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Ronald K & Lella E Migita Foundation at a glance

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Ronald K & Lella E Migita Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$41k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Health$163kReligion$48kYouth Development$30kEducation$19kCommunity Improvement$15kPhilanthropy$11kHousing & Shelter$11kFood & Nutrition$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$87k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PALI MOMI FOUNDATION$25,000
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF PEARL CITY$5,000
ARCADIA AT HOME$3,000
SCOUTING AMERICA ALOHA COUNCIL$2,000
KAMP HAWAII$1,500
HALE MAKUA HEALTH SERVICES$1,000
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF HAWAII FOUNDATION$1,000
KUAKINI FOUNDATION$1,000
HAWAII MEALS ON WHEELS$1,000
HAWAII SPEECH LEAGUE$250
THE 200 CLUB$200
AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION$100
HAWAIIAN MISSION ACADEMY$100
EASTERSEALS$100
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$100
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:

Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $300) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HONOLULU JAPANESE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHARITABLE CORPORATION: $300 → 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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$272k · 19 repeat orgs$27k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
18

Total granted

$272k
$25k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+44%

Still filing today

68%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k 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
HealthEducationCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
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

  • PM
    Pali Momi Foundation
    8× · 2018–2025 · $145k · revenue +136%
  • KH
    KAMP HAWAII INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $18k · revenue +6%
  • PS
    PUNAHOU SCHOOL
    2× · 2020–2024 · $10k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • CI
    CITY IMPACT FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -3%
  • AC
    ASIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCILgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue ×15
  • GC
    Green Chips DBA Impact NV
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue -38%
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
Kapi'olani Medical Specialists

Kapi'olani medical specialists (dba hawai'i pacific health medical group) is a multispecialty provider group dedicated to providing world-class care for adults and children across hawai'i and the pacific region working in partnership with…

Health
2
Kapi'olani Health Foundation

The mission of kapi'olani health foundation is to create a healthier hawai'i.

Health
3
Hawaii - American Nurses Association Foundation
Environment
4
Kaua'i Medical Clinic

Kaua'i medical clinic, an affliate of hawai'i pacific health, is a multi-specialty clinic dedicated to providing world-class care for adults and children across hawai'i and the pacific region in partnership with kapi'olani medical center…

Health
5
Kukio Hoomana Fund

The kuki'o ho'omana fund seeks to uplift and enrich our hawai'i island community through intentional investments in curated local organizations focusing on youth empowerment, affordable housing, environmental preservation, cultural…

Philanthropy
6
Straub Foundation

The mission of straub foundation is to create a healthier hawai'i.

Health
7
Waikiki Health

To provide high quality medical and social services that are affordable and accessible for everyone regardless of ability to pay.

Health
8
Hawaii Maritime Center
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9
Kahala Senior Living Community Inc

In the spirit of ohana, kahala senior living community and its associates are dedicated to serving the unmet needs of seniors in hawaii. we are a not-for-profit organization that provides a continuum of high quality residential and health…

Housing & Shelter
10
Hui Pohala

Palliative care is a win-win-win-win. expanding access to palliative care benefits all parts of the healthcare system. people living with serious illness are better able to manage physical and emotional symptoms and have peace of mind that…

Health
11
Kuakini Medical Center

The mission of kuakini medical center is to improve the health status of the community by: providing comprehensive health care services and programs at reasonable cost; continuously improving the quality of health care services and…

Health
12
Hawaii Medical Association

Hawaii medical association is dedicated to serving physicians, their patients and community through representation, advocacy, and public service. core activities: advocacy, education

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Kuakini Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Green Chips Dba Impact Nv. 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

27 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. 27 of the 40 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/27
Grantees still filing
17/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Pali Momi Foundation: $145,000 · HealthPali Momi FoundationHALE MAKUA HEALTH SERVICES: $8,000 · Health+3 more: $3,100 · HealthFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF PEARL CITY: $46,900 · OtherFIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF PEARL …BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA-ALOHA COUNCIL #104: $9,500 · OtherBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA-ALOHA CO…KUAKINI FOUNDATION: $6,000 · OtherKUAKINI FOUNDATIONHAWAII MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $3,650 · Other+20 more: $16,050 · Other+20 moreKAMP HAWAII INC: $17,900 · Youth DevelopmentPUNAHOU SCHOOL: $10,250 · EducationPUBLIC SCHOOLS OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $6,000 · Education+3 more: $900 · EducationCITY IMPACT FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Community ImprovementASIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $5,000 · Community ImprovementHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyBANK OF HAWAII CHARITABLE FDN: $1,000 · PhilanthropyARCADIA AT HOME: $9,700 · Housing & Shelter
Health$156,100Other$82,100Youth Development$17,900Education$17,150Community Improvement$15,000Philanthropy$11,000Housing & Shelter$9,700

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPali Momi Foundation: $145,000 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetKAMP HAWAII INC: $17,900 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetPUNAHOU SCHOOL: $10,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCITY IMPACT FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARCADIA AT HOME: $9,700 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA-ALOHA COUNCIL #104: $9,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHALE MAKUA HEALTH SERVICES: $8,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC SCHOOLS OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetKUAKINI FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetASIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetHAWAII MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $3,650 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGreen Chips DBA Impact NV: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSEABURY HALL: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKUAKINI HEALTH SYSTEM: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLIMATE SOLUTIONS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMERCY HOUSING NORTHWEST: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF CHALLENGER CENTER HAWAII INC: $500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetEASTER SEALS INC: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHonolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce Charitable Corporation: $300 over 1y, 24% of budgetSWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKALIHI BUSINESS FOUNDATION INC: $150 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCHILD AND FAMILY SERVICE: $100 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 Pali Momi Foundation ↗
  • Who funds KAMP HAWAII INC ↗
  • Who funds PUNAHOU SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CITY IMPACT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ARCADIA AT HOME ↗
  • Who funds BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA-ALOHA COUNCIL #104 ↗
  • Who funds HALE MAKUA HEALTH SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF HAWAII FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KUAKINI FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ASIAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
  • Who funds Green Chips DBA Impact NV ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds SEABURY HALL ↗
  • Who funds KUAKINI HEALTH SYSTEM ↗
  • Who funds CLIMATE SOLUTIONS ↗
  • Who funds MERCY HOUSING NORTHWEST ↗
  • Who funds BANK OF HAWAII CHARITABLE FDN ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF CHALLENGER CENTER HAWAII INC ↗
  • Who funds EASTER SEALS INC ↗
  • Who funds Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce Charitable Corporation ↗
  • Who funds SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KALIHI BUSINESS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICE ↗

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.

J Watumull FundTradewind Group Found…Bank of Hawaii Charit…Hemic FoundationFinance Factors Found…The Queen's Medical C…First Hawaiian Bank F…First Insurance Compa…Central Pacific Bank …Aloha United Way IncThe Harry and Jeanett…Morgan Stanley Global…
J Watumull FundHI19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: J Watumull Fund · Tradewind Group Foundation · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · Hemic Foundation · Finance Factors Foundation · The Queen's Medical Center · First Hawaiian Bank Foundation · First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation · Central Pacific Bank Foundation · Aloha United Way Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · 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 Ronald K & Lella E Migita Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ronald K & Lella E Migita 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    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 40 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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