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Maurice and Joanna Sullivan Family 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.

$3.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
27
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 42% of Maurice and Joanna Sullivan Family Foundation’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2024 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k23 grants · $2.2M
  • $250k+3 grants · $750k
$100,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$36M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Iolani School$250,000
Ma'o Organic Farms$250,000
Blood Bank of Hawaii$250,000
Charminade University$200,000
Honolulu Museum of Art$200,000
Punahou School$200,000
Kapiolani Health Foundation$150,000
St Francis Health System of Hawaii$150,000
REHAB Foundation$100,000
Kupu Hawaii Foundation$100,000
Hanahauoli School$100,000
Hawaii Rotary Youth Foundation$100,000
Bishop Museum$100,000
Stanford University$100,000
Hawaii Nature Center$75,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–23, $225k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%Catholic Charities Hawaii: $100k → 9%CATHOLIC CHARITIES HAWAII: $75k → 9%The Pantry by Feeding Hawaii Together: $50k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$15M · 34 repeat orgs$605k to everyone else

34 repeat relationships — 23 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
4

Total granted

$15M
$430k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+64%

Still filing today

79%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $175k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesEmploymentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • 'S
    'IOLANI SCHOOL
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +54%
  • PS
    PUNAHOU SCHOOL
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.2M · revenue +33%
  • WC
    WAIANAE COMMUNITY RE-DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    3× · 2021–2024 · $650k · revenue +119%

Funded once

  • MO
    MAO ORGANIC FARMS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $250k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • FH
    FEEDING HAWAII TOGETHER
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +0%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Hawaii - American Nurses Association Foundation
Environment
2
Hawaii Education Institute
—
3
E Kupaku Ka Aina - the Hawaii Land Restoration Institute
Environment
4
Hawaii Book and Music Festival
Arts & Culture
5
Kapi'olani Medical Specialists

Kapi'olani medical specialists (dba hawai'i pacific health medical group) is a multispecialty provider group dedicated to providing world-class care for adults and children across hawai'i and the pacific region working in partnership with…

Health
6
Hawaii Maritime Center
—
7
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
8
Kula Aupuni Niihau a Kahelelani Aloha (Kanaka)

Preserve niihau cultural values and language.

Education
9
Ho'ola Lahui Hawaii

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

Human Services
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
Pali Momi Foundation

The mission of pali momi foundation is to create a healthier hawai'i.

Health
12
Hawaii Preparatory Academy

To provide exceptional learning opportunities in a diverse community honoring the traditions of hawaii. see schedule o.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hanahauoli School and the most unlike its peers is The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 50 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number23%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr18%12%10–20yr18%18%20–35yr13%27%35–55yr14%42%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value23%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr18%6%10–20yr18%13%20–35yr13%21%35–55yr14%61%55yr+

The field is 23% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/34
the rest of the field
13%
695/5,407

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 42 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
24/33
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Charminade University — $1,100,000 · OtherCharminade UniversityDIAMOND HEAD THEATRE — $850,000 · OtherDIAMOND HEAD THEATREUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION - WILLIAM S RICHARDSON SCHOOL OF LAW — $500,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION - WILLIAM S RICHA…BLOOD BANK OF HAWAII — $500,000 · OtherBLOOD BANK OF HAWAIITHE SALVATION ARMY — $500,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMYHANAHAUOLI SCHOOL — $455,000 · OtherHANAHAUOLI SCHOOLRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF HAWAII INC — $375,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF HAWAII INCST FRANCIS HEALTH SYSTEM OF HAWAII — $350,000 · OtherKupu Hawaii Foundation — $350,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION - KCC CULINARY INSTITUTE OF THE PACIFIC — $300,000 · OtherST FRANCIS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION OF HAWAII — $300,000 · OtherMAO ORGANIC FARMS FOUNDATION — $250,000 · Other+9 more — $935,000 · Other+9 more'IOLANI SCHOOL — $1,535,000 · Education'IOLANI SCHOOLPUNAHOU SCHOOL — $1,200,000 · EducationPUNAHOU SCHOOLHAWAII ROTARY YOUTH FOUNDATION — $500,000 · EducationHAWAII ROTARY YOUTH FOUNDA…THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $300,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF T…+2 more — $80,000 · EducationTHE QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTER — $600,000 · HealthTHE QUEEN'S MED…Kapi'olani Health Foundation — $600,000 · HealthKapi'olani Heal…THE QUEEN'S HEALTH SYSTEMS — $420,400 · HealthTHE QUEEN'S HEA…Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific Foundation — $400,000 · HealthRehabilitation …Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific — $150,000 · HealthRehabilitation …HONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART — $725,000 · Arts & CultureHONOLULU M…HAWAII YOUTH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION — $300,000 · Arts & CultureHAWAII YOU…BISHOP MUSEUM — $200,000 · Arts & CultureBISHOP MUS…Childrens Discovery Center — $100,000 · Arts & CultureChildrens …HAWAII SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $100,000 · Arts & CultureHAWAII SYM…WAIANAE COMMUNITY RE-DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $650,000 · EmploymentGIRL SCOUTS OF HAWAII — $250,000 · Youth DevelopmentLAWAKUA CHARITABLE FUND — $250,000 · Youth DevelopmentMA KA HANA KA IKE BUILDING PROGRAM — $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentHAWAII NATURE CENTER INC — $275,000 · Environment
Other$6,765,000Education$3,615,000Health$2,170,400Arts & Culture$1,425,000Employment$650,000Youth Development$600,000Environment$275,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budget'IOLANI SCHOOL — $1,535,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetPUNAHOU SCHOOL — $1,200,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetDIAMOND HEAD THEATRE — $850,000 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetHONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART — $725,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetWAIANAE COMMUNITY RE-DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — $650,000 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetTHE QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTER — $600,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKapi'olani Health Foundation — $600,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetBLOOD BANK OF HAWAII — $500,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetHAWAII ROTARY YOUTH FOUNDATION — $500,000 over 6y, 32% of budgetHANAHAUOLI SCHOOL — $455,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetTHE QUEEN'S HEALTH SYSTEMS — $420,400 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific Foundation — $400,000 over 4y, 6.7% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF HAWAII INC — $375,000 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetHAWAII YOUTH SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION — $300,000 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — $300,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST FRANCIS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION OF HAWAII — $300,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetHAWAII NATURE CENTER INC — $275,000 over 3y, 8.7% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF HAWAII — $250,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetLAWAKUA CHARITABLE FUND — $250,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetBISHOP MUSEUM — $200,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES HAWAII — $175,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific — $150,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR MARYKNOLL SCHOOL — $150,000 over 2y, 5.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HAWAII — $100,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetChildrens Discovery Center — $100,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetMA KA HANA KA IKE BUILDING PROGRAM — $100,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetHAWAII SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — $100,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetHAWAII LITERACY INC — $85,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetFriends of the Library of Hawaii — $75,000 over 1y, 9.2% of budgetPALAMA SETTLEMENT — $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEEDING HAWAII TOGETHER — $50,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT — $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

J Watumull FundAtherton Family Found…First Hawaiian Bank F…McInerny Foundation--Tradewind Group Found…Bank of Hawaii Charit…Aloha United Way IncKosasa FoundationFirst Insurance Compa…Cooke Foundation Limi…Central Pacific Bank …The Cades Foundation
J Watumull FundHI45× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: J Watumull Fund · Atherton Family Foundation · First Hawaiian Bank Foundation · McInerny Foundation-- · Tradewind Group Foundation · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · Aloha United Way Inc · Kosasa Foundation · First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation · Cooke Foundation Limited · Central Pacific Bank Foundation · The Cades Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Maurice and Joanna Sullivan Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Maurice and Joanna Sullivan Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Maurice and Joanna Sullivan 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 42 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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