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The Karena Lee Adler Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$905k
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2023–2024.

Housing & Shelter$262kHuman Services$203kHealth$165kEducation$155kPublic Benefit$100kYouth Development$95kInternational$87kCrime & Legal$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $413k
  • $50k–250k9 grants · $485k
$35,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
RESIDENTIAL YOUTH SERVICES & EMPOWERMENT$80,000
MONTESSORI COMMUNITY SCHOOL$55,000
WAYMAKERS$50,000
BATTLE SCARRED MOTORSPORTS$50,000
GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC$50,000
WAIKIKI HEALTH$50,000
FRED FINCH YOUTH CENTER$50,000
YOUTHCARE$50,000
CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICE$50,000
HALE KIPA INC$45,000
FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH$40,000
ASSETS SCHOOL$40,000
VARIETY SCHOOL OF HAWAII$35,000
CASA DE AMPARO$30,000
WASHINGTON KIDS IN TRANSITION$30,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY23–24, $265k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 38% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH: $40k → 10%CASA DE AMPARO: $30k → 11%THE PEOPLE CONCERN: $2k → 14%NEW HORIZONS MINISTRIES: $15k → 9%WASHINGTON KIDS IN TRANSITION: $30k → 9%CHAPIN HALL CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $5k → 14%MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY: $23k → 9%CHAPIN HALL CENTER FOR CHILDREN: $25k → 14%YOUTHCARE: $50k → 9%HALE KIPA INC: $45k → 9%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
IL
MA
IA
CA
UT
DC
HI
MS
GA

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

37%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$417k · 6 repeat orgs$717k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +9% since the first grant, against -3% for the ones you funded once.

6 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
4

Total granted

$417k
$87k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
-3%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $630k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
Human ServicesHealthHousing & ShelterPublic BenefitInternationalCommunity ImprovementOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • RY
    RESIDENTIAL YOUTH SERVICES & EMPOWERMENT
    2× · 2023–2024 · $120k · revenue +9%
  • BS
    BATTLE SCARRED MOTORSPORTS
    2× · 2023–2024 · $100k · revenue +5% · 31% of their budget
  • MC
    MONTESSORI COMMUNITY SCHOOL
    2× · 2023–2024 · $70k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • HA
    HOMEAID AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue -55%
  • StandUp for Kids
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue -3%
  • PH
    PROJECT HAWAII INC
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -12%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Hope Services Hawaii Inc

Hope services hawaii provides housing-focused interventions to end homelessness through a continuum of services, including homeless prevention and diversion, mobile outreach, medical respite, street medicine, in- shelter medical attention,…

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2
Hale Opio Kauai Inc

Hale Opio Kauai, Inc. is dedicated to improving the quality of life, enhancing a sense of belonging, increasing self-awareness, and strengthening ohana by providing residential and community programs for education, prevention, diversion,…

Human Services
3
Ihs the Institute for Human Services Inc

Our mission, vision and approach to homelessness are rooted in core hawaiian values that guide our outcomes and overall impact.

Housing & Shelter
4
Maui Youth and Family Services Inc

Empowering youth and families challenged with behavioral health issues to become responsible, self-fulfilled and contributing members of the community.

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5
Covenant House California

Covenant house is dedicated to serving all of god's children with absolute respect and unconditional love to help youth experiencing homelessness and to protect and safeguard all youth in need.

Human Services
6
Covenant House Washington Dc

Covenant house washington, dc ("chw") provides shelter, crisis care, community services, and outreach services to youth in the washington dc area.

Human Services
7
Hillsides

We are a premier provider dedicated to healing children and young adults, strengthening families, and transforming communities through quality comprehensive services and advocacy. we envision a world in which children and young adults,…

Human Services
8
Catholic Charities Hawaii

Carry out the social mission of the church by serving the people of hawai'i, regardless of their faith or culture.

Human Services
9
Transition House

Transition House is dedicated to the solution of family homelessness in the Santa Barbara community. Capable and motivated families with children are offered life tools and respectful, non-sectarian residential services designed to…

Housing & Shelter
10
Covenant House

In 34 cities across five countries, covenant house builds bridges to hope for young people facing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking. we meet their immediate needs for food, clothing, protection, and medical and mental health…

Human Services
11
Urban Peak Denver

Urban peak helps youth experiencing homelessness and youth at risk of becoming homeless overcome real life challenges by providing essential services and a supportive community, empowering them to become self-sufficient adults.

Housing & Shelter
12
Kids in Crisis Intervention Team

Providing a network of support and empowerment for youth ages 16-25 to break the cycle of homelessness and promote independence.

Human Services

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hale Kipa Inc and the most unlike its peers is Battle Scarred Motorsports. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyIndependent K-12 SchoolsYouth Development ServicesHealth Access Advocacy and …Community FoundationsMilitary Veterans SupportAffordable Housing Developm…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 51 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%4%<5yr14%4%5–10yr19%11%10–20yr16%14%20–35yr13%29%35–55yr16%39%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%2%<5yr14%10%5–10yr19%6%10–20yr16%17%20–35yr13%33%35–55yr16%33%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 2% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/30
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,535

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
15/30
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

YOUTHCARE — $50,000 · Human ServicesYOUTHCAREHOMEAID AMERICA INC — $50,000 · Human ServicesHOMEAID AMERICA INCHALE KIPA INC — $45,000 · Human ServicesHALE KIPA INCFIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH — $40,000 · Human ServicesFIRST PLACE FOR YOUTHCHAPIN HALL CENTER FOR CHILDREN — $30,000 · Human ServicesCHAPIN HALL CENTER FOR CHILDRENWASHINGTON KIDS IN TRANSITION — $30,000 · Human ServicesWASHINGTON KIDS IN TRANSITIONCasa De Amparo — $30,000 · Human ServicesCasa De AmparoTHE MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY — $23,000 · Human ServicesTHE MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETYNEW HORIZONS MINISTRIES — $15,000 · Human Services+1 more — $2,000 · Human ServicesMONTESSORI COMMUNITY SCHOOL — $70,000 · OtherMONTESSORI COMMUNITY SCHOO…CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICE — $50,000 · OtherCHILD AND FAMILY SERVICEVARIETY SCHOOL OF HAWAII — $35,000 · OtherVARIETY SCHOOL OF HAWAIIStandUp for Kids — $30,000 · OtherStandUp for KidsMID-PACIFIC INSTITUTE — $10,000 · OtherASSETS SCHOOL — $40,000 · OtherASSETS SCHOOLPARTNERS IN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION — $17,000 · OtherPARTNERS IN DEVELOPMENT FO…+2 more — $12,100 · OtherWAIKIKI HEALTH — $50,000 · HealthWAIKIKI HEALTHFRED FINCH YOUTH CENTER — $50,000 · HealthFRED FINCH YOUTH C…ELLIPSIS INC — $25,000 · HealthELLIPSIS INCPARENTS AND CHILDREN TOGETHER — $20,000 · HealthPARENTS AND CHILDR…YOUTH FUTURES — $20,000 · HealthYOUTH FUTURESFRIENDS OF YOUTH — $20,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF YOUTHRESIDENTIAL YOUTH SERVICES & EMPOWERMENT — $120,000 · Housing & ShelterRESIDENTIAL Y…SMALL HOUSE INC — $20,000 · Housing & ShelterSMALL HOUSE I…BATTLE SCARRED MOTORSPORTS — $100,000 · Public BenefitBATTLE SC…GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC — $80,000 · InternationalWAYMAKERS — $50,000 · Crime & Legal
Human Services$315,000Other$264,100Health$185,000Housing & Shelter$140,000Public Benefit$100,000International$80,000Crime & Legal$50,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetRESIDENTIAL YOUTH SERVICES & EMPOWERMENT — $120,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetBATTLE SCARRED MOTORSPORTS — $100,000 over 2y, 31% of budgetGLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC — $80,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMONTESSORI COMMUNITY SCHOOL — $70,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetCHILD AND FAMILY SERVICE — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWAIKIKI HEALTH — $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWAYMAKERS — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTHCARE — $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFRED FINCH YOUTH CENTER — $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOMEAID AMERICA INC — $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetHALE KIPA INC — $45,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH — $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASSETS SCHOOL — $40,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVARIETY SCHOOL OF HAWAII — $35,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCHAPIN HALL CENTER FOR CHILDREN — $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCasa De Amparo — $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetStandUp for Kids — $30,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetELLIPSIS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY — $23,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPARENTS AND CHILDREN TOGETHER — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSMALL HOUSE INC — $20,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetYOUTH FUTURES — $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF YOUTH — $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARTNERS IN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION — $17,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEW HORIZONS MINISTRIES — $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMID-PACIFIC INSTITUTE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES-USA INC — $7,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT HAWAII INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE PEOPLE CONCERN — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

J Watumull FundBank of Hawaii Charit…Aloha United Way IncTradewind Group Found…Trustees of the Estat…Atherton Family Found…The Harry and Jeanett…The Queen's Medical C…Hawaii Foodbank IncAloha HarvestJoseph and Vera Zilbe…Macnaughton Foundation
J Watumull FundHI24× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: J Watumull Fund · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · Aloha United Way Inc · Tradewind Group Foundation · Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools · Atherton Family Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · The Queen's Medical Center · Hawaii Foodbank Inc · Aloha Harvest · Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation Inc · Macnaughton Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Karena Lee Adler Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 30 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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