Hawaii · Public charity
Historic Hawai'I Foundation
To preserve and encourage the preservation of historic buildings, objects, and sites relating to the history of hawaii; to promote an awareness of and respect for all that is historically significant and architecturally distinctive in our state; and through these efforts, to keep alive and intact for the enrichment of present and future…
- $616k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2024
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $70,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 24% of the organizations Historic Hawai'I Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $200k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 19 | $616k | 32% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $706k | 24% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $581k | 53% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $394k | 53% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $522k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $235k | 83% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $190k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $213k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hana Buddhist Temple Preservation Association | $162,000 | 3 | 84% |
| Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum | $133,334 | 2 | 2% |
| The Kohala Center | $111,250 | 4 | 2% |
| North Kohala Community Resource Center | $110,000 | 3 | 12% |
| The Friends of the Palace Theater | $103,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Moanalua Community Church | $100,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Hawaiian Sun Investments | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Daifukuji Soto Mission | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hawaiian Mission Children's Society | $100,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Kohala Koboji Mission | $95,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hana Buddhist Temple Preservation Association | $162,000 | 3 | 84% |
| Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum | $133,334 | 2 | 2% |
| The Kohala Center | $111,250 | 4 | 2% |
| North Kohala Community Resource Center | $110,000 | 3 | 12% |
| The Friends of the Palace Theater | $103,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Moanalua Community Church | $100,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Hawaiian Sun Investments | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Daifukuji Soto Mission | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hawaiian Mission Children's Society | $100,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Kohala Koboji Mission | $95,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of Liliuokalani Gardens | $83,400 | 3 | n/a |
| Pacific Tsunami Museum Inc | $82,000 | 2 | 25% |
| Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks 759 Hilo | $80,000 | 2 | 62% |
| Malama Huleia | $80,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Paepae O He'Eia | $80,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Foundation for Maryknoll School | $75,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Honolulu Museum of Art | $75,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Friends of Iolani Palace | $75,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Mokuaikaua Church | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hamakua Jodo Mission | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Waioli Huiia Church | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Kauluakalana | $72,650 | 3 | 5% |
| Hawaii Catholic Community Foundation | $70,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Temple Children LLC | $70,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Daughters of Hawaii | $65,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Central Union Church | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| East Hawaii Cultural Council | $58,000 | 4 | 16% |
| The Lahaina Restoration Foundation | $56,250 | 2 | 5% |
| Central Christian Church | $55,000 | 3 | n/a |
| St Peters Episcopal Church | $55,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First Chinese Church of Christ in Hawaii | $55,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hale Puna | $50,000 | 2 | 20% |
| Hakalau Jodo Mission | $50,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Young Women's Christian Association of Oahu | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Aina Momona | $50,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Kuhau Inc Sig Zane Designs | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hawaii Theatre Center | $50,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Episcopal Church in Hawaii | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Kona Historical Society | $46,500 | 3 | 4% |
| Hamakua Jodo Mission | $46,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Malama Loko Ea Foundation | $37,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Hui Malama O Kaneiolouma | $37,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Kaupo Community Association Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 91% |
| The United Church of Christ | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pacific American Foundation | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Hilo Farmers Market LLC | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Calica Building LLC | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hawaii Preparatory Academy | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Huliauapaa | $25,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Hamakua Youth Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Mantokuji Mission of Paia Maui | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hawaii Agriculture Research Center | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Bayfront Properties LLC | $15,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Pulama Ia Kona-Heritage Preservation Council | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hilo Hawaii Visitor Industry Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 10% |
| The Judciary State of Hawaii | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Historic Hawai'I Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 30 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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 Council for Humanities · Atherton Family Foundation · Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Cooke Foundation Limited · Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement · Deupree Family Foundation · Kosasa Foundation · First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation · Tradewind Group Foundation · J Watumull Fund · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn
How this is measured
About Historic Hawai'I Foundation
- How much does Historic Hawai'I Foundation give?
- Historic Hawai'I Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $616,400 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Historic Hawai'I Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (46%), Religion (24%), Environment (11%).
- Who are Historic Hawai'I Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Hana Buddhist Temple Preservation Association ($162k), Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum ($133k), The Kohala Center ($111k).
- Does Historic Hawai'I Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Historic Hawai'I Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hawaii Council for Humanities, Atherton Family Foundation, Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools.
- Where is Historic Hawai'I Foundation based?
- Historic Hawai'I Foundation is based in HI.
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