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Lga Family 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.

$2.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$930k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$5.7MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.9MMembership Benefit$835kEnvironment$643kYouth Development$550kRecreation & Sports$541kArts & Culture$522kHealth$465kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $1k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $230k
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $610k
  • $250k+2 grants · $1.2M
$40,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$8.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION$930,000
HAWAII PREPARATORY ACADEMY$250,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS - LOS ANGELES$150,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS OF HAWAII$150,000
FORT LEWIS COLLEGE FOUNDATION$60,000
LYMAN HOUSE MEMORIAL MUSEUM$50,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$50,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF$50,000
YMCA OF GREATER LONG BEACH$50,000
SHRINERS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL HAWAII$50,000
LONG BEACH STATE FOUNDATION$40,000
HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO$30,000
LONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION$30,000
PARKER SCHOOL$25,000
FOOD FINDERS INC$25,000
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 (FY20–25, $720k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $30k → 14%FEEDING HAWAII TOGETHER: $15k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF HAWAII: $175k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF HAWAII: $175k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF HAWAII: $150k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS - HAWAII: $100k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS OF HAWAII: $50k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS - HAWAII: $25k → 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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.4M · 23 repeat orgs$3.6M to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
37

Total granted

$8.4M
$3.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+35%

Still filing today

78%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $301k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureFood & NutritionHuman ServicesEnvironmentYouth 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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $3.2M · revenue +76%
  • PS
    PUNAHOU SCHOOL
    3× · 2021–2023 · $1.1M · revenue +40%
  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    6× · 2020–2025 · $900k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • VP
    VARIOUS PER ACCOUNTING OF AGENT - BANK OF HAWAII
    one grant, 2017 · $835k
  • GS
    GIRL SCOUTS OF HAWAII
    one grant, 2021 · $500k · revenue -23%
  • CR
    CASTLE ROCK PARKS AND TRAILS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $300k · revenue -87% · 72% of their budget
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
Lai Hauola

To preserve the immediate and long-term health and wellbeing of lahaina's diverse communities and precious natural resources.

Food & Nutrition
2
Ho'ola Lahui Hawaii

To improve the health and well-being of our community.

Human Services
3
Hawaii Pacific University

Hawaii pacific university is an international learning community set in the rich cultural context of hawaii. students from around the world join us for an american education built on a liberal arts foundation. our innovative undergraduate…

Education
4
Hawaii Public Television Foundation Dba Pbs Hawaii

The mission of pbs hawai'i is to advance learning and discovery by sharing stories that profoundly touch lives. we bring the world to hawai'i and hawai'i to the world.

Arts & Culture
5
Keiki O Ka 'Aina Preschool Inc

The mission of keiki o ka 'aina family learning centers (koka-flc) is to build strong communities by building strong families through communicating the vital importance of education, advocating for literacy, supporting parents as their…

Education
6
Uhiwai O Haleakala

The mission of the corporation shall be to work with partners to protect and restore native ecosystems and watersheds, to improve the quality and quantity of freshwater resources to perpetuate hawaiian cultural resources and practices, to…

Environment
7
Kanu O Ka Aina Learning Ohana

Serving and perpetuating sustainable hawaiian communities through education with aloha.

Arts & Culture
8
Conservation Council for Hawaii

Dedicated to the protection of native hawaiian plants, animals, and ecosystems for future generations.

Environment
9
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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10
Mohala Pua School Dba Honolulu Waldorf School

See schedule o.at honolulu waldorf school, we educate each child to find meaning, passion, and purpose in life and to contribute to the creation of a better world for all. through a curriculum based on the developmental stages of the human…

Education
11
Aloha Harvest

To rescue quality food to nourish and strengthen our community.

Food & Nutrition
12
Kahala Nui Senior Living Inc

In the spirit of "ohana", kahala nui senior living and its associates are dedicated to serving the unmet needs of seniors in hawaii. we are a not-for-profit organization that provides a continuum of high quality residential,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hawaii Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Flow Kakou. 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

48 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. 48 of the 74 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
47/48
Grantees still filing
32/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $3,220,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATIONPUNAHOU SCHOOL: $1,101,000 · EducationPUNAHOU SCHOOLHAWAII PREPARATORY ACADEMY: $625,000 · EducationHAWAII PREPARATORY ACADEMY+8 more: $680,000 · Education+8 moreVARIOUS PER ACCOUNTING OF AGENT - BANK OF HAWAII: $835,000 · OtherVARIOUS PER ACCOUNTING OF AGENT - BANK …AMERICAN RED CROSS - LOS ANGELES: $500,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS - LOS ANGELESHAWAII RESILIENCE FUND - HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $250,000 · OtherHAWAII RESILIENCE FUND - HAWAII COMMUNI…HAMAKUA-KOHALA HEALTH: $200,000 · OtherCASTLE ROCK PARKS & TRAILS: $200,000 · OtherISLAND CONSERVATION: $165,000 · Other+42 more: $2,154,500 · Other+42 moreAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $900,000 · Human Services+2 more: $45,000 · Human ServicesGIRL SCOUTS OF HAWAII: $500,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LONG BEACH: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentThe Daniel R Sayre Memorial Foundation: $325,000 · Public Safety & DisasterRANCHO LOS CERRITOS FOUNDATION: $130,000 · Arts & CultureBISHOP MUSEUM: $66,000 · Arts & CultureLYMAN HOUSE MEMORIAL MUSEUM: $50,000 · Arts & CultureKONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $35,000 · Arts & CultureFlow Kakou: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $6,000 · Arts & CultureCASTLE ROCK PARKS AND TRAILS FOUNDATION: $300,000 · Recreation & Sports+1 more: $1,000 · Recreation & Sports
Education$5,626,000Other$4,304,500Human Services$945,000Youth Development$525,000Public Safety & Disaster$325,000Arts & Culture$312,000Recreation & Sports$301,000

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $3,220,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetPUNAHOU SCHOOL: $1,101,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $900,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAII PREPARATORY ACADEMY: $625,000 over 3y, 64% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF HAWAII: $500,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetThe Daniel R Sayre Memorial Foundation: $325,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetCASTLE ROCK PARKS AND TRAILS FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 1y, 72% of budgetTHE FORT LEWIS COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $180,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetPARKER SCHOOL: $175,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetISLAND CONSERVATION: $165,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetHAWAII PUBLIC RADIO: $140,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetRANCHO LOS CERRITOS FOUNDATION: $130,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE FUTURE: $130,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetAQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC CORPORATION: $105,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetISLAND SCHOOL: $100,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetST ANDREW'S SCHOOLS: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE DENVER FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD FINDERS INC: $95,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPRECIOUS LAMB PRESCHOOL INC: $75,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetLONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetLONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $70,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetBISHOP MUSEUM: $66,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetRehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific Foundation: $63,500 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetLONG BEACH DAY NURSERY: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetRehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOOK TRUST: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMeals on Wheels of Long Beach Inc: $45,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetLONG BEACH STATE FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $35,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetDOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLONG BEACH RESCUE MISSION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF LONG BEACH: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF IOLANI PALACE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFlow Kakou: $25,000 over 1y, 53% of budgetTHE OUTDOOR CIRCLE: $22,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetHAWAII FOODBANK INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMANOA HERITAGE CENTER FKA MANOA VALLEY CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROUNDUP RIVER RANCH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART: $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.

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.

Gates Family Foundati…Atherton Family Found…The Strong FoundationMcInerny Foundation--First Hawaiian Bank F…Earl B & Loraine H Mi…Cooke Foundation Limi…Kosasa FoundationFirst Insurance Compa…Tradewind Group Found…Farmers & Merchants B…Hawaii Council for Hu…
Gates Family FoundationCO45.7× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gates Family Foundation · Atherton Family Foundation · The Strong Foundation · McInerny Foundation-- · First Hawaiian Bank Foundation · Earl B & Loraine H Miller Foundation · Cooke Foundation Limited · Kosasa Foundation · First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation · Tradewind Group Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · Hawaii Council for Humanities

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 Lga Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lga Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 Lga Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Lga Family 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 74 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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