Hawaii · Public charity
Hawaii Investment Ready
Education and capacity building for both the entrepreneurs and funders (philanthropy, government, and private) that are collectively addressing social and environmental challenges in Hawaii.
- $18k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $12k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $12,410
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $12,410
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 24
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Hawaii Investment Ready funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $12k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $101k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $285k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $59k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $2.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shifted Energy Inc | $355,070 | 1 | n/a |
| Farm Link Hawaii Inc | $341,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Kua Aina Ulu Auamo | $302,363 | 1 | 20% |
| Kakoo Oiwi | $263,520 | 1 | 17% |
| Waianae Community Re-Development Corporation | $176,062 | 1 | 4% |
| Lunalilo Home | $168,762 | 1 | 4% |
| Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services | $163,724 | 1 | 1% |
| Local I a | $143,239 | 1 | n/a |
| The Education Incubator | $119,075 | 1 | 24% |
| Aha Kane - Foundation for the Ad- Vancement of Native Hawaiian Males | $92,348 | 1 | 22% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shifted Energy Inc | $355,070 | 1 | n/a |
| Farm Link Hawaii Inc | $341,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Kua Aina Ulu Auamo | $302,363 | 1 | 20% |
| Kakoo Oiwi | $263,520 | 1 | 17% |
| Waianae Community Re-Development Corporation | $176,062 | 1 | 4% |
| Lunalilo Home | $168,762 | 1 | 4% |
| Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services | $163,724 | 1 | 1% |
| Local I a | $143,239 | 1 | n/a |
| The Education Incubator | $119,075 | 1 | 24% |
| Aha Kane - Foundation for the Ad- Vancement of Native Hawaiian Males | $92,348 | 1 | 22% |
| Awaiaulu Inc | $90,304 | 1 | 15% |
| Touch a Heart Inc | $80,593 | 1 | 12% |
| The Estria Foundation | $72,082 | 1 | 41% |
| Ulu a E Learning Center | $71,615 | 1 | 24% |
| Malama Loko Ea Foundation | $66,647 | 1 | 11% |
| Alternative Structures International | $61,708 | 1 | 1% |
| Hoiwai Fund | $58,798 | 1 | 32% |
| Waiwai Collective LLC | $58,425 | 1 | n/a |
| Hawaiian Community Assets Inc | $48,334 | 1 | 2% |
| Pono Pacific Land Management LLC | $46,307 | 1 | n/a |
| Mana Up Labs LLC | $32,831 | 1 | n/a |
| Kanehunamoku Voyaging Academy | $27,828 | 1 | 4% |
| Risehi Foundation | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aloha United Way Inc | $14,299 | 1 | 0% |
| Re-Use Hawaii | $13,069 | 1 | 1% |
| Kupu | $12,650 | 1 | 0% |
| Moolelo Hawaii - fiscally sponsored program of Kealopiko Inc | $12,410 | 1 | n/a |
| Makauila Inc | $10,101 | 1 | 2% |
| Hui Maka Ainana O Makana | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Iwikua | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Hui Malama I Ke Ala Ulili | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Hawaii Investment Ready supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools · Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement · Atherton Family Foundation · Harold Kl Castle Foundation · Aloha United Way Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Hau'Oli Mau Loa Foundation · Central Pacific Bank Foundation · Stupski Foundation · First Nations Development Institute · Hmsa Foundation · Altres Foundation
How this is measured
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About Hawaii Investment Ready
- How much does Hawaii Investment Ready give?
- Hawaii Investment Ready reported 1 itemized grants totaling $12,410, out of $18,410 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 24 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Hawaii Investment Ready fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (26%), Community Improvement (12%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
- Who are Hawaii Investment Ready's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Shifted Energy Inc ($355k), Farm Link Hawaii Inc ($341k), Kua Aina Ulu Auamo ($302k).
- Does Hawaii Investment Ready fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Hawaii Investment Ready?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools, Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, Atherton Family Foundation.
- Where is Hawaii Investment Ready based?
- Hawaii Investment Ready is based in HI.
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