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Kokua Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Kokua Charitable Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$60k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Philanthropy$1.3MHealth$1.1MRecreation & Sports$305kHousing & Shelter$150kPublic Safety & Disaster$100kFood & Nutrition$60kYouth Development$35kEducation$22kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$5k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ISLAND HOUSING TRUST$25,000
KUKI'O HO'OMANA FUND$20,000
914 CARES INC$15,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF STATEN ISLAND: $55k → 11%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
IL
NY
MA
NJ
CT
CO
VA
NC
HI
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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of Kokua Charitable Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Kokua Charitable Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 7 repeat orgs$540k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +148% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
15

Total granted

$2.5M
$540k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+148%
+24%

Still filing today

86%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthPhilanthropyFood & NutritionHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsYouth 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • (C
    (914) CARES INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +340% · 27% of their budget
  • IH
    ISLAND HOUSING TRUST CORPORATION
    6× · 2019–2025 · $150k · revenue +275%
  • FD
    FIRST DESCENTS
    2× · 2019–2020 · $75k · revenue +148%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $170k
  • CV
    CHIPPEWA-CREE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
    one grant, 2019 · $100k
  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SI INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $55k · revenue +35%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its 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
Island Harvest Ltd

The mission of island harvest is to end hunger and reduce food waste on long island.

Human Services
2
Curesearch for Children's Cancer

Curesearch's mission is to fund & support targeted & innovative cancer research with measurable results, & to be the authoritative source of information & resources for all those affected by children's cancer. see schedule o for…

Health
3
Kendal At Ithaca Inc

Our mission is to provide a mutually supportive environment for residents and staff, and to contribute to the greater ithaca community.

Human Services
4
Island Hospital Foundation

The mission of the foundation is to raise funds to support island health and its commitment to community health in and around anacortes, washington.

Unclassified
5
Island Peer Review Organization Inc

Ipro's mission is to improve health care quality and value by engaging in healthcare assessment and quality improvement activities.

Public Benefit
6
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
7
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
8
The Kidney Cancer Association

The kidney cancer association is a global community dedicated to serving and empowering patients, and leading change through advocacy, research, and education in order to be the universal leader in finding the cure for kidney cancer.

Health
9
Fcancer

FCANCER IS dedicated to advancing health equity through early detection and prevention programs, and by providing resources to navigate, manage, and cope with cancer.

Health
10
Kuakini Foundation

The mission of kuakini foundation is to improve the health status of the community by: providing comprehensive health care services and programs at reasonable cost; continuously improving the quality of health care services and programs;…

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11
Food Allergy Science Initiative Inc

To accelerate the development of breakthrough discoveries that will transform the lives of people living with food allergies.

—
12
Hunger Solutions New York Inc

We strive to maximize participation in, and support for, federally funded nutrition assistance programs including supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap), the school breakfast program and national school lunch program, the summer…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Friends of Karen Inc; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

15 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. 15 of the 23 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
13/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

(914) CARES INC: $1,170,001 · Philanthropy(914) CARES INCKUKIO HOOMANA FUND: $70,000 · PhilanthropyKUKIO HOOMANA FUND+2 more: $12,000 · PhilanthropyMAN CAVE HEALTH INC: $1,000,000 · HealthMAN CAVE HEALTH INC+3 more: $40,236 · HealthIndividual grant recipient: $170,000 · OtherIndividual gra…CHIPPEWA-CREE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT: $100,000 · OtherCHIPPEWA-CREE …Individual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual gra…ICHAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MT SINAI: $25,000 · OtherICHAN SCHOOL O…ONE2ONE USA FOUNDATION: $22,000 · OtherONE2ONE USA FO…+4 more: $15,550 · OtherISLAND HOUSING TRUST CORPORATION: $150,000 · Housing & ShelterFIRST DESCENTS: $75,000 · Recreation & SportsISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE LTD: $35,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $25,000 · Food & NutritionJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SI INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NORTHERN WESTCHESTER: $35,000 · Youth Development
Philanthropy$1,252,001Health$1,040,236Other$382,550Housing & Shelter$150,000Recreation & Sports$75,000Food & Nutrition$60,000Human Services$55,000Youth Development$35,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budget(914) CARES INC: $1,170,001 over 7y, 27% of budgetMAN CAVE HEALTH INC: $1,000,000 over 4y, 82% of budgetISLAND HOUSING TRUST CORPORATION: $150,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetFIRST DESCENTS: $75,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetKUKIO HOOMANA FUND: $70,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF SI INC: $55,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetISLAND GROWN INITIATIVE LTD: $35,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF NORTHERN WESTCHESTER: $35,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF KAREN INC: $5,236 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEB RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIDZ GIVE BACK FOUNDATION: $3,750 over 1y, 51% of budgetSwim Across America Inc: $2,000 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.

Jewish Communal FundNational Philanthropi…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Jewish Communal FundNY12.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Communal Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · 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 Kokua Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kokua Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Island Grown Initiative Ltd: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Kokua Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Kokua Charitable 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 23 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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