The Hawaii Pacific Foundation Inc
Honolulu, HI · EIN 27-2497099. Reported 81 grants totalling $5,977,801 to 53 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For The Hawaii Pacific Foundation Inc, the IRS classifies it under science & technology rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE U40) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 53 distinct organizations, with 46% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is concentrated. Most of the money has a settled destination, and the remainder is what is realistically in play.
- How much its list changes. 75% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $25,000. Half of what it reported fell between $5,000 and $70,000; the smallest was $10 and the largest $1,370,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Hawaii Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $2,722,500 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Partners in Development Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $400,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement | Kapolei, HI | $384,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| East-West Center Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $332,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Papahana Aloha Aina Hawaii | Honolulu, HI | $270,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Foundation for An Engaged Pacific | Honolulu, HI | $259,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of Waimanalo | Waimanalo, HI | $230,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kukolu | Kaneohe, HI | $230,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hakipuu Academy | Kaneohe, HI | $130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hui Mahiai Aina | Waimanalo, HI | $118,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hawaii Youth Challenge Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $102,500 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Kulaniakea | Kaneohe, HI | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Trust for Public Land | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hoomau Ke Ola | Waianae, HI | $84,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hui O Koolaupoko | Kailua, HI | $52,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hoomahua Foundation | Waianae, HI | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kauluwao Inc | Hilo, HI | $37,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Heartbeat Movement | Kaneohe, HI | $33,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Na Pualei O Likolehua | Honolulu, HI | $32,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pua Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Derek Sakaguchi Foundation | Kailua, HI | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hfd Explorers | Honolulu, HI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Honolulu Metropolitan Foursquare Church | Honolulu, HI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Searider Productions Foundation | Waianae, HI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Makee Pono Lahui | Honolulu, HI | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Metro Christian Church | Honolulu, HI | $21,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hawaii Pacific Advisory Group | Kapolei, HI | $20,536 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Halau Nohona Hawaii | Alexandria, VA | $16,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Malama Honua Public Charter School Foundation | Waimanalo, HI | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pacific University | Forest Grove, OR | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Domestic Violence Action Center | Honolulu, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Kansas City, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Iolani Palace | Honolulu, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hui Malama O Ke Kai Foundation | Waimanalo, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture | Kapolei, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Koa Ike | Waianae, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Liliuokalani Protestant Church | Haleiwa, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Polynesian Voyaging Society | Honolulu, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Queens Medical Center | Honolulu, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Young Womens Christian Assoc of Oahu | Honolulu, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Waianae District Comprehensive Health and Hospital Board | Waianae, HI | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nanaikapono Hawaiian Civic Club Foundation | Waianae, HI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Moanalua High School Athletic Booster Club | Honolulu, HI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Women Speaking Out | Kaneohe, HI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aha Punana Leo | Hilo, HI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Feeding Hawaii Together Org | Honolulu, HI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hawaiian Islands Land Trust | Honolulu, HI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Keiki O Ka Aina Preschool Inc | Honolulu, HI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pencils to People | Kaneohe, HI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Defense Orientation Conference Association | Centreville, VA | $600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Native Hawaiian Organizations Association | Honolulu, HI | $155 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Best Buy Foundation | Richfield, MN | $10 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
19 of 53 (36%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- University of Hawaii Foundation
Education Program Support - Council for Native Hawaiian Advance
Economic & Community Development - East West Center Foundation
Education & Goodwill Promotion - Partners in Development Foundation
Education and General Program Support - Hui Mahial Aina
Food Sustainability & Education - Pua Foundation
Health Social & Cultural Support
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 43 of 53 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | $314,000 | $15,000 |
| 2021 | 10 | $683,265 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 20 | $2,735,500 | $55,000 |
| 2023 | 46 | $2,245,036 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
98% of its giving went to organizations in Hawaii. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. 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 grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $25,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Hawaii.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Hawaii Pacific Foundation Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 745 Fort Street Mall 1015, Honolulu, HI, 96813.
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