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Who funds civil rights and advocacy in Hawaii

Most of it comes from outside Hawaii: only 5% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Hawaii's civil rights and advocacy organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$25M
granted
31
organizations
5%
from in-state

The short version

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in Hawaii

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

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Hawaii that draw the most

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

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in Hawaii

  1. 1
    Start with the funders already active in Hawaii

    The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in Hawaii are Network for Good, Tides Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. A funder already writing civil rights and advocacy checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.

  2. 2
    See who funds organizations like yours

    Open the civil rights and advocacy 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. 3
    Add the out-of-state funders reaching in

    95% of civil rights and advocacy money in Hawaii comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Hawaii.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Hawaii?
Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Hawaii, currently Network for Good, Tides Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Hawaii from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Hawaii?
Network for Good gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Hawaii, $5M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Hawaii?
$25M reached 31 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Hawaii, from 151 funders. 5% 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

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.