How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Hawaii?

Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Hawaii, currently Legal Services Corporation, Hawaii Community Lending, Hawaii Justice Foundation. Then look at who funds the crime and legal organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Hawaii from out of state.

How much grant money goes to crime and legal in Hawaii?

$23M reached 29 crime and legal organizations in Hawaii, from 121 funders. 44% 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 · Crime and legal

Who funds crime and legal in Hawaii

Three organizations take 76% of all crime and legal funding in Hawaii, led by Legal Aid Society of Hawaii. Hawaii's crime and legal organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 4 funders each.

$23M

granted

organizations

44%

from in-state

The short version

121 funders gave $23M to 29 crime and legal organizations in Hawaii across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
44% of that came from funders also based in Hawaii; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of crime and legal in Hawaii is Legal Services Corporation, at $6M.
The crime and legal organization drawing the most is Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, at $8M.

Largest funders of crime and legal in Hawaii

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

1Legal Services Corporation$6M 2Hawaii Community Lending$4M 3Hawaii Justice Foundation$3M 4The Chicago Community Trust$3M 5The Waterhouse Charitable Trust$2M 6Aloha United Way Inc$539k 7John D and Catherine T Macarthur$500k 8The Christensen Fund$450k 9Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$400k 10Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement$314k

Crime and legal organizations in Hawaii that draw the most

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

Legal Aid Society of Hawaii$8M Neighborhood Place of Puna$6M Palama Settlement$3M Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation$1M

19 other crime and legal organizations$1M

How to find crime and legal funders in Hawaii

1
Start with the funders already active in Hawaii
The funders giving the most to crime and legal in Hawaii are Legal Services Corporation, Hawaii Community Lending, Hawaii Justice Foundation. A funder already writing crime and legal checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the crime and legal 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
56% of crime and legal money in Hawaii comes from funders elsewhere, so national crime and legal funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Hawaii.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a crime and legal nonprofit in Hawaii?: Start with the funders already giving to crime and legal in Hawaii, currently Legal Services Corporation, Hawaii Community Lending, Hawaii Justice Foundation. Then look at who funds the crime and legal organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Hawaii from out of state.
Who is the largest crime and legal funder in Hawaii?: Legal Services Corporation gives the most to crime and legal organizations in Hawaii, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to crime and legal in Hawaii?: $23M reached 29 crime and legal organizations in Hawaii, from 121 funders. 44% 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.