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Women's Fund of Hawai'I

To support programs that empower women and girls in hawaii. We accomplish our mission by education, fundraising, and making grants. We raise monies from individuals, foundations, and corporation, and distribute those funds in the form of grants to community based organizations.

$149k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
15
Itemized grants FY2024
23
Organizations funded FY2023
83%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$134k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 23
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$1.1M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 83% of the organizations Women's Fund of Hawai'I funded were first-time grantees, receiving 83% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $193k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureCrime & LegalEnvironmentOther
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 arriving15$134k87%
FY202323$232k83%
FY202211$108k100%
FY20214$60k100%
FY20203$22k100%
FY20191$100kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Health$99kHuman Services$96kArts & Culture$75kCrime & Legal$45kYouth Development$45kEducation$40kHousing & Shelter$30kEmployment$20kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii$23,00012%
Pacific Birth Collective Incorporated$21,13512%
Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement$20,00010%
Wisdom Circles Oceania$20,000211%
Going Home Hawaii$20,00021%
Molokai Affordable Housing Alliance$20,000210%
Malama Na Makua a Keiki Inc$18,00021%
Women in Need$17,08020%
Samaritan Counseling Center Hawaii$17,00022%
United States Veterans Initiative$10,00010%
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All grantees of Women's Fund of Hawai'I by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii$23,00012%
Pacific Birth Collective Incorporated$21,13512%
Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement$20,00010%
Wisdom Circles Oceania$20,000211%
Going Home Hawaii$20,00021%
Molokai Affordable Housing Alliance$20,000210%
Malama Na Makua a Keiki Inc$18,00021%
Women in Need$17,08020%
Samaritan Counseling Center Hawaii$17,00022%
United States Veterans Initiative$10,00010%
Purple Maia Foundation$10,00010%
He Hoomaka Houana O Puna Inc$10,0001n/a
Kunoa$10,0001n/a
Tahirih Association$10,0001n/a
Dynamic Healing Center$10,00011%
Hope Services Hawaii Inc$10,00010%
Growing Ohana$10,0001n/a
Hula Preservation Society$10,00012%
Aloha Diaper Bank$10,000110%
Hawaii Friends of Restorative Justice$10,00013%
Hana Arts Inc$10,00013%
Khm International$10,00015%
Live-Evermore Inc$10,00014%
Wahine Freelance Alliance$10,0001n/a
Pacific Survivor Center$10,00016%
Worknet Inc$10,00018%
Pouhana O Na Wahine$10,00011%
Ma Ka Hana Ka Ike Building Program$10,00011%
Maui Farmer Support Network$10,000119%
Mana Maoli$10,00011%
Downtown Art Center$10,00011%
The Legal Clinic$10,00012%
Hoaka Mana$10,00014%
Kalauokekahuli$10,00019%
Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence$10,00011%
Project Koa Yoga$10,0001n/a
Dreamhouse Inc$10,00011%
Kukolu$10,00012%
Malama Pono Health Services Fka Malama Pono-Kauai AIDS Project$10,00011%
Adult Friends for Youth$10,00011%
Aha Kukui O Molokai$9,41618%
Second Helpings$8,900148%
Oahu Resource Conservation & Development$8,00011%
Pink Belles Inc$7,5001n/a
American Legion Auxiliary Hawaii Girls State Foundation$7,0001n/a
Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii$6,0001n/a
Aloha Medical Mission$6,00011%
The Friends of the Palace Theater$5,80011%
Domestic Violence Action Center$5,50010%
Women Speaking Out$5,44011%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($100k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Women's Fund of Hawai'I supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHealthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii: $23,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetPacific Birth Collective Incorporated: $21,135 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetCouncil for Native Hawaiian Advancement: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWisdom Circles Oceania: $20,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetGoing Home Hawaii: $20,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetMolokai Affordable Housing Alliance: $20,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetMalama Na Makua a Keiki Inc: $18,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetWomen in Need: $17,080 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSamaritan Counseling Center Hawaii: $17,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetUnited States Veterans Initiative: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPurple Maia Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDynamic Healing Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHope Services Hawaii Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHula Preservation Society: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetAloha Diaper Bank: $10,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetHawaii Friends of Restorative Justice: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetHana Arts Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetKhm International: $10,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetLive-Evermore Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetPacific Survivor Center: $10,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetWorknet Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetPouhana O Na Wahine: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMa Ka Hana Ka Ike Building Program: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMaui Farmer Support Network: $10,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetMana Maoli: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDowntown Art Center: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetThe Legal Clinic: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHoaka Mana: $10,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetKalauokekahuli: $10,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetHawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetDreamhouse Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetKukolu: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetMalama Pono Health Services Fka Malama Pono-Kauai AIDS Project: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAdult Friends for Youth: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetAha Kukui O Molokai: $9,416 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetSecond Helpings: $8,900 over 1y, 48% of budgetOahu Resource Conservation & Development: $8,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAloha Medical Mission: $6,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Friends of the Palace Theater: $5,800 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDomestic Violence Action Center: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWomen Speaking Out: $5,440 over 1y, 0.8% 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 41.

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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.

Atherton Family Found…Friends of Hawaii Cha…Aloha United Way IncMcInerny Foundation--Cooke Foundation Limi…J Watumull FundBank of Hawaii Charit…The Harry and Jeanett…Kosasa FoundationCentral Pacific Bank …Hmsa FoundationThe People's Fund
Atherton Family FoundationHI45.6× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Atherton Family Foundation · Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc · Aloha United Way Inc · McInerny Foundation-- · Cooke Foundation Limited · J Watumull Fund · Bank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Kosasa Foundation · Central Pacific Bank Foundation · Hmsa Foundation · The People's Fund

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 Women's Fund of Hawai'I

How much does Women's Fund of Hawai'I give?
Women's Fund of Hawai'I reported 15 itemized grants totaling $133,656, out of $148,656 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 23 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Women's Fund of Hawai'I fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (15%), Human Services (15%), Arts & Culture (11%).
Who are Women's Fund of Hawai'I's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii ($23k), Pacific Birth Collective Incorporated ($21k), Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement ($20k).
Does Women's Fund of Hawai'I fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Women's Fund of Hawai'I?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Atherton Family Foundation, Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc, Aloha United Way Inc.
Where is Women's Fund of Hawai'I based?
Women's Fund of Hawai'I 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 51 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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