Funding search · EIN 990153704 · Honolulu, HI

Hawaii Council for Humanities

Name: Hawaii Council for Humanities grants, 2020–2023
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

97
grants reported: $1.2M
total given: 2020–2023
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2020–2023. 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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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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University of Hawaii System3 grants · $39,999
Bamboo Ridge Press4 grants · $37,054
Bishop Museum2 grants · $30,000
Kualoa-Heeia Ecumenical Youth Project2 grants · $30,000
East Hawaii Cultural Council2 grants · $30,000
The Friends of Iolani Palace2 grants · $30,000
Historic Hawaii Foundation2 grants · $30,000
Kauai Museum Association Ltd2 grants · $30,000
Manoa Heritage Center2 grants · $30,000
Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii2 grants · $30,000

Giving over time

$194,185

2020

$684,140

2021

$162,211

2022

$197,730

2023

Grant history

All 97 reported grants, largest first.

$20,000
Bishop Museum · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Sharp general operating costs grant
$20,000
Daughters of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Sharp general operating costs grant
$20,000
East Hawaii Cultural Council · Hilo, HI · 2021
Sharp general operating costs grant
$20,000
Hawaii International Film Festival · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Sharp general operating costs grant
$20,000
Hawaii United Okinawa Association · Waipahu, HI · 2021
Sharp general operating costs grant
$20,000
Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Sharp general operating costs grant
$20,000
Historic Hawaii Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Sharp general operating costs grant
$20,000
Hui Noeau · Makawao, HI · 2021
Sharp general operating costs grant
$20,000
Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Sharp general operating costs grant
$20,000
Kauai Museum Association Ltd · Lihue, HI · 2021
Sharp general operating costs grant
$20,000
Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Sharp general operating costs grant
$20,000
Kona Historical Society · Captain Cook, HI · 2021
Sharp general operating costs grant
$20,000
Kua'Aina Ulu 'Auamo · Kaneohe, HI · 2021
Sharp general operating costs grant
$20,000
Kualoa-Heeia Ecumenical Youth Project · Kaneohe, HI · 2021
Sharp general operating costs grant
$20,000
Manoa Heritage Center · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Sharp general operating costs grant
$20,000
Maunalua Fishpond Heritage Center · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Sharp general operating costs grant
$20,000
Moanalua Gardens Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Sharp general operating costs grant
$20,000
The Friends of Iolani Palace · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Sharp general operating costs grant
$19,999
University of Hawaii System · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Public humanities grant
$19,991
The Lahaina Restoration Foundation · Lahaina, HI · 2021
Sharp general operating costs grant
$19,321
Kauluakalana · Kailua, HI · 2021
Sharp general operating costs grant
$18,407
Ceeds of Peace · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Sharp general operating costs grant
$18,276
Papahana Kuaola · Kaneohe, HI · 2021
Sharp general operating costs grant
$18,000
Lanai Culture and Heritage Center · Lanai City, HI · 2021
Sharp general operating costs grant
$16,697
Congregation of the Sacred Hearts US Province · Kaneohe, HI · 2021
Sharp general operating costs grant
$15,000
Dancers Unlimited · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Sharp humanities programming grant
$15,000
Hana Arts · Hana, HI · 2021
Sharp humanities programming grant
$15,000
Honokaa Hongwanji Mission · Honokaa, HI · 2021
Sharp humanities programming grant
$15,000
Kalihi-Palama Culture & Arts Society · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Sharp humanities programming grant
$15,000
Maui Arts & Cultural Center · Kahului, HI · 2021
Sharp humanities programming grant
$15,000
Read To Me International Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Sharp humanities programming grant
$14,970
Civic Education Council · Wahiawa, HI · 2021
Sharp humanities programming grant
$14,798
Malama Loko Ea Foundation · Haleiwa, HI · 2021
Sharp humanities programming grant
$14,680
The Merwin Conservancy · Haiku, HI · 2021
Sharp humanities programming grant
$10,000
Donkey Mill Art Center · Holualoa, HI · 2023
Hanau ka moolelo exhibition and programs
$10,000
East-West Center · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Celebrating micronesian voices
$10,000
Enlivened Cooperative · Hilo, HI · 2023
Lauhala weaving knowledges/practices
$10,000
Filipino Association of University Women · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Filipino voices in hawaii
$10,000
George and Marguerite Simson Biographical Research Center · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Funding for travel - the 1898 project
$10,000
Hawaiian Historical Society · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Hawaii ma kahaone beaches of hawaii
$10,000
Honolulu Biennial Foundation Dba Hawaii Contemporary · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Hawaii triennial 2025 docent program
$10,000
Honolulu Printmakers · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Printer lei project - risography
$10,000
Malama Learning Center · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Limuhinaula
$10,000
Maui Academy of Performing Arts · Wailuku, HI · 2023
Pigs from the sea
$10,000
Maui Arts and Cultural Center · Kahului, HI · 2023
Sense of place/place of sense
$10,000
North Kohala Community Resource Center · Hawi, HI · 2023
Kohala voices: youth documentary film
$10,000
Obama Hawaiian Africana Museum · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Hawaiis untold africana experiences
$10,000
Palama Settlement · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Annual reports and newsletters 1907-2006
$10,000
The Outdoor Circle · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Outdoor circle at hawaii state archives
$10,000
University of Hawaii System · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Asia pacific dance 2024
$10,000
University of Hawaii System · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Korean art and history across the pacific
$10,000
Bishop Museum · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Public humanities grant
$10,000
Dancers Unlimited · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Public humanities grant
$10,000
Donkey Mill Art Center · Holualoa, HI · 2022
Public humanities grant
$10,000
East Hawaii Cultural Council · Hilo, HI · 2022
Public humanities grant
$10,000
Friends of King Kaumualii · Waimea, HI · 2022
Public humanities grant
$10,000
Krause Family Foundation 'Alana Ke Aloha · Kaneohe, HI · 2022
Public humanities grant
$10,000
Kualoa-Heeia Ecumenical Youth Project · Kaneohe, HI · 2022
Public humanities grant
$10,000
Manoa Heritage Center · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Public humanities grant
$10,000
North Hawai'I Heritage Foundation · Honokaa, HI · 2022
Public humanities grant
$10,000
Playbuilders of Hawaii Theater Company · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Public humanities grant
$10,000
Story for All · Koloa, HI · 2022
Public humanities grant
$10,000
Volcano Art Center · Volcano, HI · 2022
Public humanities grant
$10,000
Aloha Kuamoo Aina · Kailua Kona, HI · 2021
Public humanities grant
$10,000
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Public humanities grant
$10,000
Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Public humanities grant
$10,000
Kauai Museum Association Ltd · Lihue, HI · 2021
Public humanities grant
$10,000
Maui Arts & Cultural Center · Kahului, HI · 2021
Public humanities grant
$10,000
Palama Settlement · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Preservation & access grant
$10,000
The Friends of Iolani Palace · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Public humanities grant
$10,000
Friends of Waipahu Cultural Garden Park Dba Hawaii'S Plantation Village · Waipahu, HI · 2020
Preservation & access grant
$10,000
Hana Arts · Hana, HI · 2020
Public humanities grant
$10,000
Hawaiian Legacy Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2020
Preservation & access grant
$10,000
Historic Hawaii Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2020
Preservation & access grant
$10,000
Ka Ipu Makani Cultural Heritage Center · Kaunakakai, HI · 2020
Public humanities grant
$10,000
Kahuli Leo Lea · Kaneohe, HI · 2020
Public humanities grant
$10,000
Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services (Echoes of Oceania) · Honolulu, HI · 2020
Public humanities grant
$10,000
Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services (Puali Moolelo) · Honolulu, HI · 2020
Preservation & access grant
$10,000
Kona Historical Society (Kehau Music) · Captain Cook, HI · 2020
Public humanities grant
$10,000
Krause Family Foundation 'Alana Ke Aloha · Kaneohe, HI · 2020
Public humanities grant
$10,000
Pacific American Foundation · Kailua, HI · 2020
Preservation & access grant
$10,000
Proarts · Kihei, HI · 2020
Public humanities grant
$10,000
Pua Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2020
Public humanities grant
$10,000
Read To Me International Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2020
Public humanities grant
$10,000
The Center for Independent Documentary · Boston, MA · 2020
Public humanities grant
$10,000
University of Hawaii (Cosmic Dancer) · Honolulu, HI · 2020
Preservation & access grant
$10,000
University of Hawaii (Richardson Coll) · Honolulu, HI · 2020
Preservation & access grant
$9,680
Hawaii Book & Music Festival · Kaneohe, HI · 2023
Ai impact on the humanities
$9,600
Bamboo Ridge Press · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Public humanities grant
$9,454
Bamboo Ridge Press · Honolulu, HI · 2020
Preservation & access grant
$9,431
University of Hawaii (Dig Hi Social Movemts) · Honolulu, HI · 2020
Preservation & access grant
$9,050
Hui Noeau · Makawao, HI · 2023
Ka ulana ana i ka piko
$9,000
Bamboo Ridge Press · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Bamboo ridge oral history project 2025
$9,000
Bamboo Ridge Press · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Sharp general operating costs grant
$8,112
Hawai'I Pono'I Foundation · Kailua, HI · 2022
Public humanities grant
$5,300
Kona Historical Society · Captain Cook, HI · 2020
Public humanities grant
$4,500
Lyman House Memorial Mueseum · Hilo, HI · 2022
Preservation and access grant

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.