FundersHawaii

American Floor and Home Foundation

Aiea, HI · EIN 71-1009218. Reported 73 grants totalling $379,009 to 33 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,500median grant
$379,009granted, 2020-2023
33organizations funded
48%of grantees funded again the next year
$1,293,124assets, 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. American Floor and Home 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 $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $50,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
5 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
38 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
21 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
6 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
2 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
University of HawaiiHonolulu, HI$77,500442023
Pali Momi FoundationHonolulu, HI$54,000332022
Aloha United WayHonolulu, HI$42,000222023
The Salvation ArmyHonolulu, HI$23,000442023
Grassroot Institute of HawaiiHonolulu, HI$20,000332022
Hawaii Baptist AcademyHonolulu, HI$18,900542023
Hawaii Pacific UniversityHonolulu, HI$15,000332022
Chaminade UniversityHonolulu, HI$13,500332023
Assets SchoolHonolulu, HI$10,000332023
New Hope Internat'l MinistriesHonolulu, HI$10,000112020
San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, CA$10,000222023
Family Programs HawaiiHonolulu, HI$7,500222021
The PantryHonolulu, HI$7,500222021
St Louis SchoolHonolulu, HI$7,000332022
The Salvation Army - Hawaiian & Pacific Islands DivHonolulu, HI$6,709112020
Alzheimer's AssociationHonolulu, HI$6,500332022
Punahou SchoolHonolulu, HI$6,400332022
Navian HawaiiHonolulu, HI$5,000112022
Pacific UniversityForest Grove, OR$5,000112021
Center for Tomorrow's LeadersHonolulu, HI$4,000222021
Common GraceHonolulu, HI$4,000222021
Hawaiian Humane SocietyHonolulu, HI$4,000222021
Family Promise of HawaiiHonolulu, HI$3,000112023
The Outdoor CircleHonolulu, HI$3,000332023
Pacific Rim Christian UniversityHonolulu, HI$2,500112020
Youth for Christ HawaiiHonolulu, HI$2,500112020
American Diabetes AssnHonolulu, HI$2,000222021
Kaimuki Christian SchoolHonolulu, HI$2,000442023
Ma'ema'e Elementary SchoolHonolulu, HI$2,000112020
YMCA of HonoluluHonolulu, HI$2,000222023
Good News Jail & Prison MinistryHonolulu, HI$1,000112020
National Kidney FoundationHonolulu, HI$1,000112021
The Internat'l Assn of Lions ClubsPearl City, HI$500112020

22 of 33 (67%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 48%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

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 recipient's own IRS classification, for the 54 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Education
27 grants
Human Services
4 grants
Religion
4 grants
Public & Societal Benefit
3 grants
Health Care
3 grants
Environment
3 grants
Youth Development
3 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202027$82,209$2,000
202122$88,200$3,000
202213$137,700$5,000
202311$70,900$5,000

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

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 96% of this one's giving went to organizations in Hawaii. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Hawaii
$364K
California
$10K
Oregon
$5K

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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

Aloha United Way Inc18 shared recipientsBank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn17 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund16 shared recipientsJ Watumull Fund15 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc13 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc12 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  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 American Floor and Home Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 98-1015 Palula Way, Aiea, HI, 96701. 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 71-1009218 · 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, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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