Grove Farm Company Foundation
Lihue, HI · EIN 99-0297416. Reported 88 grants totalling $240,500 to 64 recipients across tax years 2022-2025. 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. Grove Farm Company 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 $1,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,500 and $3,500; the smallest was $500 and the largest $15,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii Crop Improvement Association | Lihue, HI | $26,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hawaii Foodbank Kauai | Lihue, HI | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Kumus Cupboard | Lihue, HI | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Kauai Economic Development Board | Lihue, HI | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Koloa Plantation Days | Koloa, HI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Malama Huleia | Lihue, HI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Halau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leinaala | Kalaheo, HI | $9,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Child and Family Service | Ewa Beach, HI | $6,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Wilcox Elementary School | Lihue, HI | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Aloha Council - Boy Scouts of America | Honolulu, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Aloha Councilboy Scouts of America | Honolulu, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Cancer Society | Lihue, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters | Lihue, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Garden Island Resource Conservation | Lihue, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kauai High School | Lihue, HI | $5,000 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Kauai Hospice | Lihue, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kauai Police Activities League | Lihue, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kauai Veterans Center and Museum | Lihue, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Waimea Alumni and Friends Foundation | Waimea, HI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Poohala Ventures | Koloa, HI | $4,500 | 3 | 2 | 2025 |
| Waimea High School | Waime, HI | $4,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Island School | Lihue, HI | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hawaii Farm Bureau | Kunia, HI | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kalawai Youth Baseball Club | Lawai, HI | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Kapaa High School | Kapaa, HI | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Kapaa High School Foundation | Kapaa, HI | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Kauai Junior Golf Association | Lihue, HI | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Kauai Sports Unlimited | Lihue, HI | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Koloa Elementary School | Koloa, HI | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Kulea Volleyball Club | Koloa, HI | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| University of Hawaii Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hale Opio Kauai | Lihue, HI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kaiola Canoe Club | Lihue, HI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kauai Humane Society | Lihue, HI | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Kekahu Foundation Inc | Hanalei, HI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Hawaiis Crop Improvement Association | Honolulu, HI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School Band | Lihue, HI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Crime Stoppers Kauai | Lihue, HI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hui Alu Inc | Lihue, HI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kapaa High School Project Graduation | Kapaa, HI | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Kauai Beach Volleyball | Lihue, HI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kauai High School Athletics | Lihue, HI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kauai High School Project Graduation | Lihue, HI | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| King Kaumualii Elementary School Ptsa | Lihue, HI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| King Kaumualii School Ptsa | Lihue, HI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Koloa Elementary School Ptsa | Koloa, HI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lihue Hongwanji Mission | Lihue, HI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Lihue Hongwanji Mission Troop 83 | Lihue, HI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Uh Foundation Ctahr Kauai Cooperative | Honolulu, HI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Waimea Alumni and Friends Waff | Waimea, HI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Waimea High School Athletics | Waimea, HI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Waimea High School Project Graduation | Waimea, HI | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hawaii Land Trust | Honolulu, HI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Iwikua | Waimea, HI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| YWCA Kauai | Lihue, HI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| E Ola Mau Na Leo O Kekaha | Kekaha, HI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hawaii Construction Career Days | Honolulu, HI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kauai Museum Association Ltd | Lihue, HI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kauai Philippine Cultural Center | Lihue, HI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kauai Planning and Action Alliance | Lihue, HI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kauai Pop Warner Football League | Lawai, HI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nuhou Corporation | Lihue, HI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| YMCA of Kauai | Lihue, HI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
22 of 64 (34%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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 55%, across 1 year-to-year transition. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- Hawaii Crop Improvement Association
Support on going programs - Hawaii Foodbank Kauai
Support mission to address food insecurity - Malama Huleia
Assistance with equipment fund - Kauai Economic Development Board
Support on going programs and Employee Volunteer Grant - Halau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leinaala
Support education and perpetuation of the art of hula - Child and Family Service
Assist with ongoing programs. Includes an Employee Volunteer Grant.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | $7,000 | $3,500 |
| 2024 | 41 | $97,500 | $1,500 |
| 2025 | 45 | $136,000 | $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
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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 $1,500. 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 Grove Farm Company 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: 3 1850 Kaumualii Hwy, Lihue, HI, 96766. 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 99-0297416 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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