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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 2 of 4

26. Hawai'i Pacific Health
15 grants to 5 organizations · largest $72K · through 2024 · 6.8% of their giving
$317K
27. Ahualani
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2023 · 39.1% of their giving
$99K
28. 'OLELO Community Television
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $178K · through 2019 · 10.7% of their giving
$178K
29. Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau
5 grants to 4 organizations · largest $200K · through 2023 · 5.4% of their giving
$344K
30. Pablove Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $131K · through 2019 · 13.2% of their giving
$131K
31. Fire and Fragrance Ministries
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $70K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$70K
32. Punahou O-Men's Club
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$67K
33. Sublette Family Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$60K
34. Kauai Chamber of Commerce Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $80K · through 2024 · 14.7% of their giving
$80K
35. Kaanapali Ocean Resort Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2024 · 17.6% of their giving
$60K
36. Hawaii Women's Legal Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $16K · through 2024 · 26.7% of their giving
$48K
37. The Southern California & Southern Nevada Teamsters JC 42 Charity Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 16.9% of their giving
$50K
38. Jtb Goodwill Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$40K
39. Kapalua Maui Charities Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 57.1% of their giving
$40K
40. Maui United Way
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $178K · through 2023 · 3.8% of their giving
$188K
41. Kaanapali Ocean Resort Charitable Trust
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $35K · through 2023 · 14.1% of their giving
$50K
42. Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2023 · 11.8% of their giving
$50K
43. California Community Foundation
6 grants to 5 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2023
$3.2M
44. Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc C/O 141 Hawaii LLC
8 grants to 6 organizations · largest $38K · through 2021 · 3.9% of their giving
$127K
45. The Denver Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $600K · through 2024
$1.4M
46. Hawaii Government Employees Association Afscme Local 152 AFL-CIO
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2020 · 43.3% of their giving
$22K
47. Hawaii Hotel Alliance
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2023 · 66.7% of their giving
$20K
48. Waipahu Community Adult Day Health Center and Youth Day Care Center
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$20K
49. Hawaii Society of Clinical Oncology
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 26.7% of their giving
$20K
50. Honua Kai-West Maui Comm Benefit Fund Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $31K · through 2022 · 8.8% of their giving
$41K

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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