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Johnson Ohana Foundation

To promote environmental awareness, environmental preservation and art and music programs for children throughout the world.

$600k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
21
Itemized grants FY2024
31
Organizations funded FY2023
42%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$301k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$75,000
Organizations funded a year
11 to 31
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
4
Total assets, FY2024
$16M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 42% of the organizations Johnson Ohana Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 39% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $168k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentArts & CultureEducationFood & NutritionHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving20$290k0%
FY202331$428k42%
FY202219$253k37%
FY202114$180k36%
FY202011$173k36%
FY201913$195k31%
FY201817$243kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Environment$1.2MArts & Culture$338kEducation$132kPublic Safety & Disaster$100kInternational$67kFood & Nutrition$58kPhilanthropy$50kHealth$15kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
NY
OR
CA
VA
AZ
DC
HI
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Donorschooseorg$350,00080%
Regents of the University of California$147,0007n/a
Algalita Marine Research and Education$95,75484%
The Surfrider Foundation$91,50070%
Explore Ecology$85,00082%
Kokua Hawaii Foundation$75,00062%
Sustainable Coastlines Hawai'I$60,00042%
Honolulu Theatre for Youth$60,00061%
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation$57,50060%
Kealakai Center For Pacific String Traditions$40,00048%
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All grantees of Johnson Ohana Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Donorschooseorg$350,00080%
Regents of the University of California$147,0007n/a
Algalita Marine Research and Education$95,75484%
The Surfrider Foundation$91,50070%
Explore Ecology$85,00082%
Kokua Hawaii Foundation$75,00062%
Sustainable Coastlines Hawai'I$60,00042%
Honolulu Theatre for Youth$60,00061%
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation$57,50060%
Kealakai Center For Pacific String Traditions$40,00048%
Hoa Aina O Makaha$37,50043%
Hawaii Arts Alliance$37,50051%
Hawaii Institute of Pacific Agriculture$35,00041%
Farmlink Project$30,00020%
Hi'ipaka LLC$30,00040%
Upstream$30,0003n/a
Hawaii Youth Symphony Association$30,00051%
Reverb Inc$27,50021%
Hui O Waa Kaulua$25,000113%
University of Hawaii Foundation$25,00020%
Music Will Inc$25,00010%
The Kohala Center$25,00021%
Hawaii Farmers Union Foundation$25,00012%
Santa Barbara Unified School District$22,5003n/a
The Ocean Foundation$21,00030%
Hawaii Public Health Institute$20,00020%
Malama Kauai$20,00021%
Common Ground Collective$20,00011%
Mana Maoli$15,00031%
Vision to Learn$15,00020%
Earthpercent Foundation$15,000129%
Art Explorium$14,00033%
Musically Fed$12,08515%
Native Renewables Inc$12,00010%
Maui Hub$10,00011%
Grow Some Good$10,00012%
Rise and Shine Art$10,00018%
Maui Hui Malama$10,00012%
Collaborative Support Services Inc$10,00010%
Fund for the City of New York Inc$10,00010%
Countercurrent$8,0001n/a
One Eleuthera Foundation$7,50010%
Head Count Inc$7,50010%
Hui Malama I Ke Ala Ulili$7,16011%
Malama Learning Center$7,16011%
Foodcorps Inc$5,50020%

Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($28k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Johnson Ohana Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 42 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDonorschooseorg: $350,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAlgalita Marine Research and Education: $95,754 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetThe Surfrider Foundation: $91,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetExplore Ecology: $85,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetKokua Hawaii Foundation: $75,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetSustainable Coastlines Hawai'I: $60,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetHonolulu Theatre for Youth: $60,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetMonterey Bay Aquarium Foundation: $57,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetKealakai Center For Pacific String Traditions: $40,000 over 4y, 7.9% of budgetHoa Aina O Makaha: $37,500 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetHawaii Arts Alliance: $37,500 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetHawaii Institute of Pacific Agriculture: $35,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetFarmlink Project: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHi'ipaka LLC: $30,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetHawaii Youth Symphony Association: $30,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetReverb Inc: $27,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHui O Waa Kaulua: $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetUniversity of Hawaii Foundation: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMusic Will Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Kohala Center: $25,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHawaii Farmers Union Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetThe Ocean Foundation: $21,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHawaii Public Health Institute: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMalama Kauai: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCommon Ground Collective: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetMana Maoli: $15,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetVision to Learn: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEarthpercent Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetArt Explorium: $14,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetMusically Fed: $12,085 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetNative Renewables Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMaui Hub: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGrow Some Good: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetRise and Shine Art: $10,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetMaui Hui Malama: $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCollaborative Support Services Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFund for the City of New York Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOne Eleuthera Foundation: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHead Count Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHui Malama I Ke Ala Ulili: $7,160 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMalama Learning Center: $7,160 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFoodcorps Inc: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 42.

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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.

Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha SchoolsHI29.8× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools · Atherton Family Foundation · Stupski Foundation · Cooke Foundation Limited · Aloha United Way Inc · Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc · Kosasa Foundation · Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · Nuestro Futuro Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · The Healy 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.

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Find your warmest path to Johnson Ohana 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.

About Johnson Ohana Foundation

How much does Johnson Ohana Foundation give?
Johnson Ohana Foundation reported 21 itemized grants totaling $300,526, out of $599,785 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Johnson Ohana Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (61%), Arts & Culture (17%), Education (7%).
Who are Johnson Ohana Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Donorschooseorg ($350k), Regents of the University of California ($147k), Algalita Marine Research and Education ($96k).
Does Johnson Ohana Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Johnson Ohana Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools, Atherton Family Foundation, Stupski Foundation.
Where is Johnson Ohana Foundation based?
Johnson Ohana Foundation is based in CA.

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 53 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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