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Locations Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$191k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
36
Grants FY2024
48
Organizations funded FY2023
27%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$15,847
Organizations funded a year
18 to 57
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$1.1M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 27% of the organizations Locations Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthAnimalsHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving36$191k14%
FY202348$225k27%
FY202244$233k30%
FY202118$88k11%
FY202040$245k30%
FY201941$241k17%
FY201857$274k46%
FY201747$236kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$292kHealth$271kYouth Development$246kEducation$153kHousing & Shelter$101kRecreation & Sports$60kPhilanthropy$60kCrime & Legal$57kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Locations Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Hawaiian Hope Org$84,338832%
Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii$74,18270%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Hawaii$66,27770%
Hawaii 3rs$50,00053%
Family Programs Hawaii$43,55070%
American Diabetes Association$42,50040%
Special Olympics Hawaii Inc$41,12780%
Ihs the Institute for Human Services Inc$40,62860%
Child and Family Service$39,61550%
Women in Need$39,41281%
After-School All-Stars Hawaii$35,37270%
American Heart Association Inc$33,72250%
Weed & Seed Hawaii Inc$32,75073%
Young Women's Christian Association of Oahu$31,50060%
Hawaii Foodbank Inc$31,48570%
Aloha United Way Inc$30,00030%
University of Hawaii Foundation$26,57560%
HomeAid Hawaii$26,00034%
Kids Hurt Too Hawaii$24,51652%
Friends of the Children's Justice Center of Oahu$23,50063%
Na Kama Kai$22,00041%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$20,83220%
Easter Seals Hawaii$20,06520%
Hawaii Chao-Chow Assoc$16,2464n/a
Hawaiian Humane Society$13,96360%
Surfers Healing Foundation Inc$12,22441%
United Cerebral Palsy Association of Hawaii$11,67340%
The Autism Society of Hawaii$11,0003n/a
Achieve Zero$10,5602n/a
Leilehua Alumni and Commmunity Association$10,19834%
Red Apple Foundation$10,0001n/a
Catholic Charities Hawaii$10,00010%
Hawaii Meals on Wheels Inc$10,00020%
Read to Me International Foundation$10,00032%
'Iolani School$9,23250%
Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation$9,00021%
Partners in Development Foundation$8,85220%
The Queen's Medical Center$8,76520%
Kupu$7,64120%
Kapi'olani Health Foundation$7,09830%
Swish Honolulu$6,8321n/a
The Shelter$6,75521%
Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific Foundation$6,50060%
Hawaii Public Radio$6,17840%
Hawaii Homeownership Center$5,35320%
Hawaii Ag and Culinary Alliance$5,04510%
March of Dimes Inc$5,00010%
Hawaii Nature Center Inc$5,00010%
Residential Youth Services & Empowerment$5,00010%
Hale Kipa Inc$5,00010%
Ho'Ea - the Foundation$5,000119%
Central Union Church$4,4933n/a
Oahu Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Anim$4,47430%
Operation Finally Home$3,72230%
Sacred Hearts Academy$3,5802n/a
Aio Foundation$3,36511%
Hawaii Theatre Center$3,19930%
Hawaii State Junior Golf Association In$3,16330%
Iron Workers Scholarship Fund$3,00011%
Grassroot Institute of Hawaii Inc$2,9392n/a
Palolo Chinese Home$2,74020%
Keahiakahoe Canoe Club$2,7102n/a
Shark Allies$2,28121%
Shelter of Wisdom$2,27721%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Hawaii Inc$2,15610%
Habilitat Inc$2,00020%
Wounded Warrior Ohana$2,0002n/a
Honolulu Board of Realtors Inc$2,00020%
Paws of Hawaii$1,44511%
Lanakila Pacific Foundation$1,44410%
Fur-Angel Foundation$1,25910%
Blood Bank of Hawaii$1,11210%
Oahu Pickleball Association$1,06011%
The Caregiver Foundation$1,05310%
Maryknoll Schools$1,0361n/a
Poi Dogs & Popoki$1,0111n/a
Waimanalo Canoe Club$1,00011%
The Gift Foundation of Hawaii$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 47 recipients with no EIN on record ($555k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Locations Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 66 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHawaiian Hope Org: $84,338 over 8y, 32% of budgetBoys & Girls Club of Hawaii: $74,182 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Hawaii: $66,277 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetHawaii 3rs: $50,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetFamily Programs Hawaii: $43,550 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $42,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Hawaii Inc: $41,127 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetIhs the Institute for Human Services Inc: $40,628 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetChild and Family Service: $39,615 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWomen in Need: $39,412 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetAfter-School All-Stars Hawaii: $35,372 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $33,722 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWeed & Seed Hawaii Inc: $32,750 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetYoung Women's Christian Association of Oahu: $31,500 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetHawaii Foodbank Inc: $31,485 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAloha United Way Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Hawaii Foundation: $26,575 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHomeAid Hawaii: $26,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetKids Hurt Too Hawaii: $24,516 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetFriends of the Children's Justice Center of Oahu: $23,500 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetNa Kama Kai: $22,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $20,832 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEaster Seals Hawaii: $20,065 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHawaiian Humane Society: $13,963 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSurfers Healing Foundation Inc: $12,224 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetUnited Cerebral Palsy Association of Hawaii: $11,673 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLeilehua Alumni and Commmunity Association: $10,198 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetCatholic Charities Hawaii: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHawaii Meals on Wheels Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRead to Me International Foundation: $10,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budget'Iolani School: $9,232 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOutrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation: $9,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetPartners in Development Foundation: $8,852 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Queen's Medical Center: $8,765 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKupu: $7,641 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKapi'olani Health Foundation: $7,098 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shelter: $6,755 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetRehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific Foundation: $6,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHawaii Public Radio: $6,178 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHawaii Homeownership Center: $5,353 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHawaii Ag and Culinary Alliance: $5,045 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHawaii Nature Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetResidential Youth Services & Empowerment: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHale Kipa Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHo'Ea - the Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetOahu Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Anim: $4,474 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOperation Finally Home: $3,722 over 3y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 66.

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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 IncHI78.6× affinity36 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 · Tradewind Group Foundation · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Atherton Family Foundation · Central Pacific Bank Foundation · First Hawaiian Bank Foundation · The Queen's Medical Center · Finance Factors Foundation · Aloha Harvest

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.

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How do I get to Locations Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Locations 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.

About Locations Foundation

How much does Locations Foundation give?
Locations Foundation reported 36 grants totaling $191,459 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 57 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Locations Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (17%), Health (16%), Youth Development (14%).
Who are Locations Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Hawaiian Hope Org ($84k), Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii ($74k), Make-A-Wish Foundation of Hawaii ($66k).
Does Locations Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Locations Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Locations Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Aloha United Way Inc, J Watumull Fund, Tradewind Group Foundation.
Where is Locations Foundation based?
Locations Foundation is based in HI.

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 125 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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