Hawaii · Private foundation
Hawaii National Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $71k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $12,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Hawaii National Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 | 11 | $71k | 91% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $45k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $5k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $6k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii Community Lending | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Hawaii Homeownership Center | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lanakila Pacific | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hawaii International Film Festival | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chinatown 808 Events | $10,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Friends of First Responders | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Hawaii Literacy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| A Better Chinatown Association | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Maui Food Bank Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii Community Lending | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Hawaii Homeownership Center | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lanakila Pacific | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hawaii International Film Festival | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chinatown 808 Events | $10,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Friends of First Responders | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Hawaii Literacy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| A Better Chinatown Association | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Maui Food Bank Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hawaii Restaurant Association Educational Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Pacific & Asian Affairs Council | $1,700 | 4 | 0% |
| Big Island Lions Foundation | $500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hawaii National Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Central Pacific Bank Foundation · Tradewind Group Foundation · First Hawaiian Bank Foundation · First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Hawaii National Foundation
- How much does Hawaii National Foundation give?
- Hawaii National Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $71,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Hawaii National Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (30%), Public Safety & Disaster (26%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are Hawaii National Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hawaii Community Lending ($40k), American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ($35k), Hawaii Homeownership Center ($13k).
- Does Hawaii National Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Hawaii National Foundation 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 Hawaii National Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central Pacific Bank Foundation, Tradewind Group Foundation, First Hawaiian Bank Foundation.
- Where is Hawaii National Foundation based?
- Hawaii National Foundation is based in HI.
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