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Larson Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$71k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Arts & Culture$279kAnimals$236kScience & Tech$165kEducation$119kHuman Services$90kFood & Nutrition$75kHealth$50kEmployment$35kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $61k
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$209k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HAWAII FRIENDS OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE$20,000
BRIDGE THE GAP COLLEGE PREP$16,100
HAWAII FOOD BANK$15,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF HAWAII$10,000
WILDCARE$7,300
HENRY KAPONO FOUNDATION$2,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MAINFEST WORKS: $5k → 14%JOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION: $25k → 20%JOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION: $5k → 20%MANIFESTWORKS: $10k → 14%MANIFESTWORKS: $10k → 14%MANIFESTWORKS: $10k → 14%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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$944k · 18 repeat orgs$226k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +68% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
19

Total granted

$944k
$186k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
+28%

Still filing today

78%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentReligionFood & NutritionOther
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

  • HM
    HONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART
    4× · 2017–2020 · $141k · revenue +0%
  • AC
    AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $70k · revenue +168%
  • BT
    Bridge the Gap College Prep
    4× · 2021–2024 · $61k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • RF
    RO FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue ×16
  • TC
    THE CREATIVE CITY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -75%
  • MAUI FOOD BANK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +138%
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
Hawaii Book and Music Festival
Arts & Culture
2
E Kupaku Ka Aina - the Hawaii Land Restoration Institute
Environment
3
Hawaii Exemplary State Foundation
Community Improvement
4
University of Hawaii Foundation

To unite donors' passions with the university of hawai'i's (uh) aspirations by raising philanthropic support and managing investments to benefit uh, the people of hawai'i and our future generations.

Education
5
Hawaii Maritime Center
—
6
Hawaii - American Nurses Association Foundation
Environment
7
Hawaii Education Institute
—
8
The Ohana Foundation
Philanthropy
9
Na Kua Aina O Waimanalo
Arts & Culture
10
Hui Pohala

Palliative care is a win-win-win-win. expanding access to palliative care benefits all parts of the healthcare system. people living with serious illness are better able to manage physical and emotional symptoms and have peace of mind that…

Health
11
The People's Fund

Hawai`i people`s fund supports, funds, and amplifies the work of hawai`i- based grassroots organizations challenging systems of oppression.

Human Services
12
Hiikua a Hiialo Cultural Foundation
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of Hawaii; the most unlike its peers is Ro Foundation. 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

35 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. 35 of the 41 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/35
Grantees still filing
26/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART: $140,500 · Arts & CultureHONOLULU MUSEUM OF ARTHONOLULU BIENNIAL FOUNDATION: $53,400 · Arts & CultureHONOLULU BIENNIAL FOUNDATI…BISHOP MUSEUM: $28,750 · Arts & CultureBISHOP MUSEUMTHE CREATIVE CITY INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CREATIVE CITY INCPOLYNESIAN VOYAGING SOCIETY: $10,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $12,500 · Arts & CultureRYSE: $95,000 · OtherRYSEBRIDGE THE GAP COLLEGE: $30,000 · OtherBRIDGE THE GAP COLLEGEIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHAWAII FRIENDS OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: $20,000 · OtherHAWAII FRIENDS OF RESTORATIVE JUS…MOUNT TAMALPAIS SCHOOL: $15,000 · OtherSAINT ANTHONY PADUA CHURCH: $15,000 · OtherFAMILY REACH FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherRO FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherRO FOUNDATIONHUI MAHIAI AINA: $20,000 · OtherHUI MAHIAI AINA+14 more: $89,159 · Other+14 moreHAWAIIAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $228,580 · AnimalsHAWAIIAN HUMANE SOCIET…HO'OLA NA PUA: $60,000 · Human ServicesHO'OLA NA PU…MANIFESTWORKS: $35,000 · Human ServicesMANIFESTWORK…JOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Human ServicesJOYFUL HEART…Bridge the Gap College Prep: $61,100 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF HAWAII: $10,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $1,000 · Youth DevelopmentAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $70,000 · InternationalHAWAII FOODBANK INC: $30,000 · Food & NutritionMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $25,000 · Food & Nutrition
Arts & Culture$270,150Other$349,159Animals$228,580Human Services$125,000Youth Development$72,100International$70,000Food & Nutrition$55,000

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 budgetHAWAIIAN HUMANE SOCIETY: $228,580 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetHONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART: $140,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE INC: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBridge the Gap College Prep: $61,100 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetHO'OLA NA PUA: $60,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetHONOLULU BIENNIAL FOUNDATION: $53,400 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetMANIFESTWORKS: $35,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetJOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetHAWAII FOODBANK INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBISHOP MUSEUM: $28,750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHAWAII FRIENDS OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: $20,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetHUI MAHIAI AINA: $20,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetMOUNT TAMALPAIS SCHOOL: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY REACH FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPOLYNESIAN VOYAGING SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACTION CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOAKS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF HAWAII: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEQUI-ED INC: $10,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetHOUSING SOLUTIONS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF HAWAII INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWILDCARE: $7,300 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWASHINGTON PLACE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetREAD TO ME INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPROJECT VISION HAWAII: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDIAMOND HEAD THEATRE: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAWAII AUTISM FOUNDATION: $2,859 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetThe Henry Kapono Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF HAWAII: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAITH FIRST INC DBA EXTREME FITNESS CLUB: $1,000 over 1y, 3.8% 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.

J Watumull FundFirst Insurance Compa…Atherton Family Found…Central Pacific Bank …Bank of Hawaii Charit…Aloha United Way IncTrustees of the Estat…The Harry and Jeanett…The Queen's Medical C…Kosasa FoundationFirst Hawaiian Bank F…Tradewind Group Found…
J Watumull FundHI34.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: J Watumull Fund · First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation · Atherton Family Foundation · Central Pacific Bank Foundation · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · Aloha United Way Inc · Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · The Queen's Medical Center · Kosasa Foundation · First Hawaiian Bank Foundation · Tradewind Group 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 Larson Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Larson Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%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
    1get no government money at all
    7report 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.
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    How do I get to Larson Charitable Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Larson 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 41 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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