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The Kenneth and Diane Matsuura Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$198k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
52
Grants FY2024
43
Organizations funded FY2023
16%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$40,250
Organizations funded a year
43 to 63
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
14
Total assets, FY2024
$2.2M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 16% of the organizations The Kenneth and Diane Matsuura Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48k 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 & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEducationPhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther
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 arriving51$198k27%
FY202343$201k16%
FY202257$196k23%
FY202155$230k20%
FY202063$179k44%
FY201954$148k24%
FY201852$143k25%
FY201751$88kn/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.

Religion$300kInternational$230kEducation$194kArts & Culture$169kHealth$162kHuman Services$113kPhilanthropy$85kYouth Development$27kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
NY
OR
IA
CA
NE
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
DC
HI
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

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

Show all 68 grantees
All grantees of The Kenneth and Diane Matsuura Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Holt International Children's Services Inc$223,54380%
Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services$133,46050%
University of Hawaii Foundation$82,57080%
Chaminade University of Honolulu$70,00020%
We Are Oceania$51,00023%
Young Men's Christian Association of Honolulu$29,96440%
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra$27,00060%
Marshall & Yuko Hung Foundation$20,0002n/a
Bishop Museum$16,00080%
Hale Kipa Inc$8,90070%
Hawaii Youth Symphony Association$7,50050%
Hawaii Foodbank Inc$7,50040%
Artists for Community Transformation Intl$7,00011%
University of Illinois Foundation$7,00030%
Aloha United Way Inc$6,25080%
Samaritan Counseling Center Hawaii$6,00050%
Waikiki Health$5,70080%
Hawaii Heritage Center$5,000115%
The Friends of Iolani Palace$5,00010%
Hawaii United Okinawa Association$4,50010%
Ihs the Institute for Human Services Inc$4,00050%
Hawaii Public Radio$4,00080%
T George Paris and Violet Sunday Paris Foundation$3,35021%
Kuakini Foundation$3,15060%
Honolulu Speech and Debate$3,0001n/a
Honolulu Museum of Art$3,00030%
Hawaii Public Television Foundation Dba Pbs Hawaii$2,90080%
Susannah Wesley Community Center$2,85050%
Southern California School Of Theology$2,50030%
Young Women's Christian Association of Oahu$2,40040%
Kumu Kahua Theatre Inc$2,00040%
The Kagawa Foundation$2,0001n/a
Honolulu Habitat for Humanity Inc$2,00080%
Finance Factors Foundation$1,90021%
Straub Foundation$1,85060%
Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce$1,50010%
Center for Action and Contemplation$1,20040%
The Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and W$1,05040%
Hawaii Theatre Center$1,00010%
American Heart Association Inc$57560%
Hui Aloha Kiholo$5001n/a
United Church of Christ$5001n/a
Family Promise of Hawaii$50010%
Ho'Ola Na Pua$50010%
The Christian Century$45050%
Sojourners Inc$40030%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$40020%
Windward Choral Society$40020%
Hospice Hawaii Inc$40040%
Hawaii Children's Action Network$40030%
Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific Foundation$35020%
Honolulu Civil Beat Inc$30020%
Reconciling Ministries Network$30020%
March of Dimes Inc$25030%
Interfaith Alliance Inc$2505n/a
Kupu$20010%
Honolulu Ki Society$2001n/a
Donorschooseorg$20010%
American Cancer Society Inc$20020%
WOMEN CROSS DMZ Attn CATHI CHOI$20010%
Parkinson Research Foundation Inc$17530%
National Park Foundation$10010%
Kinai Eha$10010%
American Guild of Organists$1001n/a
Child and Family Service$10010%
River of Life Mission$501n/a
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$5010%
Pacific Gateway Center$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 82 recipients with no EIN on record ($605k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Kenneth and Diane Matsuura Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHolt International Children's Services Inc: $223,543 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetKokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services: $133,460 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Hawaii Foundation: $82,570 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetChaminade University of Honolulu: $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWe Are Oceania: $51,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Honolulu: $29,964 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHawaii Symphony Orchestra: $27,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBishop Museum: $16,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHale Kipa Inc: $8,900 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHawaii Youth Symphony Association: $7,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetHawaii Foodbank Inc: $7,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetArtists for Community Transformation Intl: $7,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUniversity of Illinois Foundation: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAloha United Way Inc: $6,250 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSamaritan Counseling Center Hawaii: $6,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWaikiki Health: $5,700 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHawaii Heritage Center: $5,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetThe Friends of Iolani Palace: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHawaii United Okinawa Association: $4,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetIhs the Institute for Human Services Inc: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHawaii Public Radio: $4,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetT George Paris and Violet Sunday Paris Foundation: $3,350 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetKuakini Foundation: $3,150 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHonolulu Museum of Art: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHawaii Public Television Foundation Dba Pbs Hawaii: $2,900 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSusannah Wesley Community Center: $2,850 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSouthern California School Of Theology: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Women's Christian Association of Oahu: $2,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetKumu Kahua Theatre Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHonolulu Habitat for Humanity Inc: $2,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFinance Factors Foundation: $1,900 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetStraub Foundation: $1,850 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHonolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce: $1,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCenter for Action and Contemplation: $1,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and W: $1,050 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHawaii Theatre Center: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $575 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Promise of Hawaii: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHo'Ola Na Pua: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Christian Century: $450 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSojourners Inc: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWindward Choral Society: $400 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHospice Hawaii Inc: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHawaii Children's Action Network: $400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific Foundation: $350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHonolulu Civil Beat Inc: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetReconciling Ministries Network: $300 over 2y, 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 59.

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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 FundHI50.7× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: J Watumull Fund · Aloha United Way Inc · Atherton Family Foundation · Tradewind Group Foundation · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation · Central Pacific Bank Foundation · First Hawaiian Bank Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Kosasa Foundation · Cooke Foundation Limited · Aloha Harvest

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.

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About The Kenneth and Diane Matsuura Foundation

How much does The Kenneth and Diane Matsuura Foundation give?
The Kenneth and Diane Matsuura Foundation reported 52 grants totaling $198,325 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 43 and 63 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Kenneth and Diane Matsuura Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (22%), International (17%), Education (14%).
Who are The Kenneth and Diane Matsuura Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Holt International Children's Services Inc ($224k), Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services ($133k), University of Hawaii Foundation ($83k).
Does The Kenneth and Diane Matsuura Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Kenneth and Diane Matsuura Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Kenneth and Diane Matsuura Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include J Watumull Fund, Aloha United Way Inc, Atherton Family Foundation.
Where is The Kenneth and Diane Matsuura Foundation based?
The Kenneth and Diane Matsuura 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 152 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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