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Garmar Foundation at a glance

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Garmar Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$125k
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 2025.

Food & Nutrition$1.2MHealth$850kAnimals$620kYouth Development$370kRecreation & Sports$350kArts & Culture$280kEnvironment$200kEducation$175kOther$0
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $315k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $730k
$30,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MAUI FOODBANK$125,000
LAHAINA RESTORATION FOUNDATION$100,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MAUI$75,000
HAWAII ST JUNIOR GOLF$70,000
FEED MY SHEEP$60,000
WILCOX MEMORIAL HOSPITAL$50,000
HAWAII CANINES FOR INDEPENDENCE$50,000
KAPIOLANI HEALTH FOUNDATION$50,000
PROJECT VISION HAWAII$50,000
IMUA FAMILY SERVICES$50,000
PIHANA KA IKENA$50,000
MAUI FARMS$30,000
HAWAII FOODBANK KAUAI$30,000
MAUI HUMANE SOCIETY$30,000
ISLAND SCHOOL$30,000
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, $30k) 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%A CUP OF COLD WATER: $10k → 9%WOMEN HELPING WOMEN: $10k → 9%WOMEN HELPING WOMEN: $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.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.6M · 27 repeat orgs$605k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
7

Total granted

$3.6M
$385k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+28%

Still filing today

59%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $220k 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
HealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentArts & CultureFood & NutritionAnimalsOther
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

  • MAUI FOOD BANK INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $435k · revenue +138%
  • KH
    Kapi'olani Health Foundation
    6× · 2020–2025 · $380k · revenue +205%
  • FM
    FEED MY SHEEP INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $280k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • HF
    HAWAII FOODBANK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $150k · revenue +28%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $50k
  • HC
    HAWAII CANINES FOR INDEPENDENCE DBA GUIDE DOGS HAWAII
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
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
Na 'Aina Kai Botanical Gardens
Philanthropy
2
E Kupaku Ka Aina - the Hawaii Land Restoration Institute
Environment
3
Hawaii - American Nurses Association Foundation
Environment
4
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
5
Na Mamo o Kawa

to rehabilitate, curate, and steward the natural and cultural resources of Kawa to honor the past, benefit the present, and preserve for the future generations of Ka'u, the Island of Hawaii and all humankind.

Environment
6
Malama Kua Aina
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
Ho'ola Lahui Hawaii

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

Human Services
10
The Haiku Aina Permaculture Initiative
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11
Ka Ha O Ka Aina
Environment
12
Hoa Aina O Makaha

Hoa aina o makaha (land of makaha shared in friendship) is more than a destination farm or nonprofit organization. the embrace of a sanctuary is felt by whoever enters the gates and a sense of belonging usually follows. once a barren piece…

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hawaii Foodbank Inc; the most unlike its peers is Lyman House Memorial Museum. 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

25 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. 25 of the 40 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
20/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MAUI INC: $265,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MAUI INCHAWAII ST JUNIOR GOLF: $250,000 · OtherHAWAII ST JUNIOR GOLFHAWAII CANINES FOR INDEPENDENCE: $200,000 · OtherHAWAII CANINES FOR INDEPENDENCEHAWAII PET NETWORK INC: $200,000 · OtherHAWAII PET NETWORK INCHAWAII FOODBANK KAUAI: $150,000 · OtherHAWAII FOODBANK KAUAIPAIA YOUTH AND CULTURAL CENTER: $105,000 · OtherMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION -: $95,000 · OtherST MICHAEL'S AND ALL ANGELS CHURCH: $90,000 · OtherTHE MAUI FARM INC: $110,000 · OtherTHE MAUI FARM INCMAUI HUMANE SOCIETY: $90,000 · OtherMAUI YOUTH RODEO ORGANIZATION: $80,000 · Other+12 more: $420,000 · Other+12 moreKapi'olani Health Foundation: $380,000 · HealthKapi'olani Health …MAUI HEALTH FOUNDATION: $100,000 · HealthMAUI HEALTH FOUNDA…MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN HAWAII: $100,000 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH ASSO…IMUA FAMILY SERVICES: $50,000 · HealthIMUA FAMILY SERVIC…PROJECT VISION HAWAII: $50,000 · HealthPROJECT VISION HAW…MAUI FOOD BANK INC: $435,000 · Food & NutritionMAUI FOOD BANK …HAWAII FOODBANK INC: $150,000 · Food & NutritionHAWAII FOODBANK…FEED MY SHEEP INC: $280,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN HELPING WOMEN: $20,000 · Human Services+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE LAHAINA RESTORATION FOUNDATION: $170,000 · Arts & CulturePIHANA KA IKENA: $50,000 · Arts & CultureLYMAN HOUSE MEMORIAL MUSEUM: $40,000 · Arts & CultureISLAND SCHOOL: $175,000 · EducationHALEAKALA CONSERVANCY INC: $70,000 · EnvironmentTHE KOHALA CENTER: $60,000 · EnvironmentFriends of Auwahi Forest Restoration Project: $25,000 · Environment
Other$2,055,000Health$680,000Food & Nutrition$585,000Human Services$310,000Arts & Culture$260,000Education$175,000Environment$155,000

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 budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $435,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetKapi'olani Health Foundation: $380,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetFEED MY SHEEP INC: $280,000 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MAUI INC: $265,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetHAWAII PET NETWORK INC: $200,000 over 5y, 9.8% of budgetISLAND SCHOOL: $175,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTHE LAHAINA RESTORATION FOUNDATION: $170,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetHAWAII FOODBANK INC: $150,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MAUI FARM INC: $110,000 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetMAUI HEALTH FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN HAWAII: $100,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetMAUI HUMANE SOCIETY: $90,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMAUI YOUTH RODEO ORGANIZATION: $80,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetHALEAKALA CONSERVANCY INC: $70,000 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetTHE KOHALA CENTER: $60,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetIMUA FAMILY SERVICES: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPIHANA KA IKENA: $50,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLYMAN HOUSE MEMORIAL MUSEUM: $40,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetFriends of Auwahi Forest Restoration Project: $25,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetHUI NO'EAU: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetWOMEN HELPING WOMEN: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% 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 MAUI FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds Kapi'olani Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FEED MY SHEEP INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MAUI INC ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII PET NETWORK INC ↗
  • Who funds ISLAND SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds THE LAHAINA RESTORATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII FOODBANK INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MAUI FARM INC ↗
  • Who funds MAUI HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN HAWAII ↗
  • Who funds MAUI HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds MAUI YOUTH RODEO ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds HALEAKALA CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE KOHALA CENTER ↗
  • Who funds IMUA FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds PIHANA KA IKENA ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT VISION HAWAII ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY ↗
  • Who funds LYMAN HOUSE MEMORIAL MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Auwahi Forest Restoration Project ↗
  • Who funds HUI NO'EAU ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN HELPING WOMEN ↗
  • Who funds A CUP OF COLD WATER ↗
  • Who funds Aloha Ilio Rescue ↗

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.

The Strong FoundationFred Baldwin Memorial…Atherton Family Found…The Red Cabin Foundat…Maui United WayNa Hoaloha O Ka'Aina …Kosasa FoundationBank of Hawaii Charit…First Hawaiian Bank F…Cooke Foundation Limi…Trustees of the Estat…Kaiser Foundation Hea…
The Strong FoundationHI24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Strong Foundation · Fred Baldwin Memorial Foundation · Atherton Family Foundation · The Red Cabin Foundation Trust · Maui United Way · Na Hoaloha O Ka'Aina Ltd · Kosasa Foundation · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · First Hawaiian Bank Foundation · Cooke Foundation Limited · Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools · Kaiser Foundation Health Plan 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 Garmar Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Garmar Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 Garmar Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Garmar 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 40 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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