· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $26k
- $10k–50k16 grants · $399k
- $50k–250k5 grants · $285k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TERRA CARRERE LLC | $75,000 |
| NIU DOC LLC | $60,000 |
| MOUNGA PICTURES LLC | $50,000 |
| WORM MEDIA LLC | $50,000 |
| ROOY MEDIA LLC | $50,000 |
| NINTH ISLAND DOCUMENTARY LLC | $41,525 |
| WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG | $40,000 |
| DOC SOCIETY INC | $40,000 |
| OLONA MEDIA LLC | $38,000 |
| WOMEN MAKES MOVIES | $30,000 |
| THE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC | $26,500 |
| ROCK SALT MEDIA INC | $25,000 |
| GRACE FILM LLC | $25,000 |
| ISLAND SOLDIER LLC | $25,000 |
| 'OHINA LABS | $25,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 43% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +78% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.
46 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 27 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $106k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TFTHE FILM COLLABORATIVE INC4× · 2021–2025 · $118k · revenue +117%
THE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INC4× · 2022–2025 · $105k · revenue +64%
LTSC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION2× · 2017–2018 · $92k · revenue +115%
Funded once
- EDEVERY DAY IN KAIMUKI LLCone grant, 2022 · $50k
- LPLATINO PUBLIC BROADCASTINGone grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +25%
- KEKETCHUP ENTERTAINMENT LTDone grant, 2017 · $45k
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.
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.
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Advocate for gender equality in the film industry.
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.
Reel Earth Films promotes wildlife conservation by creating films that nurture the human connection to nature, spread awareness about life-threatening challenges facing species worldwide, and advance environmental activism and research.
SFFILM is a nonprofit organization whose mission ensures independent voices in film are welcomed, heard, and given the resources to thrive. SFFILM connects and inspires audiences, students and teachers, and filmmakers through our film…
Docs in progress is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which gives individuals the tools to tell stories through documentary film to educate, inspire, and transform the way people view their world.
Dc dox is a major international film festival in the nation's capital dedicated to promoting documentary film as a leading art form, championing new voices and innovations in non-fiction storytelling, and using film as a catalyst to engage…
COUSIN is a collective supporting Indigenous artists expanding the form of film. We are building an Indigenous-led film movement. We create work that is personal, proudly provocative and driven by strong, artistic voices. We celebrate this…
The fund for innovative tv has been producing challenging documentary video and television since 1990. it currrently operates the media burn archive, whose mission is to use archival media to deepen context and encourage critical thought…
Newport film inspires, educates, and entertains by presenting current and impactful documentaries that build community and propel change.
How this is measured
20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 73 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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- Who funds Honolulu Civil Beat Inc ↗
- Who funds FIRELIGHT MEDIA INC ↗
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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.
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Pacific Islanders in Communications funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pacific Islanders in Communications. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Center for Independent Documentary Inc: 6% of income from government
- The Filmmakers Collaborative Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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