Hawaii · Nonprofit
HAWAII STATE BAR FOUNDATION
HAWAII STATE BAR FOUNDATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $54,216 to it, the largest being Davis Levin Livingston Charitable Foundation ($30,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $101k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $54k
- Net assets
- $263k
What Hawaii State Bar Foundation does
Mission
(1) to promote justice through programs such as access to justice for persons in need of legal services, civics education, and other public service programs and projects, including programs and projects of the hawaii state bar association; (2) to improve the administration of justice through the creation, development, funding, and delivery of continuing professional and legal education, and leadership, mentoring and other programs for the legal profession; and (3) to support the charitable, scientific, literary, religious, or educational purposes withing the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code (or the corresponding provision of any future united states internal revenue law) (the "code").
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
As the supporting organization of the hawaii state bar association (hsba), grants are made to support the charitable and educational mission of the hsba, a 501(c)(6) organization, to fund public service projects such as the self help centers in the courts for pro se parties and the judiciary's courts in the community, bringing supreme court arguments to hawaii public high schools.
$51,466 spentof which $51,466 as grants100% of program spendingGrants to deserving programs and nonprofit organizations that further hsbf's mission, including improving delivery of legal services to those in need, facilitating access to justice and increasing public understanding of the law in hawaii communities.
Our fellows program accepts donations from individuals who are designated as follows: founding life fellow - pledge 1,000/year for 5 years and continuing each year founding fellow - pledge 1,000 (250/year for 4 years) and continuing each year associate founding fellow - 100 per year while eligible to be a member of the young lawyers division these donations to hsbf are used to further hsbf's tax-exempt purpose, in general, and the specified program service accomplishments listed above.
To support the charitable, scientific, literary, religious, or educational purposes withing the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code (or the corresponding provision of any future united states internal revenue law) (the "code").
$106 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $51,572.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2017 to 2018, from $163k to $232k (+43%).
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: 2017 0% · 2018 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of HAWAII STATE BAR FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $322 → $15k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 HAWAII STATE BAR FOUNDATION’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
HAWAII STATE BAR FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
37% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund HAWAII STATE BAR FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 83% · 2021 98% · 2022 98% · 2023 67% — diversifying over time.
“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
94% of HAWAII STATE BAR FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k 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
HAWAII STATE BAR FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like HAWAII STATE BAR FOUNDATION
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HAWAII STATE BAR FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HAWAII STATE BAR FOUNDATION?
- HAWAII STATE BAR FOUNDATION (Hawaii) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $54,216 to it, the largest being Davis Levin Livingston Charitable Foundation ($30,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HAWAII STATE BAR FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $54,216 in grants to HAWAII STATE BAR FOUNDATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HAWAII STATE BAR FOUNDATION?
- Davis Levin Livingston Charitable Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HAWAII STATE BAR FOUNDATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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