Hawaii · Public charity
Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation
The PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF HAWAII FOUNDATION, an independent non-profit corporation, is dedicated to strengthening the quality of public education by creating opportunities for innovative school level ideas, and by supporting programs that benefit students and encourage those in public education to challenge themselves and grow.
- $367k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $160k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $28,769
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $65,707
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k 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 | 5 | $160k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $482k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $796k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $89k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $85k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $141k | 63% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $169k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $254k | 42% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Education | $1,090,172 | 4 | n/a |
| Oceanit Research Foundation | $232,832 | 6 | 100% |
| 'Iolani School | $87,889 | 5 | 0% |
| Design Thinking Hawaii | $75,382 | 3 | n/a |
| Kupu | $74,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Center for Tomorrow's Leaders | $26,500 | 3 | 2% |
| University of Hawaii Foundation | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Oahu Publications Inc | $20,942 | 1 | n/a |
| Hawaii Children's Action Network Speaks | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($755k), not named here.
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: Aloha United Way Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation
- How much does Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation give?
- Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation reported 5 itemized grants totaling $159,864, out of $367,384 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (42%), Education (32%), Employment (8%).
- Who are Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Department of Education ($1.1M), Oceanit Research Foundation ($233k), 'Iolani School ($88k).
- Does Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Aloha United Way Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation based?
- Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation is based in HI.
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