Hawaii · Private foundation
Herbert C Shipman 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.
- $29k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
69% of Herbert C Shipman Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Hawaii Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 4 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $543k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Herbert C Shipman Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 9 | $9k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $9k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $12k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $14k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $10k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $8k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $9k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilo Medical Center Foundation | $4,711 | 4 | 0% |
| The Food Basket Inc | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Arc of Hilo | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Friends of the Children's Justice Center of East Hawaii | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($63k), not named here.
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About Herbert C Shipman Foundation
- How much does Herbert C Shipman Foundation give?
- Herbert C Shipman Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $29,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Herbert C Shipman Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (66%), Community Improvement (20%), Human Services (3%).
- Who are Herbert C Shipman Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hilo Medical Center Foundation ($5k), The Food Basket Inc ($4k), The Arc of Hilo ($4k).
- Does Herbert C Shipman Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Herbert C Shipman 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.
- Where is Herbert C Shipman Foundation based?
- Herbert C Shipman Foundation is based in HI.
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