Hawaii · Public charity
Hawaii State Bar Foundation
(1) to promote justice through programs such as access to justice for persons in need of legal services, civics education, and other public service programs and projects, including programs and projects of the hawaii state bar association; (2) to improve the administration of justice through the creation, development, funding, and…
- $165k
- Granted FY2023
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $155k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $8,750
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $111,071
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $263k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 17% of the organizations Hawaii State Bar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 6 | $155k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $42k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $142k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $62k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $19k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $58k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii State Bar Association | $178,071 | 3 | 5% |
| Legal Aid Society of Hawaii | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii | $65,250 | 5 | 4% |
| Big Island Mediation | $24,000 | 3 | 3% |
| The Mediation Center of the Pacific Inc | $14,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Kuikahi Mediation Center Inc | $12,300 | 2 | 2% |
| Beta Beta Gamma Foundation | $10,500 | 1 | 9% |
| Maui County Bar Association | $8,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Family Specialty Courts | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($58k), not named here.
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.
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How this is measured
About Hawaii State Bar Foundation
- How much does Hawaii State Bar Foundation give?
- Hawaii State Bar Foundation reported 6 itemized grants totaling $154,821, out of $164,821 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Hawaii State Bar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (98%), Philanthropy (2%).
- Who are Hawaii State Bar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Hawaii State Bar Association ($178k), Legal Aid Society of Hawaii ($100k), Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii ($65k).
- Does Hawaii State Bar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Hawaii State Bar Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hawaii Justice Foundation, Hawaii Women's Legal Foundation, The Cades Foundation.
- Where is Hawaii State Bar Foundation based?
- Hawaii State Bar Foundation is based in HI.
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