· Private foundation
Henry & Colene Wong Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k2 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $290k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $40,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF HAWAII | $35,000 |
| HELPING HANDS HAWAII | $35,000 |
| LANAKILA MEALS ON WHEELS | $30,000 |
| PALAMA SETTLEMENT | $25,000 |
| HAWAII FOODBANK | $25,000 |
| THE MARY JANE HOME PROGRAM | $20,000 |
| AIO FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| LAWAKUA CHARITABLE FUND | $20,000 |
| ST LOUIS SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| HO'OLA NA PUA | $10,000 |
| FEEDING HAWAII TOGETHER | $10,000 |
| HAWAII LITERACY | $5,000 |
| READ TO ME INTERNATIONAL | $5,000 |
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 (FY20–25, $365k) 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
17 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PSPALAMA SETTLEMENT6× · 2020–2025 · $215k · revenue +28%
- HFHAWAII FOODBANK INC6× · 2020–2025 · $190k · revenue +28%
- BGBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HAWAII5× · 2021–2025 · $133k · revenue +14%
Funded once
- LMLANAKILA MEALS ON WHEELSone grant, 2025 · $30k
- SLSAINT LOUIS SCHOOLone grant, 2025 · $20k
- TMTHE MARY JANE HOME PROGRAMone grant, 2025 · $20k
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.
The kuki'o ho'omana fund seeks to uplift and enrich our hawai'i island community through intentional investments in curated local organizations focusing on youth empowerment, affordable housing, environmental preservation, cultural…
The mission of hawai'i public radio is to serve the people of hawai'i by informing with essential news, inspiring through the power of music and the arts, and connecting through conversations and convenings.
Hawaii island community development corporation was established on july 7, 1986, to provide families with low and moderate income with adequate housing and to acquire, construct and provide housing related activities.
To empower hawaiis farming community to enhance food production and distribution through education, collaboration and advocacy.
Poi: providing opportunities and inspiration to enable low-income individuals or families to achieve self-reliance. hcap's mission is very deeply rooted in its responsiveness to the community and its needs. it is hcap's belief and…
To rescue quality food to nourish and strengthen our community.
To preserve the immediate and long-term health and wellbeing of lahaina's diverse communities and precious natural resources.
Native hawaiian philanthropy is an organization dedicated to improving the socio-economic conditions of native hawaiians.
How this is measured
15 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. 15 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.
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 HELPING HANDS HAWAII ↗
- Who funds PALAMA SETTLEMENT ↗
- Who funds HAWAII FOODBANK INC ↗
- Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HAWAII ↗
- Who funds LAWAKUA CHARITABLE FUND ↗
- Who funds FEEDING HAWAII TOGETHER ↗
- Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF HAWAII ↗
- Who funds HO'OLA NA PUA ↗
- Who funds AIO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DYNAMIC COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS ↗
- Who funds READ TO ME INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HAWAII LITERACY INC ↗
- Who funds HAWAII YOUTH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Hawaii Youth Opera Chorus ↗
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: J Watumull Fund · Aloha United Way Inc · Tradewind Group Foundation · Central Pacific Bank Foundation · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · The Clarence Tc Ching Foundation · Kosasa Foundation · First Hawaiian Bank Foundation · The Gift Foundation of Hawaii · Cooke Foundation Limited · Atherton Family Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Henry & Colene Wong Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Henry & Colene Wong Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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