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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Hawaii, currently American Endowment Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The Heising-Simons Foundation. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Hawaii from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in Hawaii?

American Endowment Foundation gives the most to science organizations in Hawaii, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Hawaii?

$28M reached 30 science organizations in Hawaii, from 93 funders. 6% 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 · Science

Who funds science in Hawaii

Most of it comes from outside Hawaii: only 6% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Funding is concentrated: California Association for Research in Astronomy alone draws 57% of every science grant dollar in Hawaii.

$28M

granted

organizations

from in-state

The short version

93 funders gave $28M to 30 science organizations in Hawaii across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
6% of that came from funders also based in Hawaii; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Hawaii is American Endowment Foundation, at $6M.
The science organization drawing the most is California Association for Research in Astronomy, at $16M.

Largest funders of science in Hawaii

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

1American Endowment Foundation$6M 2Silicon Valley Community Foundation$5M 3The Heising-Simons Foundation$5M 4Mt Cuba Astronomical Foundation$2M 5National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$2M 6Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation$1M 7Walter Scott Family Foundation$1M 8National Philanthropic Trust$976k 9Hawaii Dental Service$740k 10Stupski Foundation$700k

Science organizations in Hawaii that draw the most

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

California Association for Research in Astronomy$16M Elemental Excelerator Inc$5M

How to find science funders in Hawaii

1
Start with the funders already active in Hawaii
The funders giving the most to science in Hawaii are American Endowment Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The Heising-Simons Foundation. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
94% of science money in Hawaii comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Hawaii.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Hawaii?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Hawaii, currently American Endowment Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The Heising-Simons Foundation. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Hawaii from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Hawaii?: American Endowment Foundation gives the most to science organizations in Hawaii, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Hawaii?: $28M reached 30 science organizations in Hawaii, from 93 funders. 6% 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.