Hawaii · Private foundation
Germaine Hope Brennan 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.
- $293k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $43,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $16M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Germaine Hope Brennan 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; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 22 | $293k | 77% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $106k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $43k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $90k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $36k | 67% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $55k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $65k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $35k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Hawaii Foundation | $251,000 | 7 | 0% |
| University of Mississippi Foundation | $85,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Hawaii School for Girls | $52,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Duke University | $42,500 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $40,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Uc San Diego Foundation | $33,323 | 3 | 0% |
| Hanahauoli School | $29,822 | 2 | 0% |
| Hawaii Symphony Orchestra | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hawaii Culinary Education Foundatio | $22,487 | 2 | 4% |
| Emory University | $19,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Hawaii Foundation | $251,000 | 7 | 0% |
| University of Mississippi Foundation | $85,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Hawaii School for Girls | $52,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Duke University | $42,500 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Michigan | $40,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Uc San Diego Foundation | $33,323 | 3 | 0% |
| Hanahauoli School | $29,822 | 2 | 0% |
| Hawaii Symphony Orchestra | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hawaii Culinary Education Foundatio | $22,487 | 2 | 4% |
| Emory University | $19,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hawaii Nature Center Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Queen's Medical Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Punahou School | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Hawaii Public Radio | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| NAACP Foundation | $2,074 | 1 | n/a |
| Glaucoma Research Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hawaii Public Television Foundation Dba Pbs Hawaii | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Outdoor Circle | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Honolulu Museum of Art | $365 | 1 | 0% |
| Lewy Body Dementia Association Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Straub Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($84k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Germaine Hope Brennan Foundation 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.
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How this is measured
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About Germaine Hope Brennan Foundation
- How much does Germaine Hope Brennan Foundation give?
- Germaine Hope Brennan Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $292,846 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Germaine Hope Brennan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (73%), Health (9%), Food & Nutrition (5%).
- Who are Germaine Hope Brennan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: University of Hawaii Foundation ($251k), University of Mississippi Foundation ($85k), The Hawaii School for Girls ($52k).
- Does Germaine Hope Brennan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Germaine Hope Brennan Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Germaine Hope Brennan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include J Watumull Fund, Mildred Tyson Foundation, Castiglione A Casauria Foundation.
- Where is Germaine Hope Brennan Foundation based?
- Germaine Hope Brennan Foundation is based in HI.
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