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Ululani Foundation at a glance

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Ululani Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$125k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$45k
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 2024.

Arts & Culture$750kHealth$283kFood & Nutrition$238kAnimals$207kEducation$30kHuman Services$20kPhilanthropy$16kRecreation & Sports$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $120k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OPERA PARALLELE$45,000
THE SF PLAYHOUSE$22,930
MUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE$15,000
THE FOOD BASKET HAWAII ISLANDS FOOD BANK$15,000
HAWAII ISLAND HUMAN SOCIETY$12,000
CARLISLE FLOYD CENTENNIAL$10,000
AMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATER$5,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–17, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS: $20k → 16%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MA
NV
PA
CA
SC
HI
TX
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 16 repeat orgs$139k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
16

Total granted

$1.4M
$129k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+13%

Still filing today

94%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureAnimalsFood & NutritionPhilanthropyEducationHealthOther
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

  • OP
    Opera Parallle
    8× · 2017–2024 · $199k · revenue +20%
  • FB
    Food Bank of Northern Nevada Inc
    5× · 2017–2021 · $109k · revenue +106%
  • MO
    MUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE
    6× · 2017–2024 · $100k · revenue +138%

Funded once

  • MO
    MOMS ON THE RUN
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +13%
  • THE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +101%
  • UD
    UC DAVIS
    one grant, 2020 · $20k
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 Symphony Orchestra

To present the highest-quality performances of great music, bringing national and international distinction to the orchestra and its community; to delight and educate audiences of all ages and backgrounds, and enhance the cultural vitality…

Arts & Culture
2
Opera Santa Barbara

See schedule 0founded in 1994, opera santa barbara is the signature provider of professional opera on the california central coast. we aspire to be a cultural leader in the santa barbara region, voicing and advancing our community's spirit…

Arts & Culture
3
California Bach Society Inc

Choral Music Performances: California Bach Society is a 30-voice chamber choir known for finely wrought interpretations of Renaissance and Baroque music, often accompanied by leading period instrumentalists. Each season, the choir performs…

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4
San Francisco Performances Inc

SFP presents internationally acclaimed and emerging performing artists, introduces innovative programs, and builds new and diversified audiences for the arts through education and outreach activities.

Arts & Culture
5
Aloha Performing Arts Company

The mission of the aloha theatre is to enrich the lives of hawaii residents and visitors by providing quality live theatre, performing arts education, and a venue for artistic expression.

Arts & Culture
6
Chicago Opera Theater

Chicago opera theater expands the tradition of opera as a living art form by engaging lovers of music and storytelling through innovative experiences, predominantly of new and rarely performed works.

Arts & Culture
7
San Diego Opera Association

Mission: the mission of san diego opera is to deliver exceptional performances and exciting, accessible programs to diverse audiences, focusing on community partnerships, and the transformative and expressive power of the human voice. as…

Arts & Culture
8
Hawaii Book and Music Festival
Arts & Culture
9
Arizona Opera Company

Arizona opera elevates the transformative power of storytelling through music - cultivating community and strengthening a state and people as adventurous and diverse as the place they call home.

Arts & Culture
10
Midsummer Mozart Festival

The only music festival in North America dedicated to Mozart, our mission embraces both performance of highest artistic excellence and cultivation of new potential audience, including young people to assure the future appreciation of great…

Arts & Culture
11
Long Beach Opera

Engaging people through provocative meaningful experiences that challenge, connect and inspire. long beach opera produces operas in performing arts venues in long beach and regionally, and produces opera for youth in schools.

Arts & Culture
12
Los Angeles Opera Company

To serve the public by producing world-class opera that preserves, promotes and advances the art form while embodying the diversity, spirit and artistic sensibility unique to los angeles. we envision an engaged and enlightened community in…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is 42ND Street Moon; the most unlike its peers is San Francisco Opera Association. 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 34 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)
30/30
Grantees still filing
20/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Opera Parallle: $199,000 · Arts & CultureOpera ParallleMUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE: $100,000 · Arts & CultureMUSIC OF REMEMBRANCESan Francisco Playhouse: $98,596 · Arts & CultureSan Francisco PlayhouseSAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION: $95,000 · Arts & CultureSAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATIONPACIFIC SINGERS & ACTORS WORKSHOP: $76,200 · Arts & CulturePACIFIC SINGERS & ACTORS WORKSHOPAMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATRE FOUNDATION: $65,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATRE FOUNDATIONMerola Opera Program: $35,000 · Arts & Culture42ND STREET MOON: $26,500 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $55,000 · Arts & Culture+5 moreUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $263,112 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CALIF…UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10,000 · EducationHAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA: $118,977 · AnimalsHAWAII ISLAND…Canine Rehabilitation Center and Cat Sanctuary: $70,000 · AnimalsCanine Rehabi…+2 more: $2,500 · AnimalsFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc: $109,141 · Food & NutritionFood Bank of…THE FOOD BASKET INC: $64,845 · Food & NutritionTHE FOOD BAS…+1 more: $2,000 · Food & NutritionTHE FOOD BASKET INC - HAWAII ISLAND FOOD BANK: $59,763 · OtherTHE FOOD …UC DAVIS: $20,000 · OtherUC DAVISVETERINARY BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ASSO CIATION AT UC DAVIS: $16,000 · OtherVETERINAR…KAIOPUA CANOE CLUB: $10,000 · OtherKAIOPUA C…ALOHA UNITED WAY INC: $11,016 · OtherALOHA UNI…BIKES FOR KIDS FOUNDATION: $4,500 · OtherHawaii Island Paddlesports Association: $5,000 · Other+3 more: $3,000 · OtherMOMS ON THE RUN: $20,000 · HealthTHE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC: $20,000 · Human Services
Arts & Culture$750,296Education$273,112Animals$191,477Food & Nutrition$175,986Other$129,279Health$20,000Human Services$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $263,112 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOpera Parallle: $199,000 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetHAWAII ISLAND HUMANE SOCIETY SPCA: $118,977 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetFood Bank of Northern Nevada Inc: $109,141 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE: $100,000 over 6y, 5.6% of budgetSan Francisco Playhouse: $98,596 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO OPERA ASSOCIATION: $95,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPACIFIC SINGERS & ACTORS WORKSHOP: $76,200 over 5y, 22% of budgetCanine Rehabilitation Center and Cat Sanctuary: $70,000 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetAMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATRE FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FOOD BASKET INC: $64,845 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMerola Opera Program: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budget42ND STREET MOON: $26,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetHAWAII OPERA THEATRE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMOMS ON THE RUN: $20,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetTHE HOME FOR LITTLE WANDERERS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALOHA UNITED WAY INC: $11,016 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC AT KOHL MANSION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetKAIOPUA CANOE CLUB: $10,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetCARLISLE FLOYD CENTENNIAL: $10,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetARTOWN: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHawaii Island Paddlesports Association: $5,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetBIKES FOR KIDS FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetHOUSTON HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Houston Food Bank: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROTARY CLUB OF RENO CENTRAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPAWSIBILITIES ANIMAL RESCUE: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Marin Community Found…The San Francisco Fou…Five Arts FoundationCarol Franc Buck Foun…The William & Flora H…Jewish Community Fede…Morgan Stanley Global…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Network for Good
Marin Community FoundationCA14.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Five Arts Foundation · Carol Franc Buck Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good

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 Ululani Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ululani Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 38%
  • The Home for Little Wanderers Inc: 38% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 34 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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