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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Hawaii, currently The Heising-Simons Foundation, Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation, Hawaii Dental Service. 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?

The Heising-Simons Foundation gives the most to science organizations in Hawaii, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Hawaii?

$8M reached 10 science organizations in Hawaii, from 62 funders. 18% 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 18% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here. Funding is concentrated: California Association for Research In alone draws 49% of every science grant dollar in Hawaii.

$8M

granted

organizations

18%

from in-state

The short version

62 funders gave $8M to 10 science organizations in Hawaii across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
18% 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 The Heising-Simons Foundation, at $2M.
The science organization drawing the most is California Association for Research In, at $4M.

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.

1The Heising-Simons Foundation$2M 2Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation$1M 3Hawaii Dental Service$1M 4National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$918k 5Grantham Foundation for the Protection$535k 6Wildlife Conservation Society$200k 7The Queen's Medical Center$189k 8Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$168k 9The John Lazarich Foundation$128k 10The Makana Aloha Foundation$80k

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$4M Hawaii Academy of Science$1M Oikonos - Ecosystem Knowledge$1M Whale Trust$615k World Ocean Council$580k

How to find science funders in Hawaii

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Start with the funders already active in Hawaii
The funders giving the most to science in Hawaii are The Heising-Simons Foundation, Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation, Hawaii Dental Service. 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
82% 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 The Heising-Simons Foundation, Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation, Hawaii Dental Service. 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?: The Heising-Simons Foundation gives the most to science organizations in Hawaii, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Hawaii?: $8M reached 10 science organizations in Hawaii, from 62 funders. 18% 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.