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T Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$139k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
45
Grants FY2024
29
Organizations funded FY2023
66%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$2,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
3 to 29
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
14
Total assets, FY2024
$673k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 66% of the organizations T Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 58% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyHealthPublic BenefitInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving41$133k46%
FY202329$67k66%
FY202217$48k76%
FY20218$44k13%
FY202011$44k36%
FY20193$12k33%
FY201815$54k20%
FY201717$159kn/a
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Youth Development$88kHuman Services$82kArts & Culture$76kReligion$75kEducation$56kPhilanthropy$35kPublic Benefit$32kSocial Science$28kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
MN
IL
MI
NY
IN
PA
CA
KY
VA
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
HI
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kamp Hawaii Inc$81,900715%
Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii$27,00042%
Holomua Collective$25,00011%
The San Francisco Japantown Foundation$21,00035%
Hawaii Foodbank Inc$16,00010%
Lahaina Jodo Mission$15,0002n/a
Straub Foundation$15,00030%
Tanforan Assembly Center Memorial Committee$10,00012%
Bishop Museum$9,50060%
Grassroot Institute of Hawaii Inc$8,50050%
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All grantees of T Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Kamp Hawaii Inc$81,900715%
Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii$27,00042%
Holomua Collective$25,00011%
The San Francisco Japantown Foundation$21,00035%
Hawaii Foodbank Inc$16,00010%
Lahaina Jodo Mission$15,0002n/a
Straub Foundation$15,00030%
Tanforan Assembly Center Memorial Committee$10,00012%
Bishop Museum$9,50060%
Grassroot Institute of Hawaii Inc$8,50050%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$7,50020%
Punahou School$7,03840%
Hawaii Theatre Center$7,00050%
Densho$6,00020%
Mercy Ships International$6,00020%
Grace Bible Church Maui$6,0002n/a
Hawaii Public Radio$5,45530%
Boy Scouts of America-Aloha Council #104$5,00010%
Hawaii Community Television$5,0001n/a
Waiola Church$5,0001n/a
Honolulu Museum of Art$5,00010%
Teach for America Inc$4,80020%
Young Men's Christian Association of Honolulu$4,00010%
International Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc$3,00020%
The Hill School$2,85120%
Aio Foundation$2,50010%
COTA - Children's Organ Transplant Association$2,50010%
Alliance Defending Freedom$2,00010%
Carleton College$2,00010%
Pwp Alumni Association$2,000133%
Bowdoin College$2,00010%
Family Hui Hawaii$2,00021%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$2,00010%
Tiger Resources Inc$1,5001n/a
Conservation Council for Hawaii$1,00010%
Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women$1,00010%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii Inc$1,00010%
Kahala Nui Senior Living Foundation Inc$1,00010%
The Heritage Foundation$1,00010%
Ustoo Hawaii$1,0001n/a
Honolulu Theatre for Youth$1,00010%
Judicial Watch Inc$1,00010%
Samaritan's Purse$1,00010%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Hawaii$1,00010%
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc$1,00010%
Citizens United Foundation$1,00010%
Helen Woodward Animal Center$50010%
Capital Research Center$35020%
The Center for American Liberty$25010%
Catholic Charities Hawaii$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($221k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

T Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 44 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKamp Hawaii Inc: $81,900 over 7y, 15% of budgetJapanese Cultural Center of Hawaii: $27,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetHolomua Collective: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetThe San Francisco Japantown Foundation: $21,000 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetHawaii Foodbank Inc: $16,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetStraub Foundation: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTanforan Assembly Center Memorial Committee: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBishop Museum: $9,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGrassroot Institute of Hawaii Inc: $8,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPunahou School: $7,038 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHawaii Theatre Center: $7,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDensho: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMercy Ships International: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHawaii Public Radio: $5,455 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBoy Scouts of America-Aloha Council #104: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHonolulu Museum of Art: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $4,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Honolulu: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Fellowship of Christians & Jews Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hill School: $2,851 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAio Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOTA - Children's Organ Transplant Association: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance Defending Freedom: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCarleton College: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPwp Alumni Association: $2,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetBowdoin College: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Hui Hawaii: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConservation Council for Hawaii: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetClare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKahala Nui Senior Living Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHonolulu Theatre for Youth: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Hawaii: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens United Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHelen Woodward Animal Center: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCapital Research Center: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for American Liberty: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCatholic Charities Hawaii: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 44.

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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.

J Watumull FundHI28.1× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: J Watumull Fund · Atherton Family Foundation · First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation · Tradewind Group Foundation · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · Castiglione A Casauria Foundation · Finance Factors Foundation · First Hawaiian Bank Foundation · Central Pacific Bank Foundation · Kosasa Foundation · Aloha United Way Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation 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.

Compare T Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to T Foundation?

Find your warmest path to T 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.

About T Foundation

How much does T Foundation give?
T Foundation reported 45 grants totaling $139,351 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 29 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does T Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (15%), Human Services (14%), Arts & Culture (13%).
Who are T Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Kamp Hawaii Inc ($82k), Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii ($27k), Holomua Collective ($25k).
Does T Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 66% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does T Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as T Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include J Watumull Fund, Atherton Family Foundation, First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation.
Where is T Foundation based?
T Foundation is based in HI.

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 81 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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