Hawaii · Private foundation
Wendell and Marsha Yim Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $4k
- Granted FY2023
- 8
- Grants FY2023
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
62% of Wendell and Marsha Yim Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to University Of Notre Dame Du Lac, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 7 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Wendell and Marsha Yim Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $4k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $1,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 43% of the organizations Wendell and Marsha Yim Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 7 | $3k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $3k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $3k | 20% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $4k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $2k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windward O'ahu AAUW Scholarship Fund Windward O'ahu AAUW Scholarship Fund | $4,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Waikiki Surf Club | $3,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Keahiakahoe Canoe Club | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kakoo Oiwi | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Kumu Kahua Theatre Inc | $1,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Paepae O He'Eia | $1,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Imabrightkid Foundation | $1,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Sacred Hearts Academy | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Congregation of Christian Brothers of Hawaii Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Arc in Hawaii | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windward O'ahu AAUW Scholarship Fund Windward O'ahu AAUW Scholarship Fund | $4,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Waikiki Surf Club | $3,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Keahiakahoe Canoe Club | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kakoo Oiwi | $2,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Kumu Kahua Theatre Inc | $1,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Paepae O He'Eia | $1,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Imabrightkid Foundation | $1,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Sacred Hearts Academy | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Congregation of Christian Brothers of Hawaii Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Arc in Hawaii | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| St Pius X Church St Leo School | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Louis School | $100 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($21k), not named here.
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.
Open a dossier: Central Pacific Bank Foundation · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · Aloha United Way Inc · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Wendell and Marsha Yim Foundation
- How much does Wendell and Marsha Yim Foundation give?
- Wendell and Marsha Yim Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $3,500 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Wendell and Marsha Yim Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (43%), Religion (21%), Education (19%).
- Who are Wendell and Marsha Yim Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Windward O'ahu AAUW Scholarship Fund Windward O'ahu AAUW Scholarship Fund ($4k), Waikiki Surf Club ($4k), Keahiakahoe Canoe Club ($3k).
- Does Wendell and Marsha Yim Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wendell and Marsha Yim Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wendell and Marsha Yim Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central Pacific Bank Foundation, Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn, Aloha United Way Inc.
- Where is Wendell and Marsha Yim Foundation based?
- Wendell and Marsha Yim Foundation is based in HI.
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