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, Waverley Street Foundation, Sergey Brin Family 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, $9M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to environment in Hawaii?

$74M reached 138 environment organizations in Hawaii, from 425 funders. 15% 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 15% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$74M

granted

138

organizations

15%

from in-state

The short version

425 funders gave $74M to 138 environment organizations in Hawaii across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
15% 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 $9M.
The environment organization drawing the most is Elemental Excelerator Inc, at $28M.

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$9M 2Waverley Street Foundation$7M 3Sergey Brin Family Foundation$5M 4National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$4M 5Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi$4M 6Silicon Valley Community Foundation$4M 7National Rural Water Association$2M 8Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$1M 9National Park Foundation$1M 10The Marisla Foundation$1M

Environment organizations in Hawaii that draw the most

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

Elemental Excelerator Inc$28M

128 other environment organizations$25M

National Tropical Botanical Garden$5M

How to find environment funders in Hawaii

1
Start with the funders already active in Hawaii
The funders giving the most to environment in Hawaii are National Philanthropic Trust, Waverley Street Foundation, Sergey Brin Family 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
85% 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, Waverley Street Foundation, Sergey Brin Family 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, $9M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in Hawaii?: $74M reached 138 environment organizations in Hawaii, from 425 funders. 15% 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.

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The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

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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.