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Foundations That Fund Crime & Legal Aid in Hawaii

Imperigo has identified 73 funders that made 261 grants totaling $34.9M to 29 crime & legal aid organizations in Hawaii, with a median grant of $18K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Crime & Legal Aid Funding in Hawaii

Total granted $34.9M
Funders 73
Grants 261
Organizations funded 29

Top Funders — page 1 of 3

1. The Waterhouse Charitable Trust
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 31.2% of their giving
$5.5M
2. Hawaii Justice Foundation
43 grants to 9 organizations · largest $450K · through 2024 · 45.1% of their giving
$3.6M
3. Blueprint for Change
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024 · 15.7% of their giving
$992K
4. Legal Services Corporation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.3M · through 2023
$10.2M
5. David C Ai Charitable Trust
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $68K · through 2025 · 5.7% of their giving
$162K
6. Hawaii Island United Way Inc
16 grants to 4 organizations · largest $14K · through 2024 · 6.3% of their giving
$127K
7. Hawaii Women's Legal Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $13K · through 2023 · 21.4% of their giving
$38K
8. Aloha United Way Inc
13 grants to 5 organizations · largest $141K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$620K
9. Hawaiian Lodge F & A M
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$20K
10. The Gift Foundation of Hawaii
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2023 · 5.2% of their giving
$50K
11. Kauai United Way
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024 · 3.8% of their giving
$58K
12. Royal Order of Constantine the Great and Saint Helen
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023 · 50.0% of their giving
$10K
13. Tmt International Observatory LLC
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $32K · through 2019 · 5.5% of their giving
$32K
14. Foundation II of the American College of Trial Lawyers Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2023 · 2.0% of their giving
$75K
15. The Chicago Community Trust
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2.5M · through 2023
$2.5M
16. Maui United Way
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $16K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$61K
17. Hawaii State Rural Health Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2023 · 3.2% of their giving
$20K
18. Hawaii Council for Humanities
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10K · through 2023 · 1.4% of their giving
$24K
19. East Bay Community Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $170K · through 2024
$420K
20. The Scottish Rite Foundation Southern Jurisdiction USA Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2023
$30K
21. Kahala Senior Living Community Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2020
$30K
22. Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc C/O 141 Hawaii LLC
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $5K · through 2021
$10K
23. The Philadelphia Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2023
$50K
24. Hawaii Hotel Industry Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2019
$10K
25. Joy In Childhood Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2020
$15K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to crime & legal aid 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. 9 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 crime & legal aid 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 crime & legal aid funding in Hawaii, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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