· Private foundation
Research Institute for Hawaiiusa
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.
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.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k27 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $11k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| WE TALK STORY | $11,000 |
| CENTER FOR CIVIC EDU | $3,000 |
| US COAST GUARD FOUNDATION | $2,600 |
| LAHAINA RESTORATION FOUNDATION | $2,041 |
| UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I | $2,000 |
| ALOHA UNITED WAY | $1,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,400 |
| HISTORIC HAWAII FOUNDATION | $1,292 |
| USO INC | $1,259 |
| HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO | $1,200 |
| NATURE CONSERVANCY | $1,030 |
| HAWAII THEATRE CENTER | $1,000 |
| YMCA | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $791 |
| Individual grant recipient | $717 |
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
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 +21% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PHPEARL HARBOR AVIATION MUSEUM5× · 2017–2024 · $3k · revenue +21%
- MHMANOA HERITAGE CENTER FKA MANOA VALLEY CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUND3× · 2017–2021 · $2k · revenue +25%
- HHHISTORIC HAWAI'I FOUNDATION2× · 2021–2024 · $2k · revenue +2%
Funded once
- HMHAWAII MISSION HOUSEone grant, 2019 · $6k
- HMHAWAII MISSIONS HOUSEone grant, 2022 · $1k
- TSTHE SALVATION ARMYone grant, 2023 · $519
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.
The society is dedicated to preserving historical materials relating to hawaii, and to publishing scholarly research on hawaiian history so present and future peoples throughout the world will recognize and appreciate the history. the…
Dedicated to the protection of native hawaiian plants, animals, and ecosystems for future generations.
The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.
To preserve, restore, interpret, share, and celebrate the unique cultural, historical, and spiritual qualities of `iolani palace and its grounds for the benefit of native hawaiians, the people of hawai`i, and the world.
With the spirit of aloha, we inspire the discovery and stewardship of the natural and cultural heritage of pacific island parks. we do this through sales, service, and support.
The mission of the corporation shall be to work with partners to protect and restore native ecosystems and watersheds, to improve the quality and quantity of freshwater resources to perpetuate hawaiian cultural resources and practices, to…
To promote awareness of the humanities to the general public.
To be a vibrant resource, strengthening our diverse community by educating present and future generations in the evolving japanese american experience in hawaii. we do this through relevant programming, meaningful community service and…
Hawaiian islands land trust dba hawai'i land trust (hilt) is hawai'i's statewide land trust that is both a hawai'i 501(c)3 nonprofit, and a nationally accredited land trust. hilt's mission is to protect and steward the lands that sustain…
How this is measured
19 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. 19 of the 44 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.
- Who funds PEARL HARBOR AVIATION MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds THE LAHAINA RESTORATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MANOA HERITAGE CENTER FKA MANOA VALLEY CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUND ↗
- Who funds HISTORIC HAWAI'I FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ALOHA UNITED WAY INC ↗
- Who funds HAWAII THEATRE CENTER ↗
- Who funds HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds National Kidney Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds The Eisenhower Foundation ↗
- Who funds HONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds BISHOP MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds HAWAII FOODBANK INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds HAWAII NATURE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
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: The Strong Foundation · J Watumull Fund · John R Halligan Charitable Fund · The Cades Foundation · Hawaii Council for Humanities · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · Aloha United Way Inc · Atherton Family Foundation · The Michael B Wood Foundation · Hawaii Community Reinvestment Corporation · Castiglione A Casauria Foundation · Kosasa Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Research Institute for Hawaiiusa funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Research Institute for Hawaiiusa. Bigger dots raise more.
- American Antiquarian Society: 7% of income from government
How this is measured
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