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Hawaii Women's Legal Foundation

HAWAII WOMEN'S LEGAL FOUNDATION is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focusing on women's issues and solutions that empower women in hawaii.

$71k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Crime & Legal$246kHuman Services$143kEducation$48kHealth$35kHousing & Shelter$20kYouth Development$10kPhilanthropy$10k
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $30,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $71,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $40,500 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$8,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$753k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HWL$15,000
UH FOUNDATION$8,000
ALOHA MEDICAL MISSION$7,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–22, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, 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.

area typical 7%YWCA OF OAHU: $10k → 9%PACIFIC SURVIVOR CENTER: $8k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

58%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$297k · 7 repeat orgs$215k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
13

Total granted

$297k
$207k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+55%
+57%

Still filing today

86%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Crime & LegalHuman ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterReligionEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • DV
    DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACTION CENTER
    2× · 2020–2021 · $58k · revenue +12%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION
    4× · 2019–2024 · $48k · revenue +164%
  • TC
    THE CHILDRENS LAW PROJECT OF HAWAII
    5× · 2017–2023 · $43k · revenue +592%

Funded once

  • LA
    LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF HAWAII
    one grant, 2018 · $52k · revenue +20%
  • HN
    HO'OLA NA PUAgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +175%
  • KM
    KUIKAHI MEDIATION CENTER INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $13k · revenue +26%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Hawaii - American Nurses Association Foundation
Environment
2
Hawaii Family Law Clinic

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

Crime & Legal
3
Ho'ola Lahui Hawaii

To improve the health and well-being of our community.

Human Services
4
Hawaii Maritime Center
—
5
E Kupaku Ka Aina - the Hawaii Land Restoration Institute
Environment
6
Kapi'olani Medical Specialists

Kapi'olani medical specialists (dba hawai'i pacific health medical group) is a multispecialty provider group dedicated to providing world-class care for adults and children across hawai'i and the pacific region working in partnership with…

Health
7
Hospice of Hilo

To improve the lives of those we touch by offering support, guidance and compassionate care of body, mind and spirit.

Human Services
8
I Ola Lahui Inc

To provide "culturally-minded evidenced-based behavioral health care that is responsive to the needs of the medically underserved, predominantly native hawaiian, and rural communities. the organization provides behavioral health services…

Health
9
Hawaii Workers Center

The hawaii workers center envisions a hawaii in which all workers are empowered to exercise their right to organize for their social, economic and political well-being.

Education
10
Hui Pohala

Palliative care is a win-win-win-win. expanding access to palliative care benefits all parts of the healthcare system. people living with serious illness are better able to manage physical and emotional symptoms and have peace of mind that…

Health
11
Waikiki Health

To provide high quality medical and social services that are affordable and accessible for everyone regardless of ability to pay.

Health
12
Kaua'i Medical Clinic

Kaua'i medical clinic, an affliate of hawai'i pacific health, is a multi-specialty clinic dedicated to providing world-class care for adults and children across hawai'i and the pacific region in partnership with kapi'olani medical center…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Legal Aid Society of Hawaii; the most unlike its peers is University of Hawaii Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 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. 17 of the 21 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HAWAII WOMEN LAWYERS: $90,000 · OtherHAWAII WOMEN LAWYERSFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER OF EAST HAWAII: $18,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENT…KIDS MATTER-FRIENDS OF CHILDRENS JUSTICE CENTER OF WEST HAWAII INC: $10,000 · OtherKIDS MATTER-FRIENDS OF CHILDRENS JUSTI…ISLAND OF HAWAI'I YMCA: $9,812 · OtherISLAND OF HAWAI'I YMCAFRIENDS OF FAMILY SPECIALTY COURTS: $9,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII: $8,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER OF OAHU: $10,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENT…GIRL SCOUTS OF HAWAII: $10,000 · OtherGIRL SCOUTS OF HAWAIIALOHA MEDICAL MISSION: $7,500 · OtherLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF HAWAII: $52,000 · Crime & LegalLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF HAWAI…THE CHILDRENS LAW PROJECT OF HAWAII: $43,000 · Crime & LegalTHE CHILDRENS LAW PROJECT …KUIKAHI MEDIATION CENTER INC: $13,000 · Crime & LegalKUIKAHI MEDIATION CENTER I…VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES HAWAII: $10,000 · Crime & LegalVOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES H…HO'OLA NA PUA: $50,000 · Human ServicesHO'OLA NA PUAYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF OAHU: $10,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMEN'S C…PACIFIC SURVIVOR CENTER: $8,000 · Human ServicesPACIFIC SURVIVO…DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACTION CENTER: $58,000 · ReligionDOMESTIC VIO…UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $48,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY…MALAMA PONO HEALTH SERVICES FKA MALAMA PONO-KAUAI AIDS PROJECT: $20,000 · HealthPROJECT VISION HAWAII: $7,500 · HealthIHS THE INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN SERVICES INC: $20,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$172,312Crime & Legal$118,000Human Services$68,000Religion$58,000Education$48,000Health$27,500Housing & Shelter$20,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACTION CENTER: $58,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetLEGAL AID SOCIETY OF HAWAII: $52,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHO'OLA NA PUA: $50,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $48,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDRENS LAW PROJECT OF HAWAII: $43,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetMALAMA PONO HEALTH SERVICES FKA MALAMA PONO-KAUAI AIDS PROJECT: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetIHS THE INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN SERVICES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKUIKAHI MEDIATION CENTER INC: $13,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER OF OAHU: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetVOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES HAWAII: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF HAWAII: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF OAHU: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetISLAND OF HAWAI'I YMCA: $9,812 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPACIFIC SURVIVOR CENTER: $8,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetALOHA MEDICAL MISSION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPROJECT VISION HAWAII: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budget
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.

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.

Atherton Family Found…Aloha United Way IncFirst Insurance Compa…Central Pacific Bank …Bank of Hawaii Charit…The Queen's Medical C…Friends of Hawaii Cha…Hawaii Hotel Industry…J Watumull FundKaiser Foundation Hea…The Harry and Jeanett…Hawaii Justice Founda…
Atherton Family FoundationHI28× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Atherton Family Foundation · Aloha United Way Inc · First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation · Central Pacific Bank Foundation · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · The Queen's Medical Center · Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc · Hawaii Hotel Industry Foundation · J Watumull Fund · Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Hawaii Justice Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Hawaii Women's Legal Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hawaii Women's Legal Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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    Find your warmest path to Hawaii Women's Legal Foundation 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.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 21 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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