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Kristi Yamaguchi Always Dream Foundation

See schedule othe organization's purpose is to engage in charitable and educational activities, including but not limited to ensuring children from low-income families have access to high-quality books in the home environment and extensive family engagement support.we believe that providing children with high-quality books will help…

$102k
Granted FY2018
5
Grants FY2018
2
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Kristi Yamaguchi Always Dream Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Hawaii Community Foundation, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2018, the last year Kristi Yamaguchi Always Dream Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 5 organizations, $80k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

5
’17
5
’18
3
’19
1
’21
1
’23
0
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$115kYouth Development$24kArts & Culture$23kRecreation & Sports$20kPhilanthropy$18kPublic Safety & Disaster$10kHuman Services$7kOther$0
02FY2018 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $79,700, the rows itemized in this filing. The $101,879 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $22,179 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 · FY2018

  • Under $10k2 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $65k
$11,400
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RAISING A READER$30,000
HAWAII LITERACY$23,300
BRIAN BOITANO'S YOUTH SKATE$11,400
JAPANESE CULTURAL CENTER OF HAWAII$7,500
BORP$7,500
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%RAISING A READER (NATIONAL): $31k → 7%BRIAN BOITANO'S YOUTH SKATE: $11k → 8%NAPA VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SONOMA COUNTY: $10k → 9%BAY AREA OUTREACH & RECREATION PROGRAM: $8k → 10%HANDSON BAY AREA: $7k → 10%HAWAII LITERACY: $23k → 9%RAISING A READER: $30k → 7%Brian Boitano's Youth Skate: $7k → 8%BORP: $8k → 10%JAPANESE CULTURAL CENTER OF HAWAII: $10k → 9%BRIAN BOITANO'S YOUTH SKATE: $5k → 8%BORP: $5k → 10%JAPANESE CULTURAL CENTER OF HAWAII: $8k → 9%STARLIGHT PARK - CARTWRIGHT SCHOOL DISTRICT: $12k → 8%ALLENDALE ELEMENTARY: $10k → 10%HAWAII BOOK & MUSIC FESTIVAL: $5k → 9%INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL: $9k → 10%HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION - MAUI STRONG FUND: $8k → 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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

62%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$123k · 4 repeat orgs$76k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call). Read against FY2018, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
1

Total granted

$123k
$5k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+84%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21’23
Arts & CultureEducationRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • RA
    Raising A Reader
    2× · 2017–2018 · $61k · revenue +30%
  • BB
    Brian Boitanos Youth Skate Inc
    3× · 2017–2021 · $24k · revenue +99% · 98% of their budget
  • JC
    JAPANESE CULTURAL CENTER OF HAWAII
    2× · 2017–2018 · $18k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • HB
    Hawaii Book and Music Festivalgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +84%
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
Berkeley Public Library Foundation

The Berkeley Public Library Foundation (BPLF) amplifies the public investment to make a great public library extraordinary. To that end, we provide vital funds and ongoing advocacy to advance the Library's mission, vision, and strategic…

Philanthropy
2
Kukio Hoomana Fund

The kuki'o ho'omana fund seeks to uplift and enrich our hawai'i island community through intentional investments in curated local organizations focusing on youth empowerment, affordable housing, environmental preservation, cultural…

Philanthropy
3
Hawaii Public Radio

The mission of hawai'i public radio is to serve the people of hawai'i by informing with essential news, inspiring through the power of music and the arts, and connecting through conversations and convenings.

—
4
Honolulu Community Action Program Inc

Poi: providing opportunities and inspiration to enable low-income individuals or families to achieve self-reliance. hcap's mission is very deeply rooted in its responsiveness to the community and its needs. it is hcap's belief and…

—
5
California Humanities

California humanities was founded in 1975 with a defined mission to connect californians to ideas and one another in order to understand our shared heritage and diverse cultures, inspire civic participation, and shape our future.

Arts & Culture
6
Hawaii Island Community Development Corporation

Hawaii island community development corporation was established on july 7, 1986, to provide families with low and moderate income with adequate housing and to acquire, construct and provide housing related activities.

Housing & Shelter
7
Reading Is Fundamental Honolulu Inc

To promote literacy through book ownership and book choice serving underserved Pre-K through 3rd grade students in Hawaii's Title I Public Schools within the City and County of Honolulu.

—
8
Honolulu Festival Foundation

To promote, sponsor, maintain, develop, improve and protect the annual event known as the honolulu festival and other similar celebrations of cultural understanding, economic cooperation and racial harmony between and among the people of…

Arts & Culture
9
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra

To present the highest-quality performances of great music, bringing national and international distinction to the orchestra and its community; to delight and educate audiences of all ages and backgrounds, and enhance the cultural vitality…

Arts & Culture
10
Hearing and Speech Center of Northern California

To provide life long professional services to support all people with hearing or communication challenges in achieving their goals.

—
11
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,…

Arts & Culture
12
Hawaii Nature Center Inc

By connecting children and families to nature, hnc builds community, creates meaningful change, and shapes a more sustainable future.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hawaii Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Hawaii Book and Music Festival. 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. 10 of the 13 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
6/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HAWAII LITERACY INC: $23,300 · OtherHAWAII LITERACY INCBay Area Outreach and Recreation Program: $20,000 · OtherBay Area Outreach and Recreation ProgramOAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $18,212 · OtherOAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTCARTWRIGHT SCHOOL DISTRICT: $12,308 · OtherCARTWRIGHT SCHOOL DISTRICTIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientRaising A Reader: $61,000 · EducationRaising A ReaderCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE NAPA VALLEY: $10,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDAT…SONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropySONOMA COUNTY COM…HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $7,500 · PhilanthropyHAWAII COMMUNITY …HANDSON BAY AREA: $6,890 · PhilanthropyHANDSON BAY AREABrian Boitanos Youth Skate Inc: $24,000 · Recreation & SportsBrian Boitan…JAPANESE CULTURAL CENTER OF HAWAII: $17,500 · Arts & CultureJAPANESE CU…Hawaii Book and Music Festival: $5,000 · Arts & CultureHawaii Book…
Other$83,820Education$61,000Philanthropy$34,390Recreation & Sports$24,000Arts & Culture$22,500

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 budgetRaising A Reader: $61,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetBrian Boitanos Youth Skate Inc: $24,000 over 3y, 98% of budgetHAWAII LITERACY INC: $23,300 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetBay Area Outreach and Recreation Program: $20,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetJAPANESE CULTURAL CENTER OF HAWAII: $17,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE NAPA VALLEY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHANDSON BAY AREA: $6,890 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE5.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: 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 Kristi Yamaguchi Always Dream Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kristi Yamaguchi Always Dream Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%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 · 0–40%
    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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    Find your warmest path to Kristi Yamaguchi Always Dream 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 13 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $28k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2018, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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