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The Hawaii Pacific Foundation Inc

To empower hawaiian communities by supporting programs that improve access to opportunities for success to the socio-economically disadvantaged.

$2.2M
Granted FY2023
46
Grants FY2023
6
States reached
$659k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Education$3.8MCommunity Improvement$771kEnvironment$424kArts & Culture$340kEmployment$230kHealth$148kYouth Development$125kFood & Nutrition$120kOther$0
02FY2023 · 46 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k22 grants · $81k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $220k
  • $50k–250k12 grants · $1.3M
  • $250k+1 grant · $659k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$193M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University of Hawaii Foundation$658,500
Council for Native Hawaiian Advance$180,000
Kukolu$160,000
Friends of Waimanalo$155,000
Partners in Development Foundation$150,000
East West Center Foundation$132,000
The Native Imaginative$109,000
Papahana Aloha Aina Hawaii$100,000
Hoomau Ke Ola$84,000
Hui Mahiai Aina$58,000
Kulaniakea$55,000
Hui O Koolaupoko$52,500
The Trust for Public Land$50,000
The Derek Sakaguchi Foundation$30,000
Pua Foundation$30,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $7k) 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%The Pantry: $2k → 9%YWCA Laniakea: $5k → 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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.7M · 19 repeat orgs$410k to everyone else

19 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2023, 1 since wound down; 27 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
6

Total granted

$5.7M
$52k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+60%

Still filing today

79%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $358k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentHealthInternationalOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION
    5× · 2018–2023 · $2.7M · revenue +165%
  • PI
    PARTNERS IN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2023 · $400k · revenue +9%
  • EC
    EAST-WEST CENTER FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $332k · revenue +191%

Funded once

  • SP
    SEARIDER PRODUCTIONS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +60%
  • MC
    Metro Christian Church
    one grant, 2022 · $21k
  • IF
    INSTITUTE FOR NATIVE PACIFIC EDUCATION AND CULTUREgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue +107%
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
E Kupaku Ka Aina - the Hawaii Land Restoration Institute
Environment
2
Na Kua Aina O Waimanalo
Arts & Culture
3
Hiikua a Hiialo Cultural Foundation
Arts & Culture
4
Hawaii Education Institute
—
5
Na Mamo o Kawa

to rehabilitate, curate, and steward the natural and cultural resources of Kawa to honor the past, benefit the present, and preserve for the future generations of Ka'u, the Island of Hawaii and all humankind.

Environment
6
Hawaii - American Nurses Association Foundation
Environment
7
Na 'Aina Kai Botanical Gardens
Philanthropy
8
Lanikuhonua Cultural Institute
—
9
The Haiku Aina Permaculture Initiative
—
10
Malama Kua Aina
Environment
11
Papahana Kuaola

Papahana kuaola's mission is to create quality educational programs focused on environmental restoration and economic sustainability fully integrated with hawaiian knowledge in order to exemplify a lifestyle respectful of kanaka, `aina,…

Environment
12
Hawaii Book and Music Festival
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Partners in Development Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Best Buy Foundation. 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

43 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. 43 of the 53 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.

7
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/43
Grantees still filing
31/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $2,736,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATIONCOUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT: $384,500 · EducationCOUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENTHawaii Youth Challenge Foundation: $182,000 · Education+9 more: $222,000 · Education+9 morePARTNERS IN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $400,000 · Community ImprovementPARTNERS IN …Kukolu: $230,000 · Community ImprovementKukoluDERECK SAKAGUCHI FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Community Improvement+1 more: $155 · Community ImprovementPAPAHANA ALOHAAINA HAWAII: $270,000 · Arts & CulturePAPAHANA AL…THE FOUNDATION FOR AN ENGAGED PACIFIC: $259,000 · Arts & CultureTHE FOUNDAT…NA PUALEI O LIKOLEHUA: $37,000 · Arts & CultureNA PUALEI O…PU'A FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Arts & Culture+4 more: $17,000 · Arts & CultureFriends of Waimanalo: $230,000 · OtherFriends of…Hakipu'u Academy: $130,000 · OtherHakipu'u A…HEARTBEAT MOVEMENT: $33,500 · OtherHEARTBEAT …HFD EXPLORERS: $25,000 · OtherHONOLULU METROPOLITAN FOURSQUARE CHURCH: $25,000 · OtherMakee Pono Lahui: $22,000 · OtherMetro Christian Church: $21,000 · OtherHAWAII PACIFIC ADVISORY GROUP: $20,536 · OtherSEARIDER PRODUCTIONS FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Other+11 more: $49,510 · Other+11 moreEAST-WEST CENTER FOUNDATION: $332,000 · International+1 more: $600 · InternationalHUI MAHIAI AINA: $118,000 · EnvironmentTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $100,000 · EnvironmentHui o Koolaupoko: $52,500 · Environment+1 more: $1,000 · EnvironmentHOOMAU KE OLA: $84,000 · HealthTHE QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTER: $5,000 · HealthWAIANAE DISTR COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH &: $3,500 · Health
Education$3,524,500Community Improvement$660,155Arts & Culture$613,000Other$581,546International$332,600Environment$271,500Health$92,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $2,736,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetPARTNERS IN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT: $384,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEAST-WEST CENTER FOUNDATION: $332,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetPAPAHANA ALOHAAINA HAWAII: $270,000 over 3y, 83% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR AN ENGAGED PACIFIC: $259,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetKukolu: $230,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetHawaii Youth Challenge Foundation: $182,000 over 6y, 94% of budgetHUI MAHIAI AINA: $118,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetTHE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKULANIAKEA: $100,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetHOOMAHUA FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetNA PUALEI O LIKOLEHUA: $37,000 over 5y, 27% of budgetKauluwao Inc: $37,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetDERECK SAKAGUCHI FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetPU'A FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetSEARIDER PRODUCTIONS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetMALAMA HONUA PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF OAHU: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FRIENDS OF IOLANI PALACE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPOLYNESIAN VOYAGING SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR NATIVE PACIFIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKOA IKE: $5,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetTHE QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUI MALAMA O KE KAI FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACTION CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWAIANAE DISTR COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH &: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOMEN SPEAKING OUT: $2,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetFEEDING HAWAII TOGETHER: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAHA PUNANA LEO: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKEIKI O KA 'AINA PRESCHOOL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST: $1,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDefense Orientation Conference Association: $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIVE HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATIONS ASSOC: $155 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBEST BUY FOUNDATION: $10 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.

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.

Trustees of the Estat…Aloha United Way IncCentral Pacific Bank …The Harry and Jeanett…The Queen's Medical C…Tradewind Group Found…Aloha HarvestJ Watumull FundAtherton Family Found…Kaiser Foundation Hea…Friends of Hawaii Cha…Harold Kl Castle Foun…
Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha SchoolsHI34× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools · Aloha United Way Inc · Central Pacific Bank Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · The Queen's Medical Center · Tradewind Group Foundation · Aloha Harvest · J Watumull Fund · Atherton Family Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc · Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc · Harold Kl Castle Foundation

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 The Hawaii Pacific Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Hawaii Pacific Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Pacific University: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report 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.
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Find your warmest path to The Hawaii Pacific Foundation Inc 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 53 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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