· 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…
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2023
- Under $10k4 grants · $29k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $111k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HAWAII STATE BAR ASSOCIATION | $111,071 |
| VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES HAWAII | $15,000 |
| MAUI COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION INC | $8,750 |
| THE MEDIATION CENTER OF THE PACIFIC | $7,000 |
| BIG ISLAND MEDIATION | $7,000 |
| KUIKAHI MEDIATION CENTER INC | $6,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–23, $24k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2023, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
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
Backed again, and grew
- HSHAWAII STATE BAR ASSOCIATION3× · 2020–2023 · $178k · revenue +6%
- VLVOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES HAWAII5× · 2019–2023 · $65k · revenue +6%
- BIBIG ISLAND MEDIATION3× · 2021–2023 · $24k · revenue +33%
Funded once
- LALEGAL AID SOCIETY OF HAWAIIone grant, 2021 · $100k · revenue +10%
- HSHAWAII STATE TRIAL JUDGES ASSOCIATIone grant, 2017 · $51k
- BBBETA BETA GAMMA FOUNDATIONone grant, 2019 · $11k · revenue -29%
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.
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.
Provide, teach and facilitate appropriate dispute resolution. help people of all ages, in situations ranging from family and neighborhood to business and government; deal with their differences in non-adversarial, expeditious and…
To assist victims of domestic violence to attain safety, peace and healing through a continuum of services through its partners and collaborators in the community
Assist businesses and promote Hawaii Island.
Hawaii women's legal foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focusing on women's issues and solutions that empower women in hawaii. hwlf's mission is to support projects that benefit women and children in the exercise of their…
To protect and advance native hawaiian identity and culture by providing legal and other forms of advocacy services.
To ensure justice for low-income immigrants and migrants in Hawaii, through high-quality immigration legal services, education and advocacy.
Providing bail free of charge
To facilitate the public's knowledge and understanding of the law, provide legal aid to the poor and improve the administration of justice.
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 11 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds HAWAII STATE BAR ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF HAWAII ↗
- Who funds VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES HAWAII ↗
- Who funds BIG ISLAND MEDIATION ↗
- Who funds THE MEDIATION CENTER OF THE PACIFIC INC ↗
- Who funds KUIKAHI MEDIATION CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds BETA BETA GAMMA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Maui County Bar Association ↗
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: Hawaii Justice Foundation · Hawaii Women's Legal Foundation · The Cades Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Hawaii State Bar Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hawaii State Bar Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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