Hawaii · Public charity
Ke Kai Ala Foundation
The Kona Brewers Festival is a potent blend of craft beer, Hawaiian culture and charitable support. This beloved event brings beer enthusiasts and the community together while raising money for impactful causes focusing on conservation, education and cultural preservation in Kona
- $78k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $38,048
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $42k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Ke Kai Ala Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 89% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 11% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 | 8 | $78k | 75% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $45k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $46k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $39k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $11k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $79k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $64k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innovations Public Charter School Foundation | $39,000 | 6 | 2% |
| The Food Basket Inc | $38,950 | 1 | 0% |
| ACF Kona Kohala Chefs Charitable & | $27,500 | 4 | 43% |
| Society for Konas Education & Art | $14,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Hawaii Wildlife Fund | $13,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Exploration Foundation | $13,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Friends of Nelha | $13,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Kua O Kanaueue | $12,600 | 2 | 1% |
| Department of Education | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Aloha Performing Arts Company | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innovations Public Charter School Foundation | $39,000 | 6 | 2% |
| The Food Basket Inc | $38,950 | 1 | 0% |
| ACF Kona Kohala Chefs Charitable & | $27,500 | 4 | 43% |
| Society for Konas Education & Art | $14,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Hawaii Wildlife Fund | $13,000 | 2 | 2% |
| The Exploration Foundation | $13,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Friends of Nelha | $13,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Kua O Kanaueue | $12,600 | 2 | 1% |
| Department of Education | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Aloha Performing Arts Company | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Marine Mammal Center | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Humanity Hale | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Na Wai Iwi Ola | $6,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Ke Kai Ola | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ahuena Heiau Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Island Mediation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kona Choral Society Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($135k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ke Kai Ala Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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: Atherton Family Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Ke Kai Ala Foundation
- How much does Ke Kai Ala Foundation give?
- Ke Kai Ala Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $77,548 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Ke Kai Ala Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (22%), Education (17%), Arts & Culture (15%).
- Who are Ke Kai Ala Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Innovations Public Charter School Foundation ($39k), The Food Basket Inc ($39k), ACF Kona Kohala Chefs Charitable & ($28k).
- Does Ke Kai Ala Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Ke Kai Ala Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Atherton Family Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Ke Kai Ala Foundation based?
- Ke Kai Ala Foundation is based in HI.
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