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· 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.

$2.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$800k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% 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
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $115k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $809k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.1M
$150,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$68M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION$800,000
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION - AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER (AHEC) LOAN$250,000
HUI NO KE OLA PONO INC$190,000
KOKUA KALIHI VALLEY COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES$165,161
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION - KAPIOLANI COMMUNITY COLLEGE$154,272
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION - MAUI COUNTY$150,000
KAHUKU MEDICAL CENTER$78,763
HAMAKUA HEALTH CENTER INC$71,284
LANAI COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER$45,847
THE QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTER$26,555
KALIHI PALAMA HEALTH CENTER$22,515
DENTAL LIFELINE NETWORK HAWAII$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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 21% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC: $319k → 12%NA LEI WILI AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER INC: $113k → 9%KAHUKU MEDICAL CENTER: $98k → 9%HAMAKUA HEALTH CENTER INC: $200k → 15%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INC: $268k → 14%KAHUKU MEDICAL CENTER: $83k → 9%HAMAKUA HEALTH CENTER INC: $139k → 15%AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INC: $165k → 14%KAHUKU MEDICAL CENTER: $79k → 9%HUI NO KE OLA PONO: $223k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $800k → 9%HUI NO KE OLA PONO INC: $190k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION - AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER (AHEC) LOAN: $250k → 9%FRIENDS OF DENTAL HYGIENE: $121k → 15%COMMUNITY CLINIC OF MAUI INC: $127k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION - KAPIOLANI COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $154k → 9%BAY CLINIC INC: $115k → 15%HUI NO KE OLA PONO: $125k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION - MAUI COUNTY: $150k → 9%COMMUNITY CLINIC OF MAUI INC: $98k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $75k → 9%WEST HAWAII COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $334k → 15%COMMUNITY CLINIC OF MAUI INC: $92k → 9%ALOHA MEDICAL MISSION: $420k → 9%WEST HAWAII COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $200k → 15%MOLOKAI OHANA HEALTH CARE INC: $150k → 9%ALOHA MEDICAL MISSION: $265k → 9%WEST HAWAII COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $190k → 15%KALIHI-PALAMA HEALTH CENTER: $250k → 9%WEST HAWAII COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC (AKA HAWAII ISLAND COMMUNITY HEALTH: $110k → 15%ALOHA MEDICAL MISSION: $210k → 9%ALOHA MEDICAL MISSION: $200k → 9%ALOHA MEDICAL MISSION: $150k → 9%ST FRANCIS HEALTHCARE: $150k → 9%KOKUA KALIHI VALLEY COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES: $165k → 9%KOKUA KALIHI VALLEY COMPREHENSIVE FAMILY SERVICES: $150k → 9%KOKUA KALIHI VALLEY: $140k → 9%KOKUA KALIHI VALLEY COMPREHENSIVE FAMILY SERVICES: $110k → 9%SPECIAL OLYMPICS HAWAII: $100k → 9%WAIMANALO HEALTH CENTER: $500k → 9%WAIANAE DISTRICT COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH AND HOSPITAL BOARD INC: $436k → 9%WAHIAWA CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH: $250k → 9%HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1.0M → 9%HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $490k → 9%HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $490k → 9%HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $470k → 9%QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTER: $250k → 9%QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTER: $80k → 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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 11% of Hawaii Dental Service Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 93% of the giving stays in HI; by stated purpose, 81%.

Hawaii Dental Service Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 12% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
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.
$9.9M · 19 repeat orgs$1.6M to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
18

Total granted

$9.9M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+62%

Still filing today

95%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationInternationalArts & CultureEnvironmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $2.8M · revenue +165%
  • AM
    ALOHA MEDICAL MISSION
    5× · 2018–2023 · $1.2M · revenue +51% · 48% of their budget
  • WH
    WEST HAWAII COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC
    4× · 2017–2023 · $894k · revenue +203%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of the Pacificgraduated
    2× · 2017–2019 · $307k · revenue +39%
  • TW
    THE WAHIAWA CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTHgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $250k · revenue +205%
  • SF
    ST FRANCIS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OF HAWAIIgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $150k · revenue +183%
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
Kapi'olani Medical Specialists

Kapi'olani medical specialists (dba hawai'i pacific health medical group) is a multispecialty provider group dedicated to providing world-class care for adults and children across hawai'i and the pacific region working in partnership with…

Health
2
Kaua'i Medical Clinic

Kaua'i medical clinic, an affliate of hawai'i pacific health, is a multi-specialty clinic dedicated to providing world-class care for adults and children across hawai'i and the pacific region in partnership with kapi'olani medical center…

Health
3
Hawaii - American Nurses Association Foundation
Environment
4
Kapi'olani Health Foundation

The mission of kapi'olani health foundation is to create a healthier hawai'i.

Health
5
Hui Pohala

Palliative care is a win-win-win-win. expanding access to palliative care benefits all parts of the healthcare system. people living with serious illness are better able to manage physical and emotional symptoms and have peace of mind that…

Health
6
Pali Momi Foundation

The mission of pali momi foundation is to create a healthier hawai'i.

Health
7
Healthcare Association of Hawaii

The mission of the healthcare association of hawaii is to be hawaii's most effective advocate for the comprehensive and financially strong healthcare system that successfully responds to the diverse and changing needs of all we serve.

—
8
Ho'ola Lahui Hawaii

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

Human Services
9
Hawaii Medical Association

Hawaii medical association is dedicated to serving physicians, their patients and community through representation, advocacy, and public service. core activities: advocacy, education

—
10
Kuakini Medical Center

The mission of kuakini medical center is to improve the health status of the community by: providing comprehensive health care services and programs at reasonable cost; continuously improving the quality of health care services and…

Health
11
Kuakini Foundation

The mission of kuakini foundation is to improve the health status of the community by: providing comprehensive health care services and programs at reasonable cost; continuously improving the quality of health care services and programs;…

—
12
Maika I Health Corporation

To be the patient-centered healthcare home that is accessible for all and be the center for healthcare learning excellence in East Hawaii.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hui Malama Ola Na Oiwi; the most unlike its peers is American Heart Association Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

35 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. 35 of the 39 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
28/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WEST HAWAII COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER INC: $893,605 · HealthWEST HAWAII COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER I…KOKUA KALIHI VALLEY COMPREHENSIVE FAMILY SERVICES: $565,243 · HealthKOKUA KALIHI VALLEY COMPREHENSIVE FAM…WAIMANALO HEALTH CENTER: $534,756 · HealthWAIMANALO HEALTH CENTERWAIANAE DISTR COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH &: $476,662 · HealthWAIANAE DISTR COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH &HAMAKUA HEALTH CENTER INC: $445,696 · HealthHAMAKUA HEALTH CENTER INCAmerican Heart Association Inc: $433,346 · HealthAmerican Heart Association IncCOMMUNITY CLINIC OF MAUI INC: $316,842 · HealthCOMMUNITY CLINIC OF MAUI INCTHE WAHIAWA CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH: $250,000 · HealthTHE WAHIAWA CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEAL…LANAI COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $180,847 · HealthMOLOKAI OHANA HEALTH CARE INC: $164,668 · Health+7 more: $366,831 · Health+7 moreUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $2,797,353 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATI…PUNAHOU SCHOOL: $330,000 · EducationPUNAHOU SCHOOLUniversity of the Pacific: $307,326 · EducationUniversity of the Pacific+2 more: $185,733 · EducationHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,450,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FO…HUI NO KE OLA PONO INC: $625,568 · OtherHUI NO KE OLA …KALIHI-PALAMA HEALTH CENTER (HALE HO'OLA HOU): $316,515 · OtherKALIHI-PALAMA …KAHUKU MEDICAL CENTER: $259,563 · OtherKAHUKU MEDICAL…ST FRANCIS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OF HAWAII: $150,000 · OtherST FRANCIS HEA…FRIENDS OF DENTAL HYGIENE: $121,027 · OtherFRIENDS OF DEN…BAY CLINIC INC: $115,179 · OtherBAY CLINIC INC+7 more: $217,252 · Other+7 moreALOHA MEDICAL MISSION: $1,245,000 · InternationalALOHA MEDI…SPECIAL OLYMPICS HAWAII INC: $100,000 · Recreation & SportsHAWAII MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $64,667 · Food & Nutrition
Health$4,628,496Education$3,620,412Philanthropy$2,450,000Other$1,805,104International$1,245,000Recreation & Sports$100,000Food & Nutrition$64,667

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $2,797,353 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,450,000 over 4y, 1.5% 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
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.

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Hawaii Dental Service Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hawaii Dental Service Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • The Center for Independent Documentary Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report 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.

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.

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