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Women's Fund of Hawai'I at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

· Public charity

Women's Fund of Hawai'I

To support programs that empower women and girls in hawaii.

$149k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% 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
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 15 grants below total $133,656, the rows itemized in this filing. The $148,656 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $15,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MOLOKAI AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALLIANCE$10,000
WISDOM CIRCLES OCEANIA$10,000
WAHINE FREELANCE ALLIANCE$10,000
EVERMORE (HAWAII CHAPTER)$10,000
HULA PRESERVATION SOCIETY$10,000
MANA WAHINE PRODUCTIONS$10,000
HE HO'OMAKA HOU ANA O PUNA$10,000
MAUI FARMER NETWORK$10,000
THE GROWING OHANA$10,000
DYNAMIC HEALING CENTER$10,000
AHA KUKUI O MOLOKAI$9,416
ALA HAWAII GIRLS STATE FOUNDATION$7,000
HONPA HONGWANJI HAWAII BETSUIN$6,000
AERIAL ARTS HAWAII LLC$5,800
WOMEN SPEAK OUT$5,440
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 (FY21–23, $73k) 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%SAMARITIAN COUNSELING CENTER HAWAII: $10k → 9%SAMARITIAN COUNSELING CENTER HAWAII: $7k → 9%SECOND HELPINGS: $9k → 9%KALAUOKEKAHULI: $10k → 9%WOMEN IN NEED: $9k → 9%WOMEN IN NEED: $8k → 9%ALOHA DIAPER BANK: $10k → 9%US VETS - BARBER'S POINT: $10k → 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.

17%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$112k · 6 repeat orgs$544k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 13 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
32

Total granted

$112k
$430k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+15%

Still filing today

100%
84%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $114k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationCrime & LegalCommunity 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • WC
    WISDOM CIRCLES OCEANIA
    2× · 2022–2024 · $20k · revenue +205%
  • GH
    GOING HOME HAWAII
    2× · 2022–2023 · $20k · revenue +105%
  • MN
    MALAMA NA MAKUA A KEIKI INC
    2× · 2020–2023 · $18k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • V5
    VARIOUS 5000 OR LESS
    one grant, 2019 · $100k
  • HM
    HEALTHY MOTHERS HEALTHY BABIES COALITION OF HAWAIIgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $23k · revenue +195%
  • PB
    PACIFIC BIRTH COLLECTIVE INCORPORATED
    one grant, 2023 · $21k
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
E Kupaku Ka Aina - the Hawaii Land Restoration Institute
Environment
3
Hawaii Family Law Clinic

To assist victims of domestic violence to attain safety, peace and healing through a continuum of services through its partners and collaborators in the community

Crime & Legal
4
The Haiku Aina Permaculture Initiative
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5
Na Kua Aina O Waimanalo
Arts & Culture
6
Kamawaelualani Corp

Nonprofit dedicated to community education and culture.

Arts & Culture
7
Na Mamo o Kawa

to rehabilitate, curate, and steward the natural and cultural resources of Kawa to honor the past, benefit the present, and preserve for the future generations of Ka'u, the Island of Hawaii and all humankind.

Environment
8
Hoomau Ke Ola

Ho`omau ke ola provides comprehensive rehabilitation services including residential and outpatient care, treatment, and counseling to persons recovering from problems related to persons with mental and substance abuse disorders. ho`omau ke…

Health
9
Malama Kua Aina
Environment
10
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
11
Ohana Makamae Inc

Ohana makame inc is a behavioral health agency whose mission is to provide counseling and other related resources to the residents of east maui.

Health
12
Ka Hale Pomaika'i Inc

Ka hale pomaika'i seeks to offer culturally respectful, sober support services including community education, relapse prevention, and sober housing to adults in early recovery from addiction on the island of moloka'i.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Malama Na Makua a Keiki Inc; the most unlike its peers is Women Speaking Out. 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

42 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. 42 of the 51 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
25/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VARIOUS 5000 OR LESS: $100,103 · OtherVARIOUS 5000 OR LESSMALAMA NA MAKUA A KEIKI INC: $18,000 · OtherMALAMA NA MAKUA A KEIKI INCPURPLE MAIA FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherHE HOOMAKA HOUANA O PUNA INC: $10,000 · OtherKUNOA: $10,000 · OtherTAHIRIH ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · OtherHOPE SERVICES HAWAII INC: $10,000 · OtherGROWING OHANA: $10,000 · OtherHAWAII FRIENDS OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: $10,000 · OtherPROJECT KOA YOGA: $10,000 · OtherMA KA HANA KA IKE BUILDING PROGRAM: $10,000 · OtherADULT FRIENDS FOR YOUTH: $10,000 · OtherKHM INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 · OtherDYNAMIC HEALING CENTER: $10,000 · OtherWORKNET INC: $10,000 · OtherMaui Farmer Support Network: $10,000 · Other+6 more: $40,000 · Other+6 moreWomen in Need: $17,080 · Human ServicesWomen in NeedSAMARITAN COUNSELING CENTER HAWAII: $17,000 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN COUNSE…UNITED STATES VETERANS INITIATIVE: $10,000 · Human ServicesUNITED STATES VE…ALOHA DIAPER BANK: $10,000 · Human ServicesALOHA DIAPER BAN…PACIFIC SURVIVOR CENTER: $10,000 · Human ServicesPACIFIC SURVIVOR…KALAUOKEKAHULI: $10,000 · Human ServicesKALAUOKEKAHULIHAWAII STATE COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: $10,000 · Human ServicesHAWAII STATE COA…SECOND HELPINGS: $8,900 · Human ServicesSECOND HELPINGSWISDOM CIRCLES OCEANIA: $20,000 · Arts & CultureWISDOM CIRC…HULA PRESERVATION SOCIETY: $10,000 · Arts & CultureHULA PRESER…HANA ARTS INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureHANA ARTS I…HOAKA MANA: $10,000 · Arts & CultureHOAKA MANAAHA KUKUI O MOLOKAI: $9,416 · Arts & CultureAHA KUKUI O…THE FRIENDS OF THE PALACE THEATER: $5,800 · Arts & CultureTHE FRIENDS…HEALTHY MOTHERS HEALTHY BABIES COALITION OF HAWAII: $23,000 · HealthHEALTHY MOT…PACIFIC BIRTH COLLECTIVE INCORPORATED: $21,135 · HealthPACIFIC BIR…Live-Evermore Inc: $10,000 · HealthLive-Evermo…MALAMA PONO HEALTH SERVICES FKA MALAMA PONO-KAUAI AIDS PROJECT: $10,000 · HealthMALAMA PONO…COUNCIL FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN ADVANCEMENT: $20,000 · EducationCOUNCIL FO…MOLOKAI AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALLIANCE: $20,000 · EducationMOLOKAI AF…MANA MAOLI: $10,000 · EducationMANA MAOLIDreamhouse Inc: $10,000 · EducationDreamhouse…GOING HOME HAWAII: $20,000 · Crime & LegalPouhana O Na Wahine: $10,000 · Crime & LegalTHE LEGAL CLINIC: $10,000 · Crime & LegalWOMEN SPEAKING OUT: $5,440 · Crime & LegalWAHINE FREELANCE ALLIANCE: $10,000 · Community ImprovementDOWNTOWN ART CENTER: $10,000 · Community ImprovementKukolu: $10,000 · Community Improvement
Other$298,103Human Services$92,980Arts & Culture$65,216Health$64,135Education$60,000Crime & Legal$45,440Community Improvement$30,000

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 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
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…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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Women's Fund of Hawai'I funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Women's Fund of Hawai'I. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 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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