Hawaii · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER OF EAST HAWAII
FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER OF EAST HAWAII (Hawaii) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $264,926 to it, the largest being THE VICTORIA S AND BRADLEY L GEIST FOUNDATION ($110,337). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $256k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $265k
- Net assets
- $189k
What Friends of the Children's Justice Center of East Hawaii does
Mission
In partnership with the children's justice center, the friends exist to meet the needs of abused and neglected children of east hawaii. We focus our efforts on helping child victims with resources and hope, while striving to educate the public about child abuse.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Provide for the emergency and follow-up needs of children in east hawaii who are victims of abuse. This also includes the recruitment and training of volunteers to evaluate and process requests, and maintaining a child-friendly environment for in-take interviews.
$234,166 spent97% of program spendingProvide support and resources for the training of police and social service workers involved in the take-in and interview of minor-aged victims of abuse.
$2,701 spent1% of program spendingEducation and prevention activities in east hawaii for child abuse month in april and throughout the year. Includes literature, outreach events, and presentations to the community to promote child abuse awareness and prevention.
$4,819 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $241,686.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $351k to $579k (+65%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 5% · 2021 4% · 2022 4% · 2023 4% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
101% of FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER OF EAST HAWAII’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (73% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Robin Benedict
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $15k → $170.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER OF EAST HAWAII’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER OF EAST HAWAII leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 52% · 2019 100% · 2020 88% · 2021 49% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER OF EAST HAWAII's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $659 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER OF EAST HAWAII is better cushioned than half of the 1,356 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,356 unclassified nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER OF EAST HAWAII
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Hawaii
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER OF EAST HAWAII?
- FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER OF EAST HAWAII (Hawaii) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $264,926 to it, the largest being THE VICTORIA S AND BRADLEY L GEIST FOUNDATION ($110,337). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER OF EAST HAWAII have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $264,926 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER OF EAST HAWAII, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER OF EAST HAWAII?
- THE VICTORIA S AND BRADLEY L GEIST FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $110,337 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN'S JUSTICE CENTER OF EAST HAWAII find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Hawaii. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing