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Maurice and Joanna Sullivan Family Foundation at a glance

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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$5.4MHealth$3.5MArts & Culture$2.4MHuman Services$1.1MYouth Development$700kEmployment$650kFood & Nutrition$600kCrime & Legal$550kOther$0
02FY2024 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
Blood Bank of Hawaii$250,000
Ma'o Organic Farms$250,000
Honolulu Museum of Art$200,000
Punahou School$200,000
Charminade University$200,000
St Francis Health System of Hawaii$150,000
Kapiolani Health Foundation$150,000
REHAB Foundation$100,000
Kupu Hawaii Foundation$100,000
Hanahauoli School$100,000
Stanford University$100,000
Bishop Museum$100,000
Hawaii Rotary Youth Foundation$100,000
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Hawaii$75,000
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 (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 its 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
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.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +0% for those funded once.

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%
+0%

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
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

  • '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%
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 - American Nurses Association Foundation
Environment
2
Hawaii Education Institute
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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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hanahauoli School; 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.
04the grantee network

33 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. 33 of the 42 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)
33/33
Grantees still filing
24/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 INCKupu Hawaii Foundation: $350,000 · OtherST FRANCIS HEALTH SYSTEM OF HAWAII: $350,000 · OtherST FRANCIS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION OF HAWAII: $300,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION - KCC CULINARY INSTITUTE OF THE PACIFIC: $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 · EmploymentLAWAKUA CHARITABLE FUND: $250,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF HAWAII: $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 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 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 budgetHAWAII ROTARY YOUTH FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 6y, 32% of budgetBLOOD BANK OF HAWAII: $500,000 over 2y, 1.1% 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 budgetST FRANCIS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION OF HAWAII: $300,000 over 2y, 4.2% 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 budgetHAWAII NATURE CENTER INC: $275,000 over 3y, 8.7% of budgetLAWAKUA CHARITABLE FUND: $250,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF HAWAII: $250,000 over 3y, 2.7% 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 budgetChildrens Discovery Center: $100,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HAWAII: $100,000 over 2y, 0.8% 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 budgetFEEDING HAWAII TOGETHER: $50,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT: $30,000 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.

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

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's 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
    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 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 42 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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