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Frost Family Foundation at a glance

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Frost Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Environment$2.8MFood & Nutrition$851kHuman Services$335kCommunity Improvement$300kCivil Rights$290kEducation$275kYouth Development$275kHealth$220kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $850k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.1M
$75,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$7.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LAHAINA COMMUNITY LAND TRUST$1,075,000
PARLEY FOR THE OCEANS$100,000
REALIZE IMPACT$100,000
MAUI HUB$100,000
CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY$100,000
NATIVE HAWAIIAN LEGAL CORP$100,000
HONOLULU CIVIL BEAT INC$75,000
SUSTAINABLE COASTLINES HAWAII$75,000
RESOURCES LEGACY FUND$75,000
HOOLA NA PUA$75,000
AINA MOMONA$50,000
HAWAII ASSOCIATION FOR INFANT$25,000
PAIA YOUTH AND CULTURAL CENTER$25,000
HOIWAI FUND$25,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MAUI$20,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $170k) 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%REALIZE IMPACT: $100k → 10%HOSPICE MAUI: $10k → 9%HO'OLA NA PUA: $50k → 9%MA'I MOVEMENT HAWAII: $10k → 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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.9M · 27 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
24

Total granted

$4.9M
$811k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+24%

Still filing today

85%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $245k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHealthCommunity ImprovementEducationOther
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

  • SC
    SUSTAINABLE COASTLINES HAWAI'I
    6× · 2020–2025 · $565k · revenue +27%
  • HA
    HAWAII ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESSIVE ACTION
    4× · 2020–2023 · $290k · revenue +184% · 30% of their budget
  • Center for Food Safety
    5× · 2020–2025 · $275k · revenue +86%

Funded once

  • MF
    MAUI FOOD HUB
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • KO
    KAKOO OIWIgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +30%
  • NC
    NATIONAL COALITION FOR COMMUNITY
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
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
The Haiku Aina Permaculture Initiative
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2
E Kupaku Ka Aina - the Hawaii Land Restoration Institute
Environment
3
Ocean Alliance Project

Protecting and promoting the marine biodiversity of Hawai'i through coral restoration, ecological monitoring, regenerative tourism, and cultural integration

Science & Tech
4
Na 'Aina Kai Botanical Gardens
Philanthropy
5
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
6
Kahaluu Kuahewa

Our mission is to uplift the collective of aina (land), community, and culture, and preserve ancestral knowledge by reconnecting people to the land. we do this through indigenous grassroots initiatives, sustainable agriculture, and…

Environment
7
Hui Malama I Ke Ala Ulili

To re-establish the systems that sustain our community through educational initiatives and land-based practices that cultivate abundance, regenerate responsibilities, and promote collective health and well being.

Community Improvement
8
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
9
Malama Kua Aina
Environment
10
Kipuka Kuleana Inc

The mission of Kipuka Kuleana Inc. is to perpetuate ahupuaa (traditional Hawaiian land division) based natural resource management & connection to place through protection and care of cultural landscapes and family lands. Kipuka Kuleana…

Environment
11
Lai Hauola

To preserve the immediate and long-term health and wellbeing of lahaina's diverse communities and precious natural resources.

Food & Nutrition
12
Aina Hookupu O Kilauea

Improve the environmental, social & economic well-being of the kilauea community and kauai by developing county of kauai land into a community garden,individual farming plots, farmers market & other facilities.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lahaina Community Land Trust; the most unlike its peers is Conservation International Foundation. 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

38 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. 38 of the 56 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/38
Grantees still filing
25/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SUSTAINABLE COASTLINES HAWAI'I: $565,000 · EnvironmentSUSTAINABLE COASTLINES HAWAI'IBeyond Pesticides: $250,000 · EnvironmentBeyond PesticidesELEMENTAL EXCELERATOR INC: $200,000 · EnvironmentELEMENTAL EXCELERATOR INCFriends of Auwahi Forest Restoration Project: $160,000 · EnvironmentFriends of Auwahi Forest Restor…AINA MOMONA: $115,000 · EnvironmentAINA MOMONAZERO WASTE HAWAII: $105,000 · EnvironmentZERO WASTE HAWAIIRESOURCES LEGACY FUND: $100,000 · EnvironmentRESOURCES LEGACY FUNDHAWAII INSTITUTE OF PACIFIC AGRICULTURE: $70,000 · Environment+4 more: $77,000 · EnvironmentLAHAINA COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $1,100,000 · Housing & ShelterLAHAINA COMMUNITY LA…HOIWAI FUND: $120,000 · OtherHOIWAI FUNDPURPLE MAIA FOUNDATION: $120,000 · OtherPURPLE MAIA FOUNDATIONMAUI FOOD HUB: $100,000 · OtherMAUI FOOD HUBNATIONAL COALITION FOR COMMUNITY: $100,000 · OtherNATIONAL COALITION FOR COMMUNITYFARMERS FOOTPRINT: $100,000 · OtherFARMERS FOOTPRINTKOKUA KALIHI VALLEY COMPREHENSIVE FAMILY SERVICES: $175,000 · OtherKOKUA KALIHI VALLEY COMPREHENSIVE …PACIFIC BIRTH COLLECTIVE INCORPORATED: $75,000 · OtherHonolulu Civil Beat Inc: $195,000 · OtherHonolulu Civil Beat IncPARLEY FOUNDATION: $125,000 · OtherPARLEY FOUNDATIONNATIVE HAWAIIAN LEGAL CORPORATION: $125,000 · OtherNATIVE HAWAIIAN LEGAL CORPORATIONWAIANAE COMMUNITY RE-DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $70,000 · Other+21 more: $536,325 · Other+21 moreHAWAII ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESSIVE ACTION: $290,000 · Community ImprovementKAKOO OIWI: $100,000 · Community ImprovementCenter for Food Safety: $275,000 · Food & NutritionMAUI HUB: $100,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $2,500 · Food & NutritionHO'OLA NA PUA: $225,000 · Human ServicesRealize Impact: $100,000 · Human Services+2 more: $20,000 · Human ServicesHAWAII INVESTMENT READY: $260,000 · EducationHANA RETREAT: $15,000 · Education
Environment$1,642,000Housing & Shelter$1,100,000Other$1,841,325Community Improvement$390,000Food & Nutrition$377,500Human Services$345,000Education$275,000

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 budgetLAHAINA COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $1,100,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSUSTAINABLE COASTLINES HAWAI'I: $565,000 over 6y, 22% of budgetHAWAII ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESSIVE ACTION: $290,000 over 4y, 30% of budgetCenter for Food Safety: $275,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetHAWAII INVESTMENT READY: $260,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetBeyond Pesticides: $250,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetHO'OLA NA PUA: $225,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetELEMENTAL EXCELERATOR INC: $200,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetHonolulu Civil Beat Inc: $195,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetKOKUA KALIHI VALLEY COMPREHENSIVE FAMILY SERVICES: $175,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of Auwahi Forest Restoration Project: $160,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetPARLEY FOUNDATION: $125,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetNATIVE HAWAIIAN LEGAL CORPORATION: $125,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetHOIWAI FUND: $120,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetPURPLE MAIA FOUNDATION: $120,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetAINA MOMONA: $115,000 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetZERO WASTE HAWAII: $105,000 over 3y, 39% of budgetKAKOO OIWI: $100,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetRESOURCES LEGACY FUND: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC BIRTH COLLECTIVE INCORPORATED: $75,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetWAIANAE COMMUNITY RE-DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $70,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetHAWAII INSTITUTE OF PACIFIC AGRICULTURE: $70,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetPA'IA YOUTH COUNCIL INC: $40,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLANI HANA INC: $28,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetTHE KOHALA CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHAWAII PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMA KA HANA KA IKE BUILDING PROGRAM: $20,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MAUI INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHANA RETREAT: $15,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAI MOVEMENT HAWAII INC: $10,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetHOSPICE MAUI INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $9,625 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERWIN CONSERVANCY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SYSTEMS FUNDERS: $2,500 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.

Atherton Family Found…The Harry and Jeanett…Trustees of the Estat…Stupski FoundationCooke Foundation Limi…Bank of Hawaii Charit…Kaiser Foundation Hea…Nuestro Futuro IncHmsa FoundationKosasa FoundationCouncil for Native Ha…Aloha United Way Inc
Atherton Family FoundationHI38× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Atherton Family Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools · Stupski Foundation · Cooke Foundation Limited · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc · Nuestro Futuro Inc · Hmsa Foundation · Kosasa Foundation · Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement · Aloha United Way 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 Frost Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frost Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%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
    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
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Frost Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Frost Family 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 56 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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