FundersHawaii

Finance Factors Foundation

Honolulu, HI · EIN 31-1642776. Reported 149 grants totalling $398,419 to 92 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,500median grant
$398,419granted, 2021-2024
92organizations funded
37%of grantees funded again the next year
$2,369,197assets, 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. Finance Factors 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 $1,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $600 and $3,500; the smallest was $20 and the largest $23,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
43 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
82 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
18 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
6 grants

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
Girl Scouts of HawaiiHonolulu, HI$48,500332024
American Judicature SocietyHonolulu, HI$22,688442024
Ahahui Koa AnenueHonolulu, HI$20,000112024
Assets SchoolHonolulu, HI$17,000332024
Chinese Chamber of CommerceHonolulu, HI$16,100322023
University of Hawaii FoundationHonolulu, HI$15,500332024
Chinatown Community FoundationHonolulu, HI$14,750332024
Hawaii Homeownership CenterHonolulu, HI$14,300442024
The Gift Foudnation of HawaiiHonolulu, HI$11,000222024
Honolulu Theatre for YouthHonolulu, HI$10,700332024
KupuHonolulu, HI$10,128222023
Chamber Music HawaiiHonolulu, HI$10,000442024
Shidler Alumni AssociationHonolulu, HI$10,000222024
Rehab FoundationHonolulu, HI$9,000332023
The Gift Foundation of HawaiiHonolulu, HI$8,000222022
Child & Family ServiceEwa Beach, HI$7,500112023
American Heart AssociationHonolulu, HI$7,102442024
YWCA O'ahuHonolulu, HI$6,400222024
American Lung AssociationHonolulu, HI$6,000112023
Hi Women's Legal FoundationHonolulu, HI$5,000112023
Laulima Giving ProgramHonolulu, HI$5,000222022
Native Hawaiian Legal CorporationHonolulu, HI$5,000222024
The Filipino Community CenterWaipahu, HI$5,000222022
The Trust for the Public LandHonolulu, HI$5,000112021
Girl Scount of HawaiiHonolulu, HI$4,500112021
Hawaii FoodbankHonolulu, HI$4,070442024
Historic Hawaii FoundationHonolulu, HI$3,750112022
Palolo Chinese HomeHonolulu, HI$3,700222022
Honolulu Theater for YouthHonolulu, HI$3,500112021
Junior AchievementHonolulu, HI$3,500112022
Junior Achievement of HawaiiHonolulu, HI$3,500112024
Parents and Children TogetherHonolulu, HI$3,500112022
Teach for AmericaHonolulu, HI$3,500442024
YWCA OahuHonolulu, HI$3,050112022
Aio FoundationHonolulu, HI$3,000112023
Hawaii United OkinawaWaipahu, HI$3,000112023
Hawaii Women's Legal FoundationHonolulu, HI$3,000112024
Making Ends MeetAiea, HI$3,000332024
St Andrew's Priory SchoolHonolulu, HI$3,000112021
The Legal ClinicHonolulu, HI$3,000112024
Volunetter Legal Services HawaiiHonolulu, HI$3,000222024
Family Hui HawaiiHonolulu, HI$2,500332024
Feeding Hi TogetherHonolulu, HI$2,500112021
Hon Japanese Chamber of CommerceHonolulu, HI$2,500112021
Keiki O Ka AinaHonolulu, HI$2,500112023
Keiki O Ka Aina Family Learning CentersHonolulu, HI$2,500112024
Pacific Gateway CenterHonolulu, HI$2,500112022
UC Hastings FoundationSan Francisco, CA$2,500112022
Pearl Ridge Elementary SchoolAiea, HI$2,150112022
St Francis HealthcareHonolulu, HI$2,050222022
Erica's House GuamBarrigada, GU$2,000222022
Honolulu Symphony FoundationHonolulu, HI$2,000222024
The ShelterKaneohe, HI$2,000222024
Hawaii Home ProjectHonolulu, HI$1,500112023
Make a Wish HawaiiHonolulu, HI$1,500112021
The Salvation Army GuamBarrigada, GU$1,500222022
Charles R Kendall Scholarship and Education FundHonolulu, HI$1,300112023
Alzheimer's AssociationHonolulu, HI$1,250222024
Kendall Scholarship FundHonolulu, HI$1,200222022
Autism Society of HawaiiHonolulu, HI$1,000112021
Big Brothers Big SistersHonolulu, HI$1,000112022
Boy Scouts of AmericaHonolulu, HI$1,000222023
Honolulu SymphonyHonolulu, HI$1,000112021
Japanese Cultural CenterHonolulu, HI$1,000112022
Pacific Century FellowsHonolulu, HI$1,000112024
The Knights of Rizal Aloha ChapterPearl City, HI$1,000112023
Binhi at AniKahului, HI$750112023
Hawaii Community FoundationHonolulu, HI$750222023
Hawaii Government Employee's AssociationHonolulu, HI$750112024
Adventist Health CastleKailua, HI$700222023
Aloha CouncilHonolulu, HI$500112021
East-West Center FoundationHonolulu, HI$500112024
Kauai Independent FoodbankKauai, HI$500112021
Olelo Community MediaHonolulu, HI$500112023
Pacific Fleet Submarine Memorial AssociationHonolulu, HI$500112024
Un Foundation for the School of Travel Industry ManagementHonolulu, HI$500112023
World Central Kitchen IncWashington, DC$500112022
Institute for Human ServicesHonolulu, HI$250112023
Kaimuki High School FoundationHonolulu, HI$250112021
YMCA of HonoluluHonolulu, HI$250112024
Books 4 KeikiHonolulu, HI$200112024
Thinktech HawaiiHonolulu, HI$200112021
Aloha Council Boy Scouts of AmericaHonolulu, HI$100112024
Helping Hands HawaiiHonolulu, HI$100112021
Maluhia Adult Day Health CenterHonolulu, HI$100112021
The United Korean Association of Hawaii TukahHonolulu, HI$100112023
Hawaiian Humane SocietyHonolulu, HI$60222023
Hisis LLCHonolulu, HI$50112022
Read to Me InternationalHonolulu, HI$50112022
Lanai Cat SanctuaryLanai City, HI$26112023
Shriner's Children's HospitalHonolulu, HI$25112024
Oahu SPCAWahiawa, HI$20112024

36 of 92 (39%) 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 37%, 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 80 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
14 grants
Education
12 grants
Arts & Culture
11 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
6 grants
Diseases & Disorders
5 grants
Youth Development
5 grants
Housing & Shelter
5 grants
Health Care
5 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202138$94,550$2,500
202240$111,550$2,325
202336$98,363$1,400
202435$93,956$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

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 98% 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
$392K
Gu
$4K
California
$2K
District of Columbia
$500

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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 Inc30 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund25 shared recipientsJ Watumull Fund23 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc23 shared recipientsBank of Hawaii Charitable Fdn18 shared recipientsFirst Insurance Company18 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,500. 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 Finance Factors Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 1164 Bishop Street 1089, Honolulu, HI, 96813. 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 31-1642776 · 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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