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Kokua Na Lani at a glance

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Kokua Na Lani

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$624k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$167k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0186% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$857kHealth$692kEducation$548kRecreation & Sports$203kInternational$100kHuman Services$85kFood & Nutrition$60kPublic Safety & Disaster$55kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $48k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $110k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $467k
$10,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GO2 FOUNDATION$166,667
UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO$125,000
KUKI'O HO'OMANA FUND$100,000
GIANTS COMMUNITY FUND$75,000
BEST BUDDIES$20,000
EAT LEARN PLAY FOUNDATION$20,000
MONKEY TAIL RANCH$10,000
THE FOOD BASKET$10,000
WEGO FOUNDATION$10,000
UCSF BENIOFF CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$10,000
HIGHER GROUND SUN VALLEY$10,000
LAZAREX CANCER FOUNDATION$10,000
UHIWAI O HALEAKALA$10,000
JIM SAUNDERS FUND$7,500
CATALINO TAPIA SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $75k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MONKEY TAIL RANCH: $10k → 7%MONKEY TAIL RANCH: $10k → 7%MONKEY TAIL RANCH: $10k → 7%CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%MONKEY TAIL RANCH: $10k → 7%MONKEY TAIL RANCH: $10k → 7%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

WA
ID
IL
MI
MA
CA
MD
HI
FL
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 26 repeat orgs$492k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
20

Total granted

$2.9M
$359k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
0%

Still filing today

54%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $133k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthPhilanthropyEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO
    4× · 2021–2024 · $500k · revenue +45%
  • GC
    GIANTS COMMUNITY FUND
    5× · 2020–2024 · $437k · revenue +88%
  • EL
    EAT LEARN PLAY FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2024 · $220k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • U
    USD
    one grant, 2020 · $125k
  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $53k · revenue -21%
  • EA
    EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
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
Ucsf Foundation Investment Company

The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.

Education
2
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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3
Kfhpw Holdings

Supporting kaiser permanente organizations which provide high-quality, affordable health care services to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve.

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4
Kaiser Foundation for the Advancement of Integrated Health Care

Kaiser foundation for the advancement of integrated health care is a nonprofit 501(c)(4) advocacy organization to engage in proactive advocacy to promote understanding of the benefits of integrated care and coverage, and support of the…

Health
5
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
6
The San Diego Foundation

The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.

Philanthropy
7
The Uc Davis Foundation

The mission of the uc davis foundation is to secure, steward and manage private gifts for uc davis.

Education
8
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
9
Arc Research Institute

Our mission is to accelerate scientific progress, understand the root causes of disease, and narrow the gap between discoveries and impact on patients.

Health
10
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education
11
Community Foundation Santa Cruz County

To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.

Philanthropy
12
Mount Sinai Health System Inc

The mission of the mount sinai health system is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hawaii Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Addiction Education Society Inc. 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

34 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 54 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
20/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GO2 FOUNDATION: $547,584 · OtherGO2 FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $500,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGOUSD: $125,000 · OtherUSDSAN JOSE STATE - FRIENDS OF THE BRENNAN FAMILY FOOTBALL FACILITY FUND: $112,500 · OtherSAN JOSE STATE - FRIENDS OF THE BRENNAN FAMILY FOOTBALL…WEGO FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Other+24 more: $338,773 · Other+24 moreGIANTS COMMUNITY FUND: $437,089 · PhilanthropyGIANTS COMMUNITY FUNDEAT LEARN PLAY FOUNDATION: $220,000 · PhilanthropyEAT LEARN PLAY FOUNDATIONKUKIO HOOMANA FUND: $100,000 · PhilanthropyKUKIO HOOMANA FUNDHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $55,000 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION+4 more: $45,000 · PhilanthropyGO2 For Lung Cancer: $500,000 · HealthGO2 For Lung Cance…CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN: $33,750 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITA…LUCKY DUCK FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Health+4 more: $17,100 · HealthUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $53,100 · EducationLazarex Cancer Foundation: $50,000 · EducationCATALINO TAPIA SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATI: $25,000 · EducationWINGS LEARNING CENTER INC: $10,000 · EducationCURRIKI: $5,000 · EducationBest Buddies International Inc: $100,000 · InternationalThe Monkey Tail Ranch Inc: $50,000 · Human ServicesCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesGeneration Alive: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE FIT KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,683,857Philanthropy$857,089Health$570,850Education$143,100International$100,000Human Services$75,000Youth Development$30,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $500,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGO2 For Lung Cancer: $500,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetGIANTS COMMUNITY FUND: $437,089 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetEAT LEARN PLAY FOUNDATION: $220,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetKUKIO HOOMANA FUND: $100,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc: $100,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $53,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLazarex Cancer Foundation: $50,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetThe Monkey Tail Ranch Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN: $33,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHALLENGED ATHLETES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE IRONMAN FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCATALINO TAPIA SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATI: $25,000 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetGeneration Alive: $25,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetTHE FOOD BASKET INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUHIWAI O HALEAKALA: $20,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetLUCKY DUCK FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWINGS LEARNING CENTER INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHIGHER GROUND USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetKELSEY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JIM SAUNDERS FUND: $7,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetROB MACHADO FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetADDICTION EDUCATION SOCIETY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE KOHALA CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FIT KIDS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE QUEEN'S HEALTH SYSTEMS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCURRIKI: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE NORTH STATE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPAN-MASSACHUSETTS CHALLENGE INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNDERWATER SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC: $2,500 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetFAMILIES OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY DBA CURE SMA: $2,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Francis Center: $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.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds GO2 For Lung Cancer ↗
  • Who funds GIANTS COMMUNITY FUND ↗
  • Who funds EAT LEARN PLAY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KUKIO HOOMANA FUND ↗
  • Who funds Best Buddies International Inc ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Lazarex Cancer Foundation ↗
  • Who funds The Monkey Tail Ranch Inc ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CNTR FNDN ↗
  • Who funds CHALLENGED ATHLETES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE IRONMAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CATALINO TAPIA SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATI ↗
  • Who funds Generation Alive ↗
  • Who funds THE FOOD BASKET INC ↗
  • Who funds UHIWAI O HALEAKALA ↗
  • Who funds LUCKY DUCK FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WINGS LEARNING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds HIGHER GROUND USA INC ↗
  • Who funds KELSEY ↗
  • Who funds THE JIM SAUNDERS FUND ↗
  • Who funds ROB MACHADO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ADDICTION EDUCATION SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE KOHALA CENTER ↗

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.

Silicon Valley Commun…The Roberts FoundationJewish Community Fede…Morgan Stanley Global…Marin Community Found…The San Francisco Fou…California Community …The Ayco Charitable F…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…
Silicon Valley Community FoundationCA20.8× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Silicon Valley Community Foundation · The Roberts Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment 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 Na Lani funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kokua Na Lani. 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%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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 · 0–75%
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.
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How do I get to Kokua Na Lani?

Find your warmest path to Kokua Na Lani 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 54 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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