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Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Hawaii

Imperigo has identified 130 funders that made 509 grants totaling $77.9M to 89 community improvement organizations in Hawaii, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in Hawaii

Total granted $77.9M
Funders 130
Grants 509
Organizations funded 89

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop DBA Kamehameha Schools
66 grants to 18 organizations · largest $2.2M · through 2024 · 8.1% of their giving
$18.6M
2. Hui Huliau
9 grants to 5 organizations · largest $709K · through 2024 · 28.4% of their giving
$1.2M
3. North Beach - West Maui Benefit Fund Inc
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $201K · through 2023 · 40.0% of their giving
$408K
4. Hale Halawai Ohana O Hanalei
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $602K · through 2024 · 11.7% of their giving
$602K
5. Hawaii Construction Industry Improvement Program Fund
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $72K · through 2025 · 16.8% of their giving
$326K
6. Aloha United Way Inc
16 grants to 10 organizations · largest $500K · through 2024 · 2.6% of their giving
$1.5M
7. Kauai Chamber of Commerce Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $116K · through 2024 · 27.1% of their giving
$148K
8. Transform Hawaii Government
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2023 · 23.8% of their giving
$70K
9. Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau
9 grants to 7 organizations · largest $71K · through 2023 · 4.5% of their giving
$282K
10. Ahahui Siwila Hawaii
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2025 · 15.3% of their giving
$50K
11. National Council of Nonprofits
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $118K · through 2025 · 4.9% of their giving
$148K
12. The Gift Foundation of Hawaii
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $59K · through 2023 · 6.1% of their giving
$59K
13. Hawai'i Pacific Health
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$115K
14. The Ironman Foundation Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $70K · through 2019 · 3.1% of their giving
$79K
15. Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc C/O 141 Hawaii LLC
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $20K · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$71K
16. Hawaii Dental Service
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024
$140K
17. Bend the Arc - a Jewish Partnership for Justice
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $125K · through 2024
$125K
18. CFA Institute
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $49K · through 2024
$165K
19. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
5 grants to 4 organizations · largest $794K · through 2024
$1.4M
20. The Jim Saunders Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 3.3% of their giving
$25K
21. Milagro Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 1.6% of their giving
$30K
22. Boutiki
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $5K · through 2023 · 4.0% of their giving
$9K
23. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $400K · through 2024
$650K
24. Lever for Change
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2025 · 1.7% of their giving
$20K
25. Hawaii Hotel Industry Foundation
4 grants to 4 organizations · largest $16K · through 2020
$56K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement work in Hawaii, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 10 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering community improvement work, with an address in Hawaii. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable community improvement funding in Hawaii, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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