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Tmt International Observatory LLC

Tmt international observatory (tio) was founded by the members listed below exclusively to further charitable, educational and scientific purposes and, within such limits, to advance scientific knowledge and education through the study, observation, and collection of images and information from deep space with the objective of furthering…

$116k
Granted FY2023
4
Itemized grants FY2023
4
Organizations funded FY2023
100%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2023
$96k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2023
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2023
$50,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 5
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2023
1
Total assets, FY2023
$228M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Tmt International Observatory LLC funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $96k 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
EducationArts & CultureFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementOther
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
FY20234$96k100%
FY20224$60k75%
FY20212$133k50%
FY20203$199k67%
FY20193$73k0%
FY20185$139k40%
FY20173$295kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Philanthropy$1.0MEducation$429kScience & Tech$280kFood & Nutrition$100kCommunity Improvement$58kPublic Safety & Disaster$50kEnvironment$35kYouth Development$25kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ke Ali'I Pauahi Foundation$312,90937%
Hawaii Science and Technology Museum$218,798381%
University of Hawaii Foundation$115,55140%
The Food Basket Inc$100,00011%
Hawaii Island Economic Development Board$51,512323%
Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement$50,00010%
University of Hawaii System$28,3011n/a
Camp Agape Hawaii$25,000115%
Waiakea High School Foundation$23,9901n/a
Na Kiai Paa$20,0001n/a
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All grantees of Tmt International Observatory LLC by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ke Ali'I Pauahi Foundation$312,90937%
Hawaii Science and Technology Museum$218,798381%
University of Hawaii Foundation$115,55140%
The Food Basket Inc$100,00011%
Hawaii Island Economic Development Board$51,512323%
Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement$50,00010%
University of Hawaii System$28,3011n/a
Camp Agape Hawaii$25,000115%
Waiakea High School Foundation$23,9901n/a
Na Kiai Paa$20,0001n/a
Consortium for Hawaii Ecological Engineering Education$15,00011%
Ohana Kilo Hoku$10,0001n/a
Kauai Economic Development Board$10,00011%
Hale Mua Cultural Group$6,500122%
Kahua Paa Mua Inc$6,00013%

Where it is load-bearing

Tmt International Observatory LLC supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKe Ali'I Pauahi Foundation: $312,909 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetHawaii Science and Technology Museum: $218,798 over 3y, 81% of budgetUniversity of Hawaii Foundation: $115,551 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetThe Food Basket Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetHawaii Island Economic Development Board: $51,512 over 3y, 23% of budgetCouncil for Native Hawaiian Advancement: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCamp Agape Hawaii: $25,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetConsortium for Hawaii Ecological Engineering Education: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetKauai Economic Development Board: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHale Mua Cultural Group: $6,500 over 1y, 22% of budgetKahua Paa Mua Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 3.3% 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 11.

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Amazonsmile FoundationWA2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Tmt International Observatory LLC

How much does Tmt International Observatory LLC give?
Tmt International Observatory LLC reported 4 itemized grants totaling $96,000, out of $116,058 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Tmt International Observatory LLC fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (51%), Education (21%), Science & Tech (14%).
Who are Tmt International Observatory LLC's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Ke Ali'I Pauahi Foundation ($313k), Hawaii Science and Technology Museum ($219k), University of Hawaii Foundation ($116k).
Does Tmt International Observatory LLC fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Tmt International Observatory LLC?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
Where is Tmt International Observatory LLC based?
Tmt International Observatory LLC is based in CA.

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 16 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $20k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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