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The Public Health Fund of the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii at a glance

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The Public Health Fund of the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$130k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Health$350kFood & Nutrition$153kYouth Development$133kHuman Services$131kHousing & Shelter$57kInternational$29kEmployment$23kArts & Culture$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $80k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WAIMANALO HEALTH CENTER$50,000
WAIPAHU COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION$20,000
IBOUNCE UP INC$20,000
DOWNTOWN ART CENTER$10,000
SUSANNAH WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER$10,000
BOYS TO MEN MENTORING NETWORK OF HAWAII$10,000
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACTION CENTER$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $135k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%HOSPICE HAWAII: $15k → 9%HELPING HANDS HAWAII: $25k → 9%HELPING HANDS HAWAII: $10k → 9%HELPING HANDS HAWAII: $10k → 9%SUSANNAH WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 9%IBOUNCE UP INC: $20k → 9%HALE HAU'OLI HAWAII: $4k → 9%THE PANTRY BY FEEDING HAWAII TOGETHER: $25k → 9%YMCA OF HONOLULU: $15k → 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.

46%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$438k · 8 repeat orgs$520k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
25

Total granted

$438k
$450k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+49%

Still filing today

88%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionCommunity ImprovementInternationalHousing & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • HF
    HAWAII FOODBANK INC
    4× · 2018–2021 · $106k · revenue +107%
  • WH
    WAIKIKI HEALTH
    3× · 2017–2023 · $92k · revenue +65%
  • WH
    WAIMANALO HEALTH CENTER
    2× · 2019–2025 · $61k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • IT
    IHS THE INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN SERVICES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $57k · revenue +47%
  • HN
    HO'OLA NA PUA
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +2%
  • FP
    FAMILY PROGRAMS HAWAII
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +1%
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
Hawaii - American Nurses Association Foundation
Environment
2
Ho'ola Lahui Hawaii

To improve the health and well-being of our community.

Human Services
3
Healthcare Association of Hawaii

The mission of the healthcare association of hawaii is to be hawaii's most effective advocate for the comprehensive and financially strong healthcare system that successfully responds to the diverse and changing needs of all we serve.

—
4
Hawaii Workers Center

The hawaii workers center envisions a hawaii in which all workers are empowered to exercise their right to organize for their social, economic and political well-being.

Education
5
Hui Malama Ola Na Oiwi

Hui malama ola na 'oiwi is a community-based native hawaiian health care system whose mission is to improve the provision of comprehensive disease prevention, health promotion, and primary care services on hawaii island.

—
6
Kapi'olani Medical Specialists

Kapi'olani medical specialists (dba hawai'i pacific health medical group) is a multispecialty provider group dedicated to providing world-class care for adults and children across hawai'i and the pacific region working in partnership with…

Health
7
Hamakua Health Center Inc

To achieve an extraordinary, comprehensive primary health care experience which exceeds expectation.

Health
8
Hospice of Hilo

To improve the lives of those we touch by offering support, guidance and compassionate care of body, mind and spirit.

Human Services
9
I Ola Lahui Inc

To provide "culturally-minded evidenced-based behavioral health care that is responsive to the needs of the medically underserved, predominantly native hawaiian, and rural communities. the organization provides behavioral health services…

Health
10
Hawaii Maritime Center
—
11
Hawaii Coalition for Health

Promote and protect access to quality health care in Hawaii with emphasis on rural areas. Advocating for patient access rights and providing pediatric primary care. Operating a pediatric primary care clinic in Wahiawa and North Shore Oahu

Health
12
Aharo Hawaii

Promoting access, quality, and cost effectiveness in healthcare by empowering consumers to evaluate the performance of healthcare agencies that serve them.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hospice Hawaii Inc; the most unlike its peers is Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc. 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

30 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. 30 of the 38 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
19/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WAIKIKI HEALTH: $92,000 · HealthWAIKIKI HEALTHWAIMANALO HEALTH CENTER: $61,100 · HealthWAIMANALO HEALTH CENTERMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN HAWAII: $61,000 · HealthMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN HAW…HAWAII ASSOCIATION FOR INFANT MENTAL HEALTH: $32,500 · HealthHAWAII ASSOCIATION FOR INFANT ME…PROJECT VISION HAWAII: $11,000 · Health+3 more: $19,425 · Health+3 moreFAMILY PROGRAMS HAWAII: $50,000 · OtherFAMILY PROGRAMS HAWAIIBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HAWAII: $50,000 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HAWAIISPALDING BOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $23,000 · OtherSPALDING BOYS & GIRLS CLUBUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII: $17,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF HAWAIIBREAST CANCER HAWAII INC: $15,000 · OtherBREAST CANCER HAWAII INCHAWAII FRIENDS OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: $15,000 · OtherHAWAII FRIENDS OF RESTORATIV…UH COLLEGE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE & HUMAN RESOURCES: $12,600 · OtherTHE PRACTICE CENTER: $10,000 · OtherHEALTHY MOTHERS HEALTHY BABIES COALITION: $10,000 · OtherHAWAII HEALTH INFORMATION CORPORATION: $9,000 · OtherDOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACTION CENTER: $10,000 · OtherBoys to Men Mentoring Network of Hawaii Incorporated: $10,000 · Other+2 more: $8,892 · OtherHO'OLA NA PUA: $50,000 · Human ServicesHO'OLA NA PUAHELPING HANDS HAWAII: $45,400 · Human ServicesHELPING HANDS HAWAIIFEEDING HAWAII TOGETHER: $25,000 · Human ServicesFEEDING HAWAII TOGETHE…IBOUNCE UP INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesIBOUNCE UP INCHOSPICE HAWAII INC: $15,200 · Human ServicesHOSPICE HAWAII INCYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HONOLULU: $15,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN …SUSANNAH WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: $10,000 · Human Services+2 more: $10,346 · Human Services+2 moreHAWAII FOODBANK INC: $106,100 · Food & NutritionHAWAII FOODBAN…HAWAII MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $12,000 · Food & NutritionHAWAII MEALS O…ALOHA HARVEST: $5,000 · Food & NutritionIHS THE INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN SERVICES INC: $57,000 · Housing & ShelterDOWNTOWN ART CENTER: $20,000 · Community ImprovementWAIPAHU COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $20,000 · Community ImprovementALOHA MEDICAL MISSION: $29,000 · International
Health$277,025Other$240,992Human Services$190,946Food & Nutrition$123,100Housing & Shelter$57,000Community Improvement$40,000International$29,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHAWAII FOODBANK INC: $106,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWAIKIKI HEALTH: $92,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWAIMANALO HEALTH CENTER: $61,100 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN HAWAII: $61,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetIHS THE INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN SERVICES INC: $57,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHO'OLA NA PUA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFAMILY PROGRAMS HAWAII: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF HAWAII: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHELPING HANDS HAWAII: $45,400 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetALOHA MEDICAL MISSION: $29,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetFEEDING HAWAII TOGETHER: $25,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetIBOUNCE UP INC: $20,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetDOWNTOWN ART CENTER: $20,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetWAIPAHU COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $20,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetHOSPICE HAWAII INC: $15,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HONOLULU: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAWAII FRIENDS OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: $15,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetHAWAII MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPROJECT VISION HAWAII: $11,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSUSANNAH WESLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACTION CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBoys to Men Mentoring Network of Hawaii Incorporated: $10,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetHAWAII HEALTH INFORMATION CORPORATION: $9,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE WAHIAWA CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH: $7,425 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHAWAII PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE: $7,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFAMILY HUI HAWAII: $5,880 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALOHA HARVEST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Atherton Family Found…J Watumull FundFirst Insurance Compa…Aloha United Way IncBank of Hawaii Charit…The Harry and Jeanett…Friends of Hawaii Cha…McInerny Foundation--The Clarence Tc Ching…First Hawaiian Bank F…Tradewind Group Found…Central Pacific Bank …
Atherton Family FoundationHI40.3× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Atherton Family Foundation · J Watumull Fund · First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation · Aloha United Way Inc · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc · McInerny Foundation-- · The Clarence Tc Ching Foundation · First Hawaiian Bank Foundation · Tradewind Group Foundation · Central Pacific Bank 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 Public Health Fund of the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Public Health Fund of the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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.

    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 38 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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