How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in Hawaii?

Start with the funders already giving to environment in Hawaii, currently National Philanthropic Trust, Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Then look at who funds the environment 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 environment in Hawaii?

$229M reached 278 environment organizations in Hawaii, from 746 funders. 25% 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 · Environment

Who funds environment in Hawaii

Most of it comes from outside Hawaii: only 25% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$229M

granted

278

organizations

25%

from in-state

The short version

746 funders gave $229M to 278 environment organizations in Hawaii across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
25% of that came from funders also based in Hawaii; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of environment in Hawaii is National Philanthropic Trust, at $32M.
The environment organization drawing the most is Elemental Excelerator Inc, at $65M.

Largest funders of environment in Hawaii

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

1National Philanthropic Trust$32M 2Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools$20M 3National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$15M 4Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc$13M 5Sergey Brin Family Foundation$8M 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$8M 7Waverley Street Foundation$7M 8Hau'Oli Mau Loa Foundation$7M 9National Rural Water Association$6M 10Hale Halawai Ohana O Hanalei$5M

Environment organizations in Hawaii that draw the most

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

268 other environment organizations$101M

Elemental Excelerator Inc$65M National Tropical Botanical Garden$15M Hawaiian Islands Land Trust$7M Pacific Rim Conservation$6M The Kohala Center$5M

How to find environment funders in Hawaii

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Start with the funders already active in Hawaii
The funders giving the most to environment in Hawaii are National Philanthropic Trust, Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. A funder already writing environment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the environment 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
75% of environment money in Hawaii comes from funders elsewhere, so national environment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Hawaii.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in Hawaii?: Start with the funders already giving to environment in Hawaii, currently National Philanthropic Trust, Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Dba Kamehameha Schools, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Hawaii from out of state.
Who is the largest environment funder in Hawaii?: National Philanthropic Trust gives the most to environment organizations in Hawaii, $32M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in Hawaii?: $229M reached 278 environment organizations in Hawaii, from 746 funders. 25% 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.