Hawaii · Private foundation
Kualoa Ranch 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.
- $130k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 63%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 63% of the organizations Kualoa Ranch Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k 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 | 11 | $130k | 36% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $75k | 63% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $60k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $40k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $30k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Museum | $52,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hawaiian Mission Children's Society | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kualoa-Heeia Ecumenical Youth Project | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Ho'Ola Na Pua | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ihs the Institute for Human Services Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii | $17,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Daughters of Hawaii | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Maui United Way | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Women's Cancer Research Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Paepae O He'Eia | $12,000 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Museum | $52,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hawaiian Mission Children's Society | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kualoa-Heeia Ecumenical Youth Project | $30,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Ho'Ola Na Pua | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ihs the Institute for Human Services Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii | $17,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Daughters of Hawaii | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Maui United Way | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Women's Cancer Research Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Paepae O He'Eia | $12,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Sustainable Coastlines Hawai'I | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Waianae Community Re-Development Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Helping Hands Hawaii | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hookuaaina | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Kakoo Oiwi | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Hawaii Nature Center Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Touch a Heart Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Malama Learning Center | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aloha Harvest | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($35k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Kualoa Ranch Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · Aloha United Way Inc · Atherton Family Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Harold Kl Castle Foundation · Kosasa Foundation · J Watumull Fund · Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools · Hmsa Foundation · First Hawaiian Bank Foundation · Central Pacific Bank Foundation · Seto Foundation Co Hawaii Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About Kualoa Ranch Foundation
- How much does Kualoa Ranch Foundation give?
- Kualoa Ranch Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $130,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Kualoa Ranch Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (32%), Human Services (17%), Food & Nutrition (9%).
- Who are Kualoa Ranch Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Bishop Museum ($52k), Hawaiian Mission Children's Society ($35k), Kualoa-Heeia Ecumenical Youth Project ($30k).
- Does Kualoa Ranch Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 63% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Kualoa Ranch Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Kualoa Ranch Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn, Aloha United Way Inc, Atherton Family Foundation.
- Where is Kualoa Ranch Foundation based?
- Kualoa Ranch Foundation is based in HI.
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