HONOLULU: $75,000 · Human ServicesKAUAI NORTH SHORE FOOD PANTRY: $60,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $45,000 · Human ServicesSUSANNAH WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: $40,000 · Human ServicesHELPING HANDS HAWAII: $40,000 · Human ServicesHale Halawai Ohana O Hanalei: $30,000 · Human ServicesLANAKILA PACIFIC: $25,000 · Human ServicesHOSPICE HAWAII INC: $20,000 · Human Services+5 more: $41,500 · Human ServicesHAWAII FOODBANK INC: $150,000 · Food & NutritionALOHA HARVEST: $150,000 · Food & NutritionKAUAI FOOD BANK INC: $55,000 · Food & NutritionHAWAII MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $50,000 · Food & NutritionHAWAII AG AND CULINARY ALLIANCE: $25,000 · Food & NutritionHAWAII AGRICULTURAL FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Food & NutritionMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $25,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $7,500 · Food & NutritionHAWAII YOUTH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $100,000 · Arts & CultureAHA PUNANA LEO: $50,000 · Arts & CultureHONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART: $50,000 · Arts & CultureBISHOP MUSEUM: $50,000 · Arts & CultureMOANALUA GARDENS FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · Arts & CultureEAST HAWAII CULTURAL COUNCIL: $20,000 · Arts & CultureWAIOLI CORPORATION: $16,000 · Arts & CultureHAWAII INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $59,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$5,228,152Philanthropy$1,942,500Health$1,318,500Education$1,092,444Human Services$551,500Food & Nutrition$487,500Arts & Culture$390,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,025,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetALOHA UNITED WAY INC: $500,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetBLOOD BANK OF HAWAII: $375,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budget'IOLANI SCHOOL: $337,444 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE QUEEN'S HEALTH SYSTEMS: $300,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHILD AND FAMILY SERVICE: $275,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY LENDING: $250,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHAWAII ISLAND UNITED WAY INC: $175,000 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetPARKER SCHOOL: $160,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHAWAII FOODBANK INC: $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetALOHA HARVEST: $150,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetWAIANAE DISTR COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH &: $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPali Momi Foundation: $125,000 over 3y, 9.4% of budgetDYNAMIC COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS: $125,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetRehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific Foundation: $115,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF HAWAII: $112,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetMAUI UNITED WAY: $112,500 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetStraub Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetHAWAII HOMEOWNERSHIP CENTER: $100,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetMID-PACIFIC INSTITUTE: $100,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetKAUAI UNITED WAY: $100,000 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetHAWAIIAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $100,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHAWAII YOUTH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $100,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetDIAMOND HEAD THEATRE: $100,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetKapi'olani Health Foundation: $100,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHO'OLA NA PUA: $100,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetKAUAI HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP: $100,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetST FRANCIS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION OF HAWAII: $93,750 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetPUNAHOU SCHOOL: $90,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLE JARDIN ACADEMY INC: $81,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetKauai Christian Academy: $75,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetFEEDING HAWAII TOGETHER: $75,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetKOKUA KALIHI VALLEY COMPREHENSIVE FAMILY SERVICES: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR MARYKNOLL SCHOOL: $75,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS HAWAII INC: $75,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetPALAMA SETTLEMENT: $75,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HONOLULU: $75,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHAMINADE UNIVERSITY OF HONOLULU: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVISION TO LEARN: $75,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetISLAND SCHOOL: $75,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS HAWAII INC: $70,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetKAUAI NORTH SHORE FOOD PANTRY: $60,000 over 5y, 6.5% of budgetIHS THE INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN SERVICES INC: $58,062 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKAUAI FOOD BANK INC: $55,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetAHA PUNANA LEO: $50,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLAWAKUA CHARITABLE FUND: $50,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetWAIMANALO HEALTH CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

  • Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALOHA UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD BANK OF HAWAII ↗
  • Who funds 'IOLANI SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE QUEEN'S HEALTH SYSTEMS ↗
  • Who funds CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICE ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY LENDING ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII ISLAND UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds PARKER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII FOODBANK INC ↗
  • Who funds ALOHA HARVEST ↗
  • Who funds WAIANAE DISTR COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH & ↗
  • Who funds Pali Momi Foundation ↗
  • Who funds DYNAMIC COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS ↗
  • Who funds Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF HAWAII ↗
  • Who funds MAUI UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds Straub Foundation ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII HOMEOWNERSHIP CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MID-PACIFIC INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds KAUAI UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds HAWAIIAN HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII YOUTH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds DIAMOND HEAD THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds Kapi'olani Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds HO'OLA NA PUA ↗
  • Who funds KAUAI HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP ↗
  • Who funds ST FRANCIS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION OF HAWAII ↗
  • Who funds PUNAHOU SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds LE JARDIN ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds Kauai Christian Academy ↗
  • Who funds FEEDING HAWAII TOGETHER ↗

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.

Atherton Family Found…Bank of Hawaii Charit…Central Pacific Bank …J Watumull FundMcInerny Foundation--Aloha United Way IncTradewind Group Found…Kosasa FoundationCooke Foundation Limi…First Insurance Compa…The Clarence Tc Ching…The Harry and Jeanett…
Atherton Family FoundationHI151.1× affinity77 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Atherton Family Foundation · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · Central Pacific Bank Foundation · J Watumull Fund · McInerny Foundation-- · Aloha United Way Inc · Tradewind Group Foundation · Kosasa Foundation · Cooke Foundation Limited · First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation · The Clarence Tc Ching Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization First Hawaiian Bank Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from First Hawaiian Bank Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%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
    1get no government money at all
    36report 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.
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    How do I get to First Hawaiian Bank Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to First Hawaiian Bank 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 177 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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