Chung Kun Ai Foundation
Honolulu, HI · EIN 99-6003289. Reported 242 grants totalling $581,250 to 66 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Chung Kun Ai Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $1,500; the smallest was $250 and the largest $30,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Straub Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $130,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| YMCA of Honolulu (oahu) | Honolulu, HI | $65,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hawaiian Humane Society | Honolulu, HI | $52,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hawaii Foodbank | Honolulu, HI | $22,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Girl Scout Council of Hawaii | Honolulu, HI | $18,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| YMCA Annual Support Campaign | Honolulu, HI | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Institute for Human Services | Honolulu, HI | $14,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Red Cross | Honolulu, HI | $12,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Cancer Society-Hope Lodge | Honolulu, HI | $11,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Iolani School | Honolulu, HI | $11,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Punahou School | Honolulu, HI | $11,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Waikiki Health Center | Honolulu, HI | $10,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Pacific University Oregon | Forest Grove, OR | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mid-Pacific Institute | Honolulu, HI | $7,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| PBS Hawaii | Honolulu, HI | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| River of Life Mission | Honolulu, HI | $7,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Rehab Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $7,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Kuakini Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $6,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Le Jardin Academy | Kailua, HI | $6,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Domestic Violence Action Center | Honolulu, HI | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Blood Bank of Hawaii | Honolulu, HI | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boy Scouts of America Aloha Council | Honolulu, HI | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii | Honolulu, HI | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Chaminade University | Honolulu, HI | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Child & Family Service | Ewa Beach, HI | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Children's Discovery Center | Honolulu, HI | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hale Kipa | Honolulu, HI | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hanahauoli School | Honolulu, HI | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hawaii Theatre for Youth | Honolulu, HI | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House | Honolulu, HI | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St Louis School | Honolulu, HI | $5,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Makiki Christian Church | Honolulu, HI | $4,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Alzheimer's Association - Aloha | Honolulu, HI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| American Diabetes Association | Honolulu, HI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| American Heart Association | Honolulu, HI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Assets School | Honolulu, HI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Catholic Charities | Honolulu, HI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Hawaii Education of the Arts | Kailua, HI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement of Hawaii Inc | Honolulu, HI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Make-a-Wish Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Pacific University | Forest Grove, OR | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Big Brothersbig Sisters of Honolulu Inc | Honolulu, HI | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Special Olympics Hawaii | Ewa Beach, HI | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| After School All-Stars | Honolulu, HI | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Central Union Church | Honolulu, HI | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Hawaiian Islands Ministries | Honolulu, HI | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Kaumakapili Protestant Church | Honolulu, HI | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Moiliili Community Center | Honolulu, HI | $2,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Pantry | Honolulu, HI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin | Honolulu, HI | $2,250 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Aloha Medical Mission | Honolulu, HI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Chinese Chamber of Commerce | Honolulu, HI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kalihi-Palama Health Center | Honolulu, HI | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Dr Sun Yat Sen Hawaii | Honolulu, HI | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Alzheimer's Association Aloha Chapter | Honolulu, HI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Frank De Lima's Student Enrichment | Honolulu, HI | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Cancer Society | Honolulu, HI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Big Brothersbig Sisters of | Honolulu, HI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Feeding Hawaii Together (the Pantry) | Honolulu, HI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| First Presbyterian Church | Kaneohe, HI | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Navian Hawaii | Honolulu, HI | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| YWCA of Oahu | Honolulu, HI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hospice Hawaii | Honolulu, HI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Dr Sun Yat Sen Hawaii Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
54 of 66 (82%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 88%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Straub Foundation
TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES - Hawaiian Humane Society
ANIMAL PRESERVATION, ADOPTION, FOSTER CARE - Hawaii Foodbank
ESTABLISHED TO COLLECT, WAREHOUSE AND DISTRIBUTE FOOD TO FEED THE NEEDY - YMCA Annual Support Campaign
YMCA IS DEDICATED TO ELIMINATING RACISM, EMPOWERING WOMEN AND PROMOTING PEACE, JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND DIGNITY FOR ALL - YMCA of Honolulu (oahu)
PUTTING CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLESINTO PRACTICE THAT BUILD HEALTHYSPIRIT, MIND AND BODY - Girl Scout Council of Hawaii
BUILD GIRLS OF COURAGE,CONFIDENCE AND CHARACTER
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 115 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 45 | $107,500 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 47 | $115,000 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 49 | $117,250 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 52 | $110,500 | $1,000 |
| 2025 | 49 | $131,000 | $1,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
96% of its giving went to organizations in Hawaii. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Hawaii.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Chung Kun Ai Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 1559, Honolulu, HI, 96806. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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