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 Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. 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 Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Hawaii, $36M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

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

$273M reached 403 arts and culture organizations in Hawaii, from 874 funders. 46% 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

Arts and culture funding in Hawaii is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Bishop Museum leads, and the money reaches 403 groups.

$273M

granted

403

organizations

46%

from in-state

The short version

874 funders gave $273M to 403 arts and culture organizations in Hawaii across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
46% 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 Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools, at $36M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is Bishop Museum, at $24M.

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 Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools$36M 2Corporation for Public Broadcasting$34M 3Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$7M 4Robert Allerton Endowment Fund Xxxxx7501$7M 5Stupski Foundation$6M 6National Philanthropic Trust$6M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$6M 8C N Wodehouse Bishop Museum Trust$6M 9The Andrew W Mellon Foundation$5M 10John T Waterhouse Te Co-Tr Bishop$5M

Arts and culture organizations in Hawaii that draw the most

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

393 other arts and culture organizations$127M

Bishop Museum$24M Hawaii Public Television Foundation Dba Pbs Hawaii$24M Honolulu Museum of Art$21M Aha Punana Leo$21M Pacific Islanders in Communications$17M Hawaii Symphony Orchestra$9M Hawaii Public Radio$8M

How to find arts and culture funders in Hawaii

1
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 Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. 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
54% 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 Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. 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 Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Hawaii, $36M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Hawaii?: $273M reached 403 arts and culture organizations in Hawaii, from 874 funders. 46% 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 unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

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

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.