Hawaii · Public charity
Pacific Islanders in Communications
The mission of PACIFIC ISLANDERS IN COMMUNICATIONS (pic) is to support, advance, and develop pacific island media content and talent that enhances public recognition of and appreciation for pacific islander history, culture and society.
- $871k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 25
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $710k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 24
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Pacific Islanders in Communications funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $137k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 23 | $710k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $447k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 24 | $494k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $532k | 35% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $376k | 56% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $246k | 54% |
| FY2019 | 17 | $317k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $451k | 38% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Salt Media Inc | $499,503 | 7 | n/a |
| Terra Carrere LLC | $216,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Wnet | $193,846 | 5 | 0% |
| Kanaka Pakipika LLC | $165,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Island Soldier | $155,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Qwaves | $141,540 | 4 | n/a |
| The Queens Flowers LLC | $125,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Film Collaborative Inc | $117,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Making Waves Films LLC | $113,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Niu Doc LLC | $110,000 | 3 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Salt Media Inc | $499,503 | 7 | n/a |
| Terra Carrere LLC | $216,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Wnet | $193,846 | 5 | 0% |
| Kanaka Pakipika LLC | $165,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Island Soldier | $155,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Qwaves | $141,540 | 4 | n/a |
| The Queens Flowers LLC | $125,000 | 4 | n/a |
| The Film Collaborative Inc | $117,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Making Waves Films LLC | $113,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Niu Doc LLC | $110,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Center for Independent Documentary Inc | $105,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Ninth Island Documentary LLC | $104,025 | 4 | n/a |
| Lehua Films LLC | $102,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Rooy Media LLC | $95,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Worm Media LLC | $91,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Ltsc Community Development Corporation | $91,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Olona Media LLC | $81,010 | 4 | n/a |
| Doc Society Inc | $80,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Makauila Inc | $75,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Hawaii Women in Filmmaking | $73,000 | 5 | 15% |
| Women Make Movies Inc | $70,000 | 3 | 0% |
| What Took You So Long Inc | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Chris a Johns Media LLC | $54,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Every Day in Kaimuki LLC | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hula Girl Productions LLC | $50,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Latino Public Broadcasting | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Mounga Pictures LLC | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pictograph Productions LLC | $47,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Makawalu Films LLC | $45,772 | 3 | n/a |
| Ketchup Entertainment Ltd | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mara Films LLC | $41,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Honolulu Civil Beat Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Lumos Media LLC | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Firelight Media Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ciara Leina'Ala Lacy Out of State LLC | $26,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lonely George Films LLC | $25,740 | 2 | n/a |
| Manoa Film and Media Company LLC | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Taxi Dance Film LLC | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Black Public Media Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grace Film LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Filmmakers Collaborative Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Breadfruit Educational Productions LLC | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mighty Island LLC | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| 'Ohina Labs | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hae Hawaii LLC | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Veterans Trek Productions LLC | $24,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Lacuna Films Inc | $23,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ksg | $23,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Pueo Pictures LLC | $22,423 | 2 | n/a |
| Last Hawaiian Sugar Films LLC | $22,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Synco Design LLC | $21,000 | 2 | n/a |
| A Hurt Like Mine LLC | $21,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Ali'I King LLC | $21,000 | 2 | n/a |
| World Wide Wallace LLC | $21,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Kukini Studios LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Adaptive Studios Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| A Little Startup LLC | $17,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kamaaina Creations LLC | $17,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ghost Hunters LLC | $17,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Synergetic Distribution | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Eat the Fish LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sina Films LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Corporation for Public Broadcasting | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Popolo Project Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ratajack Productions LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| From The Heart Productions | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Co Creative Studios LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Redford Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Documentary Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hawaii Alliance for Community-Based Economic Development | $8,355 | 1 | 3% |
| Paradocs Films | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Alita Films Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Guam Humanities Council | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pacific Islanders in Communications supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Center for Asian American Media · Wyncote Foundation · Corporation for Public Broadcasting · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · Tides Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Pacific Islanders in Communications
- How much does Pacific Islanders in Communications give?
- Pacific Islanders in Communications reported 25 itemized grants totaling $710,025, out of $870,758 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 24 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Pacific Islanders in Communications fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (88%), Community Improvement (6%), Science & Tech (4%).
- Who are Pacific Islanders in Communications's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Rock Salt Media Inc ($500k), Terra Carrere LLC ($216k), Wnet ($194k).
- Does Pacific Islanders in Communications fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Pacific Islanders in Communications?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Center for Asian American Media, Wyncote Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
- Where is Pacific Islanders in Communications based?
- Pacific Islanders in Communications is based in HI.
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