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Top Giving Foundations: HI

Foundations have far-ranging interests. With some research, you’ll find one that's a “fit” for your work.

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They’re prescreened: they have a staff, issue RFPs, or otherwise indicate interest in receiving grant proposals. Some foundations are omitted, even though they award large grants, because they don’t accept unsolicited grant proposals. We list up to forty foundations for each state.

Title Total Annual Giving
Hawaii Community Foundation $41,896,815
Freeman Foundation $16,524,978
Harold K. L. Castle Foundation $7,173,506
McInerny Foundation $4,163,323
Atherton Family Foundation $3,874,035
Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation $1,984,475
The Victoria S. and Bradley L. Geist Foundation $1,911,350
Bank of Hawaii Foundation $1,850,168
Hawaiian Electric Industries Charitable Foundation $1,624,062
First Hawaiian Bank Foundation $1,567,216
Hindu Heritage Endowment $1,216,551
HMSA (Hawaii Medical Service Association) Foundation $1,193,813
The James and Abigail Campbell Family Foundation $1,076,707
George N. Wilcox General Trust $997,250
Cooke Foundation, Limited $950,579
The Kosasa Foundation $835,000
LGA Family Foundation $835,000
The Cades Foundation $570,000
J. Watumull Fund $505,000
First Insurance Company of Hawaii Charitable Foundation $419,641
Teresa F. Hughes Trust $327,500
Na Lei Aloha Foundation $288,221
Antone and Edene Vidinha Charitable Trust $271,500
Servco Foundation $269,550
Fred Baldwin Memorial Foundation $266,556
Hung Wo and Elizabeth Lau Ching Foundation $244,880
Historic Hawaii Foundation $215,834
George P. and Ida Tenney Castle Trust $175,000
George F. Straub Trust Estate $111,997
Finance Factors Foundation $84,410
The Edward and Peggy Eu Foundation $72,720
Hawai'i People's Fund $48,119
The Earl and Doris Bakken Foundation $11,950
Hawaii National Foundation $5,800