Hawaii · Public charity
Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc
Friends of hawaii charities activates financial resources from the private sector and spirited volunteerism from the community, in concert with the extraordinary natural resources of the state, to produce sports and cultural events that generate funds for qualifying not-for-profit endeavors in hawaii benefiting its women, children,…
- $1.2M
- Granted FY2022
- 72
- Itemized grants FY2022
- 68
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
90% of Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Hawaii Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc named its own grantees at scale: 68 organizations, $908k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2022
- $908k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2022
- $9,614
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 68 to 105
- FY2021 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 2
- Total assets, FY2022
- $2.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 18% of the organizations Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 68 | $908k | 18% |
| FY2021 | 105 | $1.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Golf Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Hawaii Foodbank Inc | $85,676 | 2 | 0% |
| Common Grace | $69,283 | 2 | 9% |
| Waikiki Community Center | $65,935 | 2 | 2% |
| Sustainable Molokai | $58,163 | 2 | 2% |
| Aloha Harvest | $51,454 | 2 | 0% |
| Polynesian Football Hall of Fame | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| H U G S for Hawaii's Seriously Ill Children and Their Families | $41,846 | 2 | 3% |
| Read to Me International Foundation | $38,991 | 2 | 5% |
| Ihs the Institute for Human Services Inc | $38,391 | 2 | 0% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Atherton Family Foundation · Aloha United Way Inc · J Watumull Fund · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Central Pacific Bank Foundation · First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation · Cooke Foundation Limited · Hawaii Hotel Industry Foundation · McInerny Foundation-- · Tradewind Group Foundation · Hawaii Foodbank Inc
How this is measured
About Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc
- How much does Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc give?
- Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc reported 72 itemized grants totaling $908,454, out of $1,205,552 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 68 and 105 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2022.
- What does Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (26%), Philanthropy (19%), Food & Nutrition (14%).
- Who are Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: World Golf Foundation Inc ($200k), Hawaii Foodbank Inc ($86k), Common Grace ($69k).
- Does Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Atherton Family Foundation, Aloha United Way Inc, J Watumull Fund.
- Where is Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc based?
- Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc is based in HI.
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