Funding search · EIN 237120804 · Honolulu, HI
Cooke Foundation Limited
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 246
- grants reported
- $5.9M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $20,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Top recipients
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- Honolulu Academy of Arts7 grants · $1.0M
- Punahou School3 grants · $600,000
- Honolulu Museum of Art1 grant · $200,000
- Hanahauoli School4 grants · $200,000
- Manoa Heritage Center4 grants · $200,000
- University of Hawaii Foundation7 grants · $128,500
- The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii5 grants · $110,000
- Molokai Land Trust4 grants · $100,000
- Diamond Head Theatre2 grants · $100,000
- Hawaii Symphony Orchestra3 grants · $90,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 246 grants.
- $391,859
Punahou School · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Punahou school academy learning commons
- $200,000
Honolulu Museum of Art · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Homa beretania campus capital improvements (pmnt 5 of 5)
- $200,000
Punahou School · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Punahou school academy learning commons
- $200,000
Honolulu Academy of Arts · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Homa beretania campus capital improvements (pmnt 4 of 5)
- $200,000
Honolulu Academy of Arts · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Homa beretania campus capital improvements (pmnt 3 of 5)
- $200,000
Honolulu Academy of Arts · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Homa beretania campus capital improvements (pmnt 2 of 5)
- $100,000
Honolulu Academy of Arts · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Annual grant - unrestricted general support
- $100,000
Honolulu Academy of Arts · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Annual grant - unrestricted general support
- $100,000
Honolulu Academy of Arts · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Annual grant - unrestricted general support
- $100,000
Honolulu Academy of Arts · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Annual grant - unrestricted general support
- $50,000
Hanahauoli School · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Annual grant - unrestricted general support
- $50,000
Manoa Heritage Center · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Annual grant - unrestricted general support
- $50,000
Hanahauoli School · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Annual grant - unrestricted general support
- $50,000
Manoa Heritage Center · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Annual grant - unrestricted general support
- $50,000
North Hawaii Hospice · Kamuela, HI · 2023
Capacity building for community palliative care
- $50,000
River of Life Mission · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Holistic health & wellness through community-driven hubs
- $50,000
Diamond Head Theatre · Honolulu, HI · 2022
A new diamond head theatre (pmnt 2 of 2)
- $50,000
Hanahauoli School · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Annual grant - unrestricted general support
- $50,000
Manoa Heritage Center · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Annual grant - unrestricted general support
- $50,000
Diamond Head Theatre · Honolulu, HI · 2021
A new diamond head theatre
- $50,000
Hanahauoli School · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Annual grant - unrestricted general support
- $50,000
Honolulu Biennial Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Hawaii triennial 2022 community engagement
- $50,000
Manoa Heritage Center · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Annual grant - unrestricted general support
- $40,000
Cathedral Church of St Andrew · Honolulu, HI · 2023
St. Andrew's cathedral aeolian-skinner organ restoration project
- $40,000
Honolulu Civil Beat · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Community health reporting (year 2)
- $40,000
Island School · Lihue, HI · 2022
New classroom building project (pmnt 2 of 2)
- $31,100
Friends of Amy B H Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden · Captain Cook, HI · 2023
Hanau hou - revitalizing amy greenwell ethnobotanical garden
- $30,000
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Hawaii symphony orchestra 2025-26 season
- $30,000
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra · Honolulu, HI · 2022
2023-2024 hapasymphony series
- $30,000
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Hapasymphony concert series - 2022-23 season
- $25,000
Molokai Land Trust · Kaunakakai, HI · 2024
Annual grant - unrestricted general support
- $25,000
The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Annual grant - unrestricted general support
- $25,000
Friends of the Library of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Phase ii of friends of the library of hawaii capital campaign
- $25,000
Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Maui county strong fund
- $25,000
Molokai Land Trust · Kaunakakai, HI · 2023
Annual grant - unrestricted general support
- $25,000
The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Annual grant - unrestricted general support
- $25,000
Hawaii Public Television Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Hiki no
- $25,000
Molokai Land Trust · Kaunakakai, HI · 2022
Annual grant - unrestricted general support
- $25,000
North Kohala Community Resource Center · Hawi, HI · 2022
Bond library restoration project
- $25,000
Pai Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Ola ka ilima (pmnt 2 of 2)
- $25,000
Parents and Children Together · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Parents and children together capital campaign - kalaulanilawapuni
- $25,000
The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Annual grant - unrestricted general support
- $25,000
Molokai Land Trust · Kaunakakai, HI · 2021
Annual grant - unrestricted general support
- $25,000
North Kohala Community Resource Center · Hawi, HI · 2021
Bond library restoration project
- $25,000
Pai Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Ola ka ilima
- $25,000
The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Annual grant - unrestricted general support
- $25,000
University of Hawaii Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Fish pono: save our reefs
- $20,000
808 Cleanups · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Expanding stewardship opportunities for all
- $20,000
Downtown Art Center · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Downtown art center's art exhibitions for fy 2026
- $20,000
Feeding Hawaii Together · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Expanding capacity to meet growing food insecurity
- $20,000
Hamakua Youth Foundation · Honokaa, HI · 2024
Hamakua youth center
- $20,000
Hana Arts · Hana, HI · 2024
Hana arts academy
- $20,000
Hawaii Foodbank · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Food 4 keiki school pantry program
- $20,000
Honolulu Civil Beat · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Economic inequality reporting (year 1)
- $20,000
Hospice of Hilo · Hilo, HI · 2024
Family centered community grief support for east hawaii
- $20,000
Kupu · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Kupu community program
- $20,000
Lyman House Memorial Museum · Hilo, HI · 2024
Lyman mission house restoration
- $20,000
Ma Ka Hana Ka Ike Building Program · Hana, HI · 2024
Ma ka hana ka olelo hawaii
- $20,000
Neighborhood Housing Community Development Corporation · Kapaa, HI · 2024
Beyond housing program
- $20,000
Ocean Alliance Project · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Koaview:: a community based approach to coral restoration & ecological monitoring
- $20,000
Parker School · Kamuela, HI · 2024
Broadening foundations for excellence
- $20,000
Rotary District 5000 Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Centennial park waikiki phase 2 construction project
- $20,000
Ultimate Hawaiian Trail Run Foundation · Lawai, HI · 2024
Keala kids: youth mental & physical health prevention programs
- $20,000
University of Hawaii Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Empowering maui farmers: diversifying agriculture for economic recovery & resiliency
- $20,000
University of Hawaii Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024
The manoa mirror, new student-led, mobile-first community news organization in hawaii, aimed at deepening & broadening the state's public discourse
- $20,000
University of Hawaii Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Blackness belonging hi
- $20,000
University of Hawaii Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024
New & traditional korean music in honolulu: a collaboration between university of hawaii-dept of music, hawaii symphony & seoul national university college of music
- $20,000
Young of Heart Workshop · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Hoomau na maka o ka aina
- $20,000
Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2023
What's next initiative
- $20,000
Haleiwa Waialua Historical Society · Waialua, HI · 2023
Waialua heritage center
- $20,000
Hana Arts · Hana, HI · 2023
Uplifting the east maui community through arts & culture
- $20,000
Hawaii Meals On Wheels · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Outreach to waianae coast kupuna: nutritious meals and human connection
- $20,000
Hawaii Opera Theatre · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Hawaii opera theatre's production of stuck elevator
- $20,000
Holualoa Foundation for Arts and Culture · Holualoa, HI · 2023
Donkey mill art center youth education program
- $20,000
Honolulu Biennial Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Hawaii triennial 2025
- $20,000
Malama Kauai · Kilauea, HI · 2023
Malama kauai's food hub programs: growing kauai's food system
- $20,000
Molokai Ohana Health Care · Kaunakakai, HI · 2023
Climate-driven relocation for molokai community health center
- $20,000
Residential Youth Services & Empowerment · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Ryse transitional housing program
- $20,000
Sustainable Molokai · Kaunakakai, HI · 2023
Functional operations transformation
- $20,000
The North Shore Community Land Trust · Haleiwa, HI · 2023
Kalaeokaunaoa coastal strand restoration
- $20,000
Young at Heart Workshop · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Aupuni space, an ongoing program of puuhonua society
- $20,000
808 Cleanups · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Panoramic pono: building blocks of stewardship
- $20,000
Aloha Harvest · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Rescuing quality food to nourish and strengthen our community
- $20,000
Aloha Kuamoo Aina · Kailua Kona, HI · 2022
Moolelo matters speaker series
- $20,000
Friends of the Future · Kamuela, HI · 2022
Tutu's house
- $20,000
Going Home Hawaii · Hilo, HI · 2022
9 months: windows of hope ("woh")
- $20,000
Hawaii Institute of Pacific Agriculture · Kapaau, HI · 2022
The hip agriculture residential farmer apprenticeship
- $20,000
Hawaii Opera Theatre · Honolulu, HI · 2022
An american dream
- $20,000
Hawaii Workers Center · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Earned income tax credit outreach (eitc) campaign
- $20,000
Hoa Aina O Makaha · Waianae, HI · 2022
Na keiki o ka aina program and the ke ala learning center program
- $20,000
Hoola Na Pua · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Shining the light and building resilience for hawaii's sexually exploited and at-risk youth
- $20,000
Ma Ka Hana Ka Ike Building Program · Hana, HI · 2022
Malama i na hulu kupuna (pmnt 3 of 3)
- $20,000
Malama Kauai · Kilauea, HI · 2022
Moloaa aina center
- $20,000
Malama Maunalua · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Community participation in makai restoration
- $20,000
Moanalua Gardens Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Malama kamananui environmental education program
- $20,000
Stand Up Maui · Pukalani, HI · 2022
The scorecard
- $20,000
The North Shore Community Land Trust · Haleiwa, HI · 2022
Restoration of kalaeokaunaoa (kahuku point)
- $20,000
The Popolo Project · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Calabash circle and our space youth programs
- $20,000
Waianae Economic Development Council · Waianae, HI · 2022
R3: restore-reconnect- revive
- $20,000
808 Cleanups · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Panoramic pono: building blocks of stewardship
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