Grants and funding in Hawaii

2,020 foundations reported granting into Hawaii on their most recent IRS filings: 7,686 itemized grants worth $529M between them. On top of that, 8 live grant programs and 32 contract opportunities are specific to Hawaii, alongside 3,344 nationwide programs also open here.

foundations granting into the state

2,020

of 129,981 grantmaking foundations on file

in itemized grants into the state

$529M

across 7,686 grants on IRS filings

live grants specific to Hawaii

8

of 3,984 live grants tracked nationwide

community lenders serving the state

32

of 483 CDFIs on file

Who gives the most into Hawaii

The five foundations reporting the largest itemized grant dollars into Hawaii on their most recent filings. Size and openness are different things: the giants here are mostly endowments that choose their own recipients, which is why the list worth working from is the 2,020 above filtered to funders that accept applications.

Who the Hawaii-specific grants are for

Of the 8 live grant programs specific to Hawaii, here is who the announcements name. 3 more are open to any organization type and counted separately, never twice.

Wherever you sit, nonprofits, tribal organizations, cities and towns and every other reader get their own page saying what Quillify does and does not do for them.

The lenders almost nobody checks

32 community development lenders serve Hawaii: below-market debt that takes no ownership, for organizations a bank would make wait. Among them: Community Reinvestment Fund, Inc., NDN Fund, Inc., Community Impact Loan Fund, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund, Accion Opportunity Fund. Quillify tracks all 483 nationwide alongside the grants, because the right answer to a funding gap is sometimes a loan you can actually get.