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Rm Towill Foundation at a glance

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Rm Towill Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$24k
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$47kRecreation & Sports$23kHealth$3kEnvironment$1kArts & Culture$1kCommunity Improvement$1kScience & Tech$750Other$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$226k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HAWAII FIRST ROBOTICS$5,000
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF HAWAII FOUNDATION$2,000
MAUI HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION$2,000
KAIMUKI HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION$1,000
FRIENDS OF WAIALUA ROBOTICS$1,000
OKAUKAKOU$1,000
LHES FOUNDATION$1,000
FARRINGTON ALUMNI & COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,000
MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL$1,000
NANAKULI PERFORMING ARTS CENTER$1,000
FRIENDS OF WAIPAHU HIGH SCHOOL$1,000
WAIANAE HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI & COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$1,000
KEAAU HIGH SCHOOL - COUGAR TECH ROBOTICS CLUB$1,000
MOANALUA ALUMNI FOUNDATION$1,000
JAMES CAMPBELL HIGH SCHOOL PTSA$1,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%MAUI HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $2k → 9%MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL: $1k → 9%OKAUKAKOU: $1k → 15%MAUI HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $500 → 9%MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL: $700 → 9%KEAAU HIGH SCHOOL - COUGAR TECH ROBOTICS CLUB: $1k → 15%MAUI HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $500 → 9%MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL: $500 → 9%LHES FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL: $500 → 9%LHES FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%KAUAI HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $500 → 9%LHES FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL: $500 → 9%LHES FOUNDATION: $500 → 9%MUSTANGS ATHLETIC FOUNDATION: $500 → 9%MAUI HEALTH FOUNDATION: $3k → 9%ASCE STUDENT CHAPTER: $500 → 9%LAHAINALUNA HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL: $500 → 9%KAULIKE ACADEMY - TECH SAVVY TEENS: $500 → 9%KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS AND PARENTS: $1k → 9%FARRINGTON ALUMNI & COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS AND PARENTS: $1k → 9%KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS AND PARENTS: $1k → 9%MOANALUA GARDENS FOUNDATION: $500 → 9%MOANALUA GARDENS FOUNDATION: $500 → 9%KAIMUKI HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%IMAGINEWORKS (KALANI HS ROBOTICS): $500 → 9%JCHS BAND BOOSTERS: $3k → 9%JAMES CAMPBELL HIGH SCHOOL PTSA: $1k → 9%SAINT LOUIS SCHOOL: $500 → 9%NANAKULI PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $1k → 9%WAIANAE HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI & COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%FRIENDS OF WAIPAHU HIGH SCHOOL: $1k → 9%PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $5k → 9%MOANALUA HIGH SCHOOL PTSA: $500 → 9%SALT LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $500 → 9%MOANALUA ALUMNI FOUNDATION: $1k → 9%ASSETS SCHOOL: $500 → 9%WEBLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $500 → 9%RADFORD HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC BOOSTERS: $500 → 9%FRIENDS OF WAIALUA ROBOTICS: $1k → 9%FRIENDS OF WAIALUA ROBOTICS: $500 → 9%FRIENDS OF WAIALUA ROBOTICS: $500 → 9%FRIENDS OF WAIALUA ROBOTICS: $500 → 9%FRIENDS OF WAIALUA ROBOTICS: $500 → 9%HAWAII FIRST ROBOTICS: $3k → 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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$59k · 15 repeat orgs$21k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
17

Total granted

$59k
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+3%

Still filing today

60%
18%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationRecreation & SportsArts & CulturePhilanthropyHealthOther
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

  • HF
    HAWAII FIRST ROBOTICS
    6× · 2017–2025 · $21k · revenue +158%
  • PS
    PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF HAWAII FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2025 · $14k · revenue +27%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF WAIALUA ROBOTICS
    8× · 2017–2025 · $4k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • MH
    MAUI HEALTH FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +91%
  • WE
    WEBLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
    one grant, 2024 · $500
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 Education Institute
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2
Friends of Kailua High School

Student and school supports

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3
Kamehameha Schools Maui Campus Parent Teacher Student Ohana

Support of school providing education

Education
4
Waimea Alumni and Friends Foundation

Provide scholarships to waimea high school students and support to waimea high school with various grants.

—
5
Kekaulike High School Foundation Inc

To identify, develop, and focus community involvement and investment to lead students to success.

Education
6
Liahona Saineha High School Alumni

Fund Raise for Tonga High Schools

Community Improvement
7
Kapaa High School Foundation

To advance the education of kapaa high school students by financially supporting scholastic, academic, sports & extracurricular related activities.

Education
8
E Kupaku Ka Aina - the Hawaii Land Restoration Institute
Environment
9
'Iolani School

To develop educated, well-rounded individuals who are well prepared for college.

Education
10
Malama Honua Public Charter School Foundation

Support the programs and activities of malama honua public charter school.

Education
11
Friends of Molokai High & Middle Schools Foundation

To enhance the quality of student life at Molokai High School and Molokai Middle School by providing competitive opportunities that strengthen a healthy and caring community.

Education
12
Hilo High School Foundation

To help fund various activites that benefit the students of hilo high school.

Unclassified
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Moanalua High School Ptsa; the most unlike its peers is Pta Hawaii Congress. 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

18 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. 18 of the 43 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
9/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $14,250 · EducationPUBLIC SCHOOLS OF HAWAII FOUNDATIONFRIENDS OF WAIALUA ROBOTICS: $4,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF WAIALUA ROBOTICSKAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS AND PARENTS: $3,000 · EducationKAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION OF TEACHER…MAUI HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $3,000 · EducationMAUI HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATIONLAHAINALUNA HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationHP BALDWIN HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF WAIPAHU HIGH SCHOOL: $1,000 · EducationWAIANAE HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI & COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Education+2 more: $1,200 · EducationMCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL: $3,950 · OtherMCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient: $2,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMOANALUA ALUMNI FOUNDATION: $1,100 · OtherO KAU KAKOU: $1,000 · OtherKAIMUKI HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $1,000 · OtherNANAKULI PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $1,000 · OtherKEAAU HIGH SCHOOL - COUGAR TECH ROBOTICS CLUB: $1,000 · OtherJAMES CAMPBELL HIGH SCHOOL PTSA: $1,000 · OtherFARRINGTON ALUMNI & COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Other+19 more: $8,350 · Other+19 moreHAWAII FIRST ROBOTICS: $20,500 · Recreation & SportsHAWAII FIRST ROBOTICSLHES FOUNDATION: $3,500 · PhilanthropyMAUI HEALTH FOUNDATION: $2,500 · HealthMOANALUA GARDENS FOUNDATION INC: $1,250 · Arts & Culture
Education$29,450Other$22,900Recreation & Sports$20,500Philanthropy$3,500Health$2,500Arts & Culture$1,250

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHAWAII FIRST ROBOTICS: $20,500 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetPUBLIC SCHOOLS OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $14,250 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF WAIALUA ROBOTICS: $4,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetLHES FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMAUI HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMAUI HEALTH FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOANALUA GARDENS FOUNDATION INC: $1,250 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPTA HAWAII CONGRESS: $500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMUSTANG ATHLETIC FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMOANALUA HIGH SCHOOL PTSA: $500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetASSETS SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds HAWAII FIRST ROBOTICS ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF HAWAII FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF WAIALUA ROBOTICS ↗
  • Who funds LHES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS AND PARENTS ↗
  • Who funds MAUI HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MAUI HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MOANALUA GARDENS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LAHAINALUNA HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HP BALDWIN HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF WAIPAHU HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds FARRINGTON ALUMNI & COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WAIANAE HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI & COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KAUAI HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PTA HAWAII CONGRESS ↗
  • Who funds MUSTANG ATHLETIC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MOANALUA HIGH SCHOOL PTSA ↗
  • Who funds ASSETS SCHOOL ↗

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.

Tradewind Group Found…Bank of Hawaii Charit…First Hawaiian Bank F…J Watumull FundCentral Pacific Bank …Atherton Family Found…Hawaii Hotel Industry…McInerny Foundation--Aloha United Way IncFor Inspiration and R…Seattle FoundationMorgan Stanley Global…
Tradewind Group FoundationHI17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tradewind Group Foundation · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · First Hawaiian Bank Foundation · J Watumull Fund · Central Pacific Bank Foundation · Atherton Family Foundation · Hawaii Hotel Industry Foundation · McInerny Foundation-- · Aloha United Way Inc · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Seattle Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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 Rm Towill Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rm Towill Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Rm Towill Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Rm Towill 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 43 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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