Skip to content
Foundation DossiersAlso receives grants: funding profile →

Hawaii · Public charity

Hawaii Dental Service Foundation

To promote and encourage the betterment of the general health and welfare of the people of the community and advance research, education, study and learning in the health areas such as dentistry, oral hygiene and related service. (see schedule o).

$2.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
12
Grants FY2024
12
Organizations funded FY2023
0%
First-time grantees FY2023
Read the full brief
Median grant, FY2024
$150,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$800,000
Organizations funded a year
7 to 15
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$68M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Hawaii Dental Service Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthEducationInternationalRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving9$2.0M11%
FY202312$2.0M0%
FY20227$1.3M57%
FY202115$1.2M47%
FY202012$1.4M42%
FY201911$1.5M45%
FY201812$1.5M75%
FY20177$663kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$9.0MEducation$4.7MFood & Nutrition$210kRecreation & Sports$100kPublic Safety & Disaster$22k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Hawaii Foundation$2,797,35371%
Aloha Medical Mission$1,245,000548%
West Hawaii Community Health Center Inc$893,60542%
Hui No Ke Ola Pono Inc$625,56856%
Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services$565,24341%
Waimanalo Health Center$534,75623%
Waianae Distr Comprehensive Health &$476,66220%
Hamakua Health Center Inc$445,69652%
American Heart Association Inc$433,34620%
Punahou School$330,00020%
Show all 38 grantees
All grantees of Hawaii Dental Service Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Hawaii Foundation$2,797,35371%
Aloha Medical Mission$1,245,000548%
West Hawaii Community Health Center Inc$893,60542%
Hui No Ke Ola Pono Inc$625,56856%
Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services$565,24341%
Waimanalo Health Center$534,75623%
Waianae Distr Comprehensive Health &$476,66220%
Hamakua Health Center Inc$445,69652%
American Heart Association Inc$433,34620%
Punahou School$330,00020%
Community Clinic of Maui Inc$316,84231%
Kalihi-Palama Health Center (Hale Ho'Ola Hou)$316,51530%
University of the Pacific$307,32620%
Kahuku Medical Center$259,5633n/a
The Wahiawa Center for Community Health$250,00018%
Lanai Community Health Center$180,84741%
Molokai Ohana Health Care Inc$164,66824%
St Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii$150,00011%
Friends of Dental Hygiene$121,0271n/a
Bay Clinic Inc$115,17911%
Na Lei Wili Area Health Education Center$112,690119%
Dental Lifeline Network$112,45062%
Special Olympics Hawaii Inc$100,00014%
Hawaii Public Health Institute$82,52921%
Hawaii Children's Action Network$73,04338%
Koolauloa Health Center$64,95711%
Hawaii Meals on Wheels Inc$64,66711%
Hui Malama Ola Na Oiwi$59,40612%
Waikiki Health$52,98010%
Friends of the Future$50,78621%
Multiplier$30,00010%
The Queen's Medical Center$26,55510%
Department of Education$25,0001n/a
Hawaii Department of Health$22,0601n/a
Shriners Hospitals for Children$22,00010%
National Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped$20,0001n/a
The Center for Independent Documentary Inc$10,00010%
Hawaii Coalition for Health$5,36011%

Where it is load-bearing

Hawaii Dental Service Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Hawaii Foundation: $2,797,353 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetAloha Medical Mission: $1,245,000 over 5y, 48% of budgetWest Hawaii Community Health Center Inc: $893,605 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetHui No Ke Ola Pono Inc: $625,568 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetKokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services: $565,243 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetWaimanalo Health Center: $534,756 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetWaianae Distr Comprehensive Health &: $476,662 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHamakua Health Center Inc: $445,696 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $433,346 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPunahou School: $330,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Clinic of Maui Inc: $316,842 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetKalihi-Palama Health Center (Hale Ho'Ola Hou): $316,515 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of the Pacific: $307,326 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Wahiawa Center for Community Health: $250,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetLanai Community Health Center: $180,847 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetMolokai Ohana Health Care Inc: $164,668 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetSt Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii: $150,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBay Clinic Inc: $115,179 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNa Lei Wili Area Health Education Center: $112,690 over 1y, 19% of budgetDental Lifeline Network: $112,450 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetSpecial Olympics Hawaii Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetHawaii Public Health Institute: $82,529 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHawaii Children's Action Network: $73,043 over 3y, 8.4% of budgetKoolauloa Health Center: $64,957 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHawaii Meals on Wheels Inc: $64,667 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHui Malama Ola Na Oiwi: $59,406 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetWaikiki Health: $52,980 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of the Future: $50,786 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMultiplier: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Queen's Medical Center: $26,555 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $22,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Independent Documentary Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHawaii Coalition for Health: $5,360 over 1y, 0.8% of budget

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 33.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

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.

AlohacareThe Harry and Jeanett…Atherton Family Found…Hawaii Primary Care A…Aloha United Way IncStupski FoundationDirect ReliefHawaii Public Health …Essential Access Heal…Bank of Hawaii Charit…Association of Asian …The Queen's Medical C…
AlohacareHI45.1× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alohacare · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Atherton Family Foundation · Hawaii Primary Care Association · Aloha United Way Inc · Stupski Foundation · Direct Relief · Hawaii Public Health Institute · Essential Access Health · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations · The Queen's Medical Center

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.

Compare Hawaii Dental Service Foundation with peer funders

About Hawaii Dental Service Foundation

How much does Hawaii Dental Service Foundation give?
Hawaii Dental Service Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $1,990,246 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Hawaii Dental Service Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (64%), Education (33%), Food & Nutrition (1%).
Who are Hawaii Dental Service Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Hawaii Foundation ($2.8M), Aloha Medical Mission ($1.2M), West Hawaii Community Health Center Inc ($894k).
Does Hawaii Dental Service Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Hawaii Dental Service Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alohacare, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc, Atherton Family Foundation.
Where is Hawaii Dental Service Foundation based?
Hawaii Dental Service Foundation is based in HI.

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 39 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

Play a game based on Hawaii Dental Service’s filings →

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home