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Kaanapali Ocean Resort Foundation

The ka'anapali ocean resort foundation primary purpose has been and will continue to be operated for the purpose of promoting social welfare by improving the quality of life for the citizens and families of the county of maui, in the state of hawaii, by supporting projects beneficial to the community.

$145k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Public Safety & Disaster$160kAnimals$65kEducation$60kFood & Nutrition$15kYouth Development$15kCommunity Improvement$15kEnvironment$10k
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $140,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $145,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $5,000 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

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$395k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UH FOUNDATION$60,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MAUI$15,000
MAUI ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INC$15,000
MAUI HUMANE SOCIETY$15,000
FEED MY SHEEP INC$15,000
MAUI NUI MARINE RESOURCE COUNCIL INC$10,000
WHALE TRUST$10,000
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF MAUI: $15k → 9%HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 9%ILG RELIEF FUND INC: $75k → 13%MAUI FOOD BANK INC: $40k → 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 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
Maui Nui Resiliency Hui

Maui nui resiliency hui (mnrh) is committed to creating a more resilient and equitable future for maui county by focusing on affordable housing solutions that empower our community members. our mission is to collaborate, educate, and…

Education
2
Common Ground Collective

It is our mission at common ground collective to transform maui into a bountiful and productive island that benefits both the real-life settings, and hands-on assistance; we will help to elevate distressed and underprivileged members of…

Food & Nutrition
3
The People's Fund

Hawai`i people`s fund supports, funds, and amplifies the work of hawai`i- based grassroots organizations challenging systems of oppression.

Human Services
4
Maui Nui Community Managed Makai Area Learning Network

Our mission is to connect communities across maui nui to care for and restore healthy ecosystems on which hawai'i's people depend. we want to share and learn from our diverse experiences, lessons, and best practices to help member sites…

Environment
5
Hawaii Maritime Center
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6
Malama Kua Aina
Environment
7
Na Koa Manu Conservation Inc

To further the protection and recovery of native hawaiian birds and plants through on the ground management, forest restoration, and public outreach and education. this is carried out by supporting conservation research and management…

Animals
8
Hawaiian Islands Land Trust

Hawaiian islands land trust dba hawai'i land trust (hilt) is hawai'i's statewide land trust that is both a hawai'i 501(c)3 nonprofit, and a nationally accredited land trust. hilt's mission is to protect and steward the lands that sustain…

Environment
9
Hawaii Book and Music Festival
Arts & Culture
10
Pacific Whale Foundation

Protect the ocean through science and advocacy and inspire environmental stewardship, remaining steadfastly dedicated to saving the world's whales and dolphins from extinction through research, education, (see schedule o)

Environment
11
Hoa Aina O Makaha

Hoa aina o makaha (land of makaha shared in friendship) is more than a destination farm or nonprofit organization. the embrace of a sanctuary is felt by whoever enters the gates and a sense of belonging usually follows. once a barren piece…

Unclassified
12
Pacific Bird Conservation

To ensure the continued existence of pacific island birds that are under threat from introduced species and habitat loss.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Maui Food Bank Inc; 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

10 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
5/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MVW RELIEF FUND INC: $75,000 · Public Safety & DisasterMVW RELIEF FUND INCUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $60,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII…MAUI HUMANE SOCIETY: $55,000 · AnimalsMAUI HUMANE SOCIET…FEED MY SHEEP INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesFEED MY SHEEP IN…MAUI ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesMAUI ECONOMIC OP…MAUI FOOD BANK INC: $40,000 · Food & NutritionMAUI FOOD BAN…HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MAUI INC: $15,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRL…MAUI NUI MARINE RESOURCE COUNCIL INC: $10,000 · OtherMAUI NUI MA…WHALE TRUST: $10,000 · OtherWHALE TRUST
Public Safety & Disaster$75,000Education$60,000Animals$55,000Human Services$50,000Food & Nutrition$40,000Philanthropy$25,000Other$35,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMVW RELIEF FUND INC: $75,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMAUI HUMANE SOCIETY: $55,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFEED MY SHEEP INC: $35,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF MAUI INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMAUI ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAUI NUI MARINE RESOURCE COUNCIL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWHALE TRUST: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

Kaanapali Ocean Resor…Savitt Family Foundat…The Red Cabin Foundat…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Kaanapali Ocean Resort Charitable TrustHI15.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Kaanapali Ocean Resort Charitable Trust · Savitt Family Foundation · The Red Cabin Foundation Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Kaanapali Ocean Resort Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kaanapali Ocean Resort Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Kaanapali Ocean Resort Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Kaanapali Ocean Resort 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 10 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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