Hawaii · Private foundation
Glacs Endowment Fund
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $361k
- Granted FY2021
- 17
- Grants FY2021
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 19%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Glacs Endowment Fund’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Bradley Impact Fund Inc, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Glacs Endowment Fund named its own grantees at scale: 12 organizations, $361k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $80,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 17
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 7
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 19% of the organizations Glacs Endowment Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 16 | $301k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $101k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $129k | 6% |
| FY2018 | 17 | $110k | 12% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $51k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Veritas | $122,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $117,000 | 5 | 0% |
| River of Life Mission | $72,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Institute for Justice | $66,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Grassroot Institute of Hawaii Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Thomas More Society | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| David Horowitz Freedom Center | $31,000 | 5 | 0% |
| National Center for Public Policy Research | $25,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Moving Picture Institute | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Independent Thought | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Veritas | $122,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $117,000 | 5 | 0% |
| River of Life Mission | $72,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Institute for Justice | $66,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Grassroot Institute of Hawaii Inc | $60,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Thomas More Society | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| David Horowitz Freedom Center | $31,000 | 5 | 0% |
| National Center for Public Policy Research | $25,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Moving Picture Institute | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Independent Thought | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Cato Institute | $18,000 | 5 | 0% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $14,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Media Research Center | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Atlas Economic Research Foundation | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($70k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Glacs Endowment Fund supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Bradley Impact Fund Inc · Donors Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Glacs Endowment Fund
- How much does Glacs Endowment Fund give?
- Glacs Endowment Fund reported 17 grants totaling $360,547 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Glacs Endowment Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (70%), Public Benefit (23%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are Glacs Endowment Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Project Veritas ($122k), Judicial Watch Inc ($117k), River of Life Mission ($72k).
- Does Glacs Endowment Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Glacs Endowment Fund 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 Glacs Endowment Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bradley Impact Fund Inc, Donors Trust Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Glacs Endowment Fund based?
- Glacs Endowment Fund is based in HI.
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