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Liliuokalani Trust

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.

$50k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
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 2024.

Arts & Culture$211kHuman Services$201kYouth Development$194kFood & Nutrition$100kEmployment$90kEducation$45kCommunity Improvement$38kPublic Safety & Disaster$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$935M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$25,000
FAMILY PROMISE OF HAWAII$5,000
HAWAII SPEED AND QUICKNESS$5,000
HALE KIPA$5,000
WASHINGTON PLACE FOUNDATION$3,500
ADULT FRIENDS FOR YOUTH$3,500
LAHAINALUNA HIGH SCHOOL$2,711
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $119k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 21% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $25k → 14%HALE KIPA INC: $72k → 9%FAMILY PROMISE OF HAWAII: $5k → 9%WAIKIKI COMMUNITY CENTER: $4k → 9%WAIKIKI COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 9%HALE KIPA: $5k → 9%WAIKIKI COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 9%HALE KIPA: $2k → 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.

17%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$155k · 9 repeat orgs$774k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
31

Total granted

$155k
$733k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+21%

Still filing today

56%
77%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEducationFood & NutritionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • AF
    ADULT FRIENDS FOR YOUTH
    5× · 2020–2024 · $16k · revenue +51%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HAWAII
    2× · 2021–2022 · $13k · revenue +14%
  • WC
    WAIKIKI COMMUNITY CENTER
    3× · 2020–2023 · $10k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • KC
    Kealakai Center For Pacific String Traditions
    one grant, 2021 · $150k · revenue +19% · 69% of their budget
  • HN
    HO'OLA NA PUAgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $96k · revenue +428%
  • K
    KUPUgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $90k · revenue +163%
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
E Kupaku Ka Aina - the Hawaii Land Restoration Institute
Environment
2
Na 'Aina Kai Botanical Gardens
Philanthropy
3
Hawaii Education Institute
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4
Na Kua Aina O Waimanalo
Arts & Culture
5
Lanikuhonua Cultural Institute
—
6
Hawaii - American Nurses Association Foundation
Environment
7
Hiikua a Hiialo Cultural Foundation
Arts & Culture
8
Kalihi-Palama Culture & Arts Society Inc

In 1972, kumu hula george lanakilakekiahiali`i na`ope and kahu wendell silva created our organization to preserve hawaiian culture through dance. from that idea they formed the kalihi-palama culture & arts society, inc. (kpcas) to provide…

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9
Malama Kua Aina
Environment
10
Papahana Kuaola

Papahana kuaola's mission is to create quality educational programs focused on environmental restoration and economic sustainability fully integrated with hawaiian knowledge in order to exemplify a lifestyle respectful of kanaka, `aina,…

Environment
11
The Haiku Aina Permaculture Initiative
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12
Ka Ha O Ka Aina
Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Programs Hawaii; the most unlike its peers is Lunalilo Home. 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

32 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. 32 of the 45 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/32
Grantees still filing
17/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $40,205 · OtherIndividual grant recipientFAMILY PROGRAMS HAWAII: $35,000 · OtherFAMILY PROGRAMS HAWAIITHE SALVATION ARMY - FAMILY INTERVENTION SERVICES: $31,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY - FAMILY …HAWAII FOODBANK INC - KAUAI BRANCH: $30,000 · OtherHAWAII FOODBANK INC - KAUAI …Individual grant recipient: $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHAWAII PONOI FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherHAWAII PONOI FOUNDATIONBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HAWAII: $13,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HAWAIIUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII: $8,350 · Other+14 more: $39,838 · Other+14 moreHO'OLA NA PUA: $95,500 · Human ServicesHO'OLA NA PUAHALE KIPA INC: $79,000 · Human ServicesHALE KIPA INCAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $25,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cros…WAIKIKI COMMUNITY CENTER: $9,500 · Human Services+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesKealakai Center For Pacific String Traditions: $150,000 · Arts & CultureKealakai Center For …LANA'I CULTURE & HERITAGE CENTER: $6,595 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $15,550 · Arts & Culture+6 moreKUPU: $90,000 · Youth DevelopmentKUPUADULT FRIENDS FOR YOUTH: $16,000 · Youth DevelopmentADULT FRIENDS…HEART OF LOS ANGELES YOUTH INC: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentKAMA'AINA CARE INC: $64,950 · EducationKAMA'AINA C…COUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT: $25,000 · EducationCOUNCIL FOR…KALANIHALE: $4,166 · EducationTHE FOOD BASKET INC: $40,000 · Food & NutritionHAWAII FOODBANK INC: $15,000 · Food & NutritionMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $15,000 · Food & NutritionHUI MALAMA I KE ALA ULILI: $30,423 · Community Improvement
Other$237,393Human Services$214,000Arts & Culture$172,145Youth Development$111,000Education$94,116Food & Nutrition$70,000Community Improvement$30,423

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 budgetKealakai Center For Pacific String Traditions: $150,000 over 1y, 69% of budgetHO'OLA NA PUA: $95,500 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetKUPU: $90,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetHALE KIPA INC: $79,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetKAMA'AINA CARE INC: $64,950 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FOOD BASKET INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILY PROGRAMS HAWAII: $35,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADULT FRIENDS FOR YOUTH: $16,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetHAWAII FOODBANK INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HAWAII: $13,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWAIKIKI COMMUNITY CENTER: $9,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLANA'I CULTURE & HERITAGE CENTER: $6,595 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetLUNALILO HOME: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINNER-CITY ARTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE OF HAWAII: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEART OF LOS ANGELES YOUTH INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAWAII SPEED AND QUICKNESS: $5,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetWASHINGTON PLACE FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetBISHOP MUSEUM: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNA KAMA KAI: $3,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE WOODEN FLOOR FOR YOUTH MOVEMENT: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER OF OAHU: $1,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLHES FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF IOLANI PALACE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHawaii Book and Music Festival: $1,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetHAWAII ARTS ALLIANCE: $600 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Aloha United Way IncJ Watumull FundCentral Pacific Bank …Trustees of the Estat…Atherton Family Found…Tradewind Group Found…Bank of Hawaii Charit…The Queen's Medical C…The Harry and Jeanett…Hawaii Council for Hu…Cooke Foundation Limi…Hawaii Hotel Industry…
Aloha United Way IncHI30.2× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Aloha United Way Inc · J Watumull Fund · Central Pacific Bank Foundation · Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools · Atherton Family Foundation · Tradewind Group Foundation · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · The Queen's Medical Center · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Hawaii Council for Humanities · Cooke Foundation Limited · Hawaii Hotel Industry 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 Liliuokalani Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Liliuokalani Trust. 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
    10report 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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Liliuokalani Trust?

    Find your warmest path to Liliuokalani Trust 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 45 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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