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Servco Foundation

Honolulu, HI · EIN 99-0248256. Reported 36 grants totalling $1,235,094 to 32 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,680median grant
$1,235,094granted, 2020-2024
32recipients, as named on its returns
$4,796,021assets, latest filing

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. Servco 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.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $2,680. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $22,500; the smallest was $320 and the largest $246,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
13 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
8 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
2 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
5 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
2 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant
$100,000 and Up
5 grants

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.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
See Attachment 16ASee Att a, HI$607,500332023
See Attachment 9ASee Att a, HI$246,000112020
Aloha United WayHonolulu, HI$116,783112024
See Attachment 16BSee Att B, HI$100,000332023
See Attachment 9BSee Att B, HI$65,000112020
Imua Family ServicesKahului, HI$20,000112024
Ma Ka Hana Ka IkeHana, HI$15,000112024
Protect & Preserve HawaiiHonolulu, HI$15,000112024
Maui Economic Opportunity IncKahului, HI$12,981112024
Public Schools of Hawaii FoundationHonolulu, HI$5,000112024
The Salvation ArmyHonolulu, HI$5,000112024
DonorschoosePhiladelphia, PA$4,150112024
Hawaii Songwriting FestivalKamuela, HI$3,000112024
Hawaii Public RadioHonolulu, HI$2,860112024
Hawai'i Meals on Wheels IncHonolulu, HI$2,500112024
Susan G KomenDallas, TX$2,500112024
Waikiki Community CenterHonolulu, HI$2,500112024
Shidler College of Business AlumniassociationHonolulu, HI$2,000112024
A'ali'i MentoringHonolulu, HI$1,000112024
Aina MomonaKaunakakai, HI$500112024
Aloha Youth Lacrosse Association (ayla)Kaneohe, HI$500112024
Edukits HawaiiHonolulu, HI$500112024
Finley Fort FoundationHonolulu, HI$500112024
Hopewell StringsLaie, HI$500112024
Hugs for Hawaii's Seriously Ill Children and THonolulu, HI$500112024
Hui O Momilani PtsoPearl City, HI$500112024
Lahainaluna High School FoundationLahaina, HI$500112024
Na Kama KaiWaianae, HI$500112024
Purple MaiaAiea, HI$500112024
Resurrection of the Lord ChurchWaipahu, HI$500112024
The Growing OhanaAiea, HI$500112024
The 200 ClubAiea, HI$320112024

2 of 32 (6%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.

Plus 11 grants to individuals totalling $50,000 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.

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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 15 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.

Education
5 grants
Environment
3 grants
Human Services
2 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
1 grant
Animal Welfare
1 grant
Arts & Culture
1 grant
Health Care
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
20202$311,000$155,500
20212$227,750$113,875
20222$248,250$124,125
20232$231,500$115,750
202428$216,594$1,500

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

99% 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.

Hawaii
$1.2M
Pennsylvania
$4K
Texas
$2K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund8 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc7 shared recipientsBank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn7 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc7 shared recipientsAtherton Family Foundation6 shared recipientsJ Watumull Fund6 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,680. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Hawaii.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 Servco Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). 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 2788, Honolulu, HI, 96803. 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.

EIN 99-0248256 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded.

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