Hawaii · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Education in Hawaii

Imperigo has identified 352 funders that made 1,815 grants totaling $287.8M to 203 education organizations in Hawaii, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in Hawaii

Total granted $287.8M
Funders 352
Grants 1,815
Organizations funded 203

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi Bishop DBA Kamehameha Schools
139 grants to 34 organizations · largest $7.1M · through 2024 · 31.6% of their giving
$72.3M
2. Polynesian Cultural Center
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10.2M · through 2024 · 99.9% of their giving
$10.2M
3. The Waterhouse Charitable Trust
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 56.9% of their giving
$10.0M
4. Parker Ranch Foundation Trust
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $644K · through 2024 · 31.9% of their giving
$5.9M
5. Hawai'i Pacific Health Group Return
16 grants to 6 organizations · largest $734K · through 2024 · 39.6% of their giving
$5.9M
6. C N Wodehouse Faculty Benefit Trust At
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$5.6M
7. Cn Wodehouse Faculty Benefit Tr At
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.8M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$5.3M
8. John T Waterhouse Te Co-Tr Punahou
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $941K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.4M
9. Hawaii Dental Service
12 grants to 7 organizations · largest $2.3M · through 2024 · 20.3% of their giving
$3.6M
10. Robert E Black Memorial Trust
16 grants to 4 organizations · largest $369K · through 2025 · 16.8% of their giving
$1.8M
11. David C Ai Charitable Trust
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $533K · through 2025 · 45.6% of their giving
$1.3M
12. Shidler College of Business Alumni Association
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $291K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.1M
13. Aloha United Way Inc
69 grants to 22 organizations · largest $222K · through 2024 · 5.9% of their giving
$3.3M
14. Charles R Hemenway Scholarship Trust
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $270K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$889K
15. Hawaii Veterans Memorial Fund
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $172K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$753K
16. The Jim Saunders Fund
12 grants to 4 organizations · largest $102K · through 2024 · 70.1% of their giving
$537K
17. Hawaii Justice Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $329K · through 2024 · 11.0% of their giving
$874K
18. Japan-America Institute of Management Science
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $477K · through 2024 · 93.6% of their giving
$477K
19. Hawaii Business Roundtable
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $65K · through 2024 · 84.1% of their giving
$390K
20. Wailea Community Association
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $118K · through 2024 · 77.9% of their giving
$388K
21. Hui Huliau
14 grants to 8 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 11.9% of their giving
$520K
22. Chaminade University Education Foun
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $160K · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$297K
23. Pan-Pacific Surgical Association
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$250K
24. Kamehameha Schools Parents & Teachers Oh
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $35K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$149K
25. Tmt International Observatory LLC
5 grants to 4 organizations · largest $50K · through 2023 · 24.4% of their giving
$139K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education 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. 13 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 education 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 education funding in Hawaii, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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