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Kadowaki Gateside Foundation at a glance

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Kadowaki Gateside Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$24k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
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, FY2022 to 2025.

Health$15kEnvironment$10kYouth Development$10kArts & Culture$9kEducation$8k
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$512k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HAWAII CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY CENTER$10,000
KAPIOLANI HEALTH FOUNDATION$5,000
UH FOUNDATION LYON ARBORETUM$2,000
HONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART$1,000
PBS HAWAII$1,000
HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO$1,000
MANOA HERITAGE CENTER$1,000
HAWAII SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$1,000
HANAHAUOLI SCHOOL$1,000
READ TO ME INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION$1,000
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 (FY22–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%UH FOUNDATION LYON ARBORETUM: $2k → 9%COMPASSION & CHOICES: $5k → 7%FRIENDS OF KEWALOS: $8k → 9%HANAHAUOLI SCHOOL: $1k → 9%HONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART: $1k → 9%MANOA HERITAGE CENTER: $1k → 9%HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO: $1k → 9%WAOLANI JUDD NAZARENE SCHOOL: $2k → 9%PBS HAWAII: $1k → 9%HAWAII SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $1k → 9%MILILANI HIGH SCHOOL: $5k → 9%HAWAII CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY CENTER: $10k → 9%KAPIOLANI HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%EASTERSEALS HAWAII: $5k → 9%CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY CENTER: $2k → 9%READ TO ME INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%READ TO ME INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $1k → 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
Hawaii Book and Music Festival
Arts & Culture
2
E Kupaku Ka Aina - the Hawaii Land Restoration Institute
Environment
3
Hawaii Education Institute
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4
Mohala Pua School Dba Honolulu Waldorf School

See schedule o.at honolulu waldorf school, we educate each child to find meaning, passion, and purpose in life and to contribute to the creation of a better world for all. through a curriculum based on the developmental stages of the human…

Education
5
Hawaii - American Nurses Association Foundation
Environment
6
Papahana Kuaola

Papahana kuaola's mission is to create quality educational programs focused on environmental restoration and economic sustainability fully integrated with hawaiian knowledge in order to exemplify a lifestyle respectful of kanaka, `aina,…

Environment
7
Na Kua Aina O Waimanalo
Arts & Culture
8
Kapi'olani Medical Specialists

Kapi'olani medical specialists (dba hawai'i pacific health medical group) is a multispecialty provider group dedicated to providing world-class care for adults and children across hawai'i and the pacific region working in partnership with…

Health
9
Kula Aupuni Niihau a Kahelelani Aloha (Kanaka)

Preserve niihau cultural values and language.

Education
10
Hawaii Maritime Center
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11
Hui Pohala

Palliative care is a win-win-win-win. expanding access to palliative care benefits all parts of the healthcare system. people living with serious illness are better able to manage physical and emotional symptoms and have peace of mind that…

Health
12
Ho'ola Lahui Hawaii

To improve the health and well-being of our community.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hanahauoli School; the most unlike its peers is Easter Seals Hawaii. 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

11 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. 11 of the 16 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
3/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HAWAII CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY CENTER: $10,000 · OtherHAWAII CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY CENTERFRIENDS OF KEWALOS: $8,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF KEWALOSMILILANI HIGH SCHOOL: $5,000 · OtherMILILANI HIGH SCHOOLUH FOUNDATION LYON ARBORETUM: $2,000 · OtherUH FOUNDATION LYON ARBORETUMWAOLANI JUDD NAZARENE SCHOOL: $1,500 · OtherHANAHAUOLI SCHOOL: $1,000 · OtherHAWAII PUBLIC RADIO: $1,000 · OtherKapi'olani Health Foundation: $5,000 · HealthKapi'olani Health Foun…EASTER SEALS HAWAII: $5,000 · HealthEASTER SEALS HAWAIIChildrens Discovery Center: $2,000 · Arts & CultureChildrens Discove…READ TO ME INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 · Arts & CultureREAD TO ME INTERN…HONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART: $1,000 · Arts & CultureHONOLULU MUSEUM O…HAWAII PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION DBA PBS HAWAII: $1,000 · Arts & CultureHAWAII PUBLIC TEL…HAWAII SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $1,000 · Arts & CultureHAWAII SYMPHONY O…MANOA HERITAGE CENTER FKA MANOA VALLEY CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUND: $1,000 · Arts & CultureMANOA HERITAGE CE…COMPASSION & CHOICES: $5,000 · Civil RightsCOMPASSION …
Other$28,500Health$10,000Arts & Culture$8,000Civil Rights$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKapi'olani Health Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTER SEALS HAWAII: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMPASSION & CHOICES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildrens Discovery Center: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREAD TO ME INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHANAHAUOLI SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII PUBLIC RADIO: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII PUBLIC TELEVISION FOUNDATION DBA PBS HAWAII: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

J Watumull FundThe Cades FoundationBank of Hawaii Charit…Atherton Family Found…Tradewind Group Found…Ac Kobayashi Family F…James and Sally Zuker…Maurice and Joanna Su…Chung Kun Ai Foundati…Castiglione A Casauri…McInerny Foundation--Kosasa Foundation
J Watumull FundHI22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: J Watumull Fund · The Cades Foundation · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · Atherton Family Foundation · Tradewind Group Foundation · Ac Kobayashi Family Foundation · James and Sally Zukerkorn Foundation · Maurice and Joanna Sullivan Family Foundation · Chung Kun Ai Foundation · Castiglione A Casauria Foundation · McInerny Foundation-- · Kosasa 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 Kadowaki Gateside Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kadowaki Gateside Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 Kadowaki Gateside Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Kadowaki Gateside 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 16 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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