Hawaii · Community foundation
The Jim Saunders Fund
Providing for educational scholarships and grants to individuals with the goal of assisting them to continually seek knowledge. Additionally, to provide grants to individuals who have experienced a catastrophic event or an emergency hardship and as a result need financial assistance.
- $356k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $271k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $14,043
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $102,189
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 13
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations The Jim Saunders Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $271k | 45% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $225k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $270k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $270k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii Preparatory Academy | $397,825 | 4 | 22% |
| Parker School | $112,472 | 4 | 0% |
| Makua Lani Christian Academy | $108,452 | 4 | 1% |
| Kuleana Education Inc | $88,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Honolulu Student Housing One LLC | $77,518 | 4 | n/a |
| Firstmark Services | $57,559 | 3 | n/a |
| Washington State University | $44,185 | 2 | n/a |
| Creative Day Preschool | $33,989 | 3 | n/a |
| Akahiao Nature Institute | $25,175 | 1 | 15% |
| Waikoloa Baptist Church | $14,043 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii Preparatory Academy | $397,825 | 4 | 22% |
| Parker School | $112,472 | 4 | 0% |
| Makua Lani Christian Academy | $108,452 | 4 | 1% |
| Kuleana Education Inc | $88,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Honolulu Student Housing One LLC | $77,518 | 4 | n/a |
| Firstmark Services | $57,559 | 3 | n/a |
| Washington State University | $44,185 | 2 | n/a |
| Creative Day Preschool | $33,989 | 3 | n/a |
| Akahiao Nature Institute | $25,175 | 1 | 15% |
| Waikoloa Baptist Church | $14,043 | 1 | n/a |
| Southwest Baptist University | $13,737 | 2 | 0% |
| Olson & Sons | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Hawaii System | $9,852 | 1 | n/a |
| Waimea Country School | $9,514 | 1 | 1% |
| Coast Community College District | $9,425 | 1 | n/a |
| Hawaii Montessori Inc | $6,874 | 1 | 1% |
| Satyaprasad Nayak Dmd Ms Inc | $6,363 | 1 | n/a |
| Wells Fargo Bank National Association | $5,237 | 1 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $5,100 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Jim Saunders Fund supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About The Jim Saunders Fund
- How much does The Jim Saunders Fund give?
- The Jim Saunders Fund reported 11 itemized grants totaling $270,677, out of $356,146 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 13 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does The Jim Saunders Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (93%), Human Services (7%), Health (1%).
- Who are The Jim Saunders Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Hawaii Preparatory Academy ($398k), Parker School ($112k), Makua Lani Christian Academy ($108k).
- Does The Jim Saunders Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Jim Saunders Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include McInerny Foundation--, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Jim Saunders Fund based?
- The Jim Saunders Fund is based in HI.
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