Hawaii · Public charity
Hawaii Island United Way Inc
Hawai'I island united way raises funds through workplace campaigns, corporate and private donors, special fundraising events, and grant writing to carry forth its mission to create a healthy and thriving community. The focus is on improving finances, health, and education of individuals in great need.
- $234k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $172k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 33
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Hawaii Island United Way Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 13 | $172k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 16 | $228k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $254k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $222k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 33 | $300k | 9% |
| FY2020 | 30 | $415k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 29 | $609k | 3% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $551k | 10% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Child and Family Service | $387,365 | 9 | 0% |
| The Food Basket Inc | $240,008 | 8 | 0% |
| Hope Services Hawaii Inc | $217,195 | 4 | 2% |
| Habitat for Humanity Hawaii Island Inc | $184,511 | 8 | 4% |
| Bridge House Inc | $174,323 | 9 | 7% |
| Hawaii Island Adult Care Inc | $150,407 | 9 | 2% |
| Hawaii Island Home for Recovery | $138,201 | 9 | 3% |
| Hospice of Hilo | $131,321 | 9 | 0% |
| Boys and Girls Club of the Big Island | $124,063 | 8 | 2% |
| Hawaii Island Hivaids Foundation | $122,410 | 9 | 2% |
Show all 49 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hawaii Island United Way Inc 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: Atherton Family Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Hawaii Hotel Industry Foundation · Central Pacific Bank Foundation · Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc · J Watumull Fund · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · Aloha United Way Inc · First Hawaiian Bank Foundation · Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools · Hawaii Community Lending · Kauai United Way
How this is measured
Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus
How do I get to Hawaii Island United Way Inc?
Find your warmest path to Hawaii Island United Way Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.
Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.
About Hawaii Island United Way Inc
- How much does Hawaii Island United Way Inc give?
- Hawaii Island United Way Inc reported 14 itemized grants totaling $172,000, out of $233,853 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Hawaii Island United Way Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (29%), Health (25%), Housing & Shelter (16%).
- Who are Hawaii Island United Way Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Child and Family Service ($387k), The Food Basket Inc ($240k), Hope Services Hawaii Inc ($217k).
- Does Hawaii Island United Way Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Hawaii Island United Way Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Atherton Family Foundation, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc, Hawaii Hotel Industry Foundation.
- Where is Hawaii Island United Way Inc based?
- Hawaii Island United Way Inc is based in HI.
Play a game based on Hawaii Island United Way’s filings →