How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Hawaii?

Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Hawaii, currently Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi, Tides Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Hawaii from out of state.

Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Hawaii?

Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Hawaii, $8M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Hawaii?

$90M reached 249 arts and culture organizations in Hawaii, from 503 funders. 41% came from funders also based in Hawaii.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Hawaii · Arts and culture

Who funds arts and culture in Hawaii

$90M reached 249 arts and culture organizations in Hawaii, from 503 funders, with no single one dominating.

$90M

granted

249

organizations

41%

from in-state

The short version

503 funders gave $90M to 249 arts and culture organizations in Hawaii across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
41% of that came from funders also based in Hawaii; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of arts and culture in Hawaii is Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi, at $8M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is Bishop Museum, at $11M.

Largest funders of arts and culture in Hawaii

The funders giving the most to arts and culture organizations in Hawaii, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi$8M 2Tides Foundation$7M 3Corporation for Public Broadcasting$5M 4Ndn Collective Inc$4M 5C N Wodehouse Bishop Museum Trust$3M 6The Andrew W Mellon Foundation$2M 7Stupski Foundation$2M 8Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$2M 9Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$2M 10Honolulu Symphony Foundation Inc$2M

Arts and culture organizations in Hawaii that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

239 other arts and culture organizations$42M

Bishop Museum$11M Worldwide Indigenous Science Network$6M Hawaii Public Television Foundation$6M Honolulu Museum of Art$5M Aha Punana Leo$5M Hawaii Symphony Orchestra$4M Koihonua$3M

How to find arts and culture funders in Hawaii

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Start with the funders already active in Hawaii
The funders giving the most to arts and culture in Hawaii are Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi, Tides Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting. A funder already writing arts and culture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
59% of arts and culture money in Hawaii comes from funders elsewhere, so national arts and culture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Hawaii.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Hawaii?: Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Hawaii, currently Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi, Tides Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Hawaii from out of state.
Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Hawaii?: Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Hawaii, $8M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Hawaii?: $90M reached 249 arts and culture organizations in Hawaii, from 503 funders. 41% came from funders also based in Hawaii.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.