Funding search · EIN 990293514 · Honolulu, HI

Pacific Islanders in Communications

Name: Pacific Islanders in Communications grants, 2021–2023
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.

59
grants reported: $1.5M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

licensing digital production special completion acquisition aquisition post

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

56 grants matching “license” · $1.4M

$55,000
The Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Digital licensing fee
$55,000
Rock Salt Media · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Pic special project licensing fee
$40,000
Doc Society · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Pic special project licensing fee
$40,000
Essential Islanders Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Production licensing fee
$30,000
Firelight Media · New York, NY · 2023
Pic special project licensing fee
$30,000
Niu Doc Llc · Lemon Grove, CA · 2023
Production licensing fee
$25,000
Rooy Media Llc · Frederick, MD · 2023
Production licensing fee
$25,000
Wnet · New York, NY · 2023
Pic special project licensing fee
$21,000
Hawaii Women in Filming · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Digital acquisition licensing fee
$20,000
What Took You So Long · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Production licensing fee
$17,000
A Little Startup Llc · Haleiwa, HI · 2023
Digital licensing fee
$17,000
Lehua Films Llc · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Digital licensing fee
$15,000
Eat the Fish Llc · Dededo, GU · 2023
Digital licensing fee
$15,000
The Queens Flowers Llc · Mililani, HI · 2023
Digital licensing fee
$15,000
Sina Films Llc · Rio Vista, CA · 2023
Digital licensing fee
$15,000
Center of Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2023
Digital licensing fee
$6,000
A Hurt Like Mine Llc · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Digital licensing fee
$6,000
The Ali'I King Llc · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Digital licensing fee
$80,000
The Queens Flowers Llc · Mililani, HI · 2022
Digital licensing fee
$48,123
Rock Salt Media · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Pic special project licensing fee
$30,000
Ninth Island Documentary Llc · Mililani, HI · 2022
Production licensing fee
$22,000
Making Waves Films Llc · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Completion licensing fee
$21,000
The Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2022
Digital licensing fee & pic special project licensing fee
$20,000
Rooy Media Llc · Frederick, MD · 2022
Production licensing fee
$20,000
Kukini Studios Llc · Waialua, HI · 2022
Digital licensing fee
$20,000
Niu Doc Llc · El Cerrito, CA · 2022
Production licensing fee
$18,010
Olona Media Llc · Mililani, HI · 2022
Aquisition licensing fee
$15,000
Synergetic Distribution · El Segundo, CA · 2022
Aquisition licensing fee
$15,000
Lumos Media Llc · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Production licensing fee
$15,000
The Popolo Project · Honolulu, HI · 2022
R&d licensing fee
$15,000
A Hurt Like Mine Llc · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Digital licensing fee
$15,000
Manoa Film and Media Company Llc · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Digital licensing fee
$15,000
The Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Digital licensing fee
$10,000
Filmmakers Collaborative · Melrose, MA · 2022
Digital licensing fee
$10,000
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2022
Production licensing fee
$7,000
Mighty Island Llc · Tumon, GU · 2022
Digital licensing fee
$7,000
Ksg Dba Kai Media · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Digital licensing fee
$6,740
Lonely George Films Llc · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Digital licensing fee
$6,000
Mara Films Llc · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Digital licensing fee
$6,000
Makawalu Films Llc · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Digital licensing fee
$85,000
Kanaka Pakipika Llc · Haleiwa, HI · 2021
Completion licensing fee
$60,000
Wnet · New York, NY · 2021
Co-production and pic special project licensing fees
$50,000
Making Waves Films Llc · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Post-production licensing fee
$50,000
Every Day in Kaimuki Llc · Haleiwa, HI · 2021
Pic special project licensing fee
$49,000
Center for Independent Documentary · Boston, MA · 2021
Digital licensing fee & pic special project licensing fee
$46,877
Rock Salt Media · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Pic special project licensing fee
$30,000
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2021
Production licensing fee
$21,000
Terra Carrere Llc · Miami Beach, FL · 2021
Pic special project licensing fee
$20,000
Hula Girl Productions Llc · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Production licensing fee
$19,000
Lonely George Films Llc · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Digital licensing fee
$15,000
The Ali'I King Llc · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Digital licensing fee
$15,000
The Queens Flowers Llc · Mililani, HI · 2021
Digital licensing fee
$15,000
World Wide Wallace Llc · Hanalei, HI · 2021
Digital licensing fee
$12,000
Hawaii Women in Filmmaking · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Digital acquisition licensing fee
$8,000
Island Soldier Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
Completion licensing fee
$7,000
Kamaaina Creations Llc · Pearl City, HI · 2021
Digital licensing fee

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Rock Salt Media3 grants · $150,000
The Queens Flowers Llc3 grants · $110,000
Kanaka Pakipika Llc1 grant · $85,000
Wnet2 grants · $85,000
Making Waves Films Llc2 grants · $72,000
The Film Collaborative2 grants · $70,000
Every Day in Kaimuki Llc1 grant · $50,000
Latino Public Broadcasting1 grant · $50,000
Niu Doc Llc2 grants · $50,000
Center for Independent Documentary1 grant · $49,000

Giving over time

$531,877

2021

$493,873

2022

$447,000

2023

Grant history

All 59 reported grants, largest first.

$85,000
Kanaka Pakipika Llc · Haleiwa, HI · 2021
Completion licensing fee
$80,000
The Queens Flowers Llc · Mililani, HI · 2022
Digital licensing fee
$60,000
Wnet · New York, NY · 2021
Co-production and pic special project licensing fees
$55,000
Rock Salt Media · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Pic special project licensing fee
$55,000
The Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Digital licensing fee
$50,000
Latino Public Broadcasting · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Co-production
$50,000
Every Day in Kaimuki Llc · Haleiwa, HI · 2021
Pic special project licensing fee
$50,000
Making Waves Films Llc · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Post-production licensing fee
$49,000
Center for Independent Documentary · Boston, MA · 2021
Digital licensing fee & pic special project licensing fee
$48,123
Rock Salt Media · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Pic special project licensing fee
$46,877
Rock Salt Media · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Pic special project licensing fee
$40,000
Doc Society · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Pic special project licensing fee
$40,000
Essential Islanders Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Production licensing fee
$30,000
Firelight Media · New York, NY · 2023
Pic special project licensing fee
$30,000
Niu Doc Llc · Lemon Grove, CA · 2023
Production licensing fee
$30,000
Ninth Island Documentary Llc · Mililani, HI · 2022
Production licensing fee
$30,000
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2021
Production licensing fee
$29,000
Chris a Johns Media Llc · Gainesville, FL · 2021
Post-production lincensing fee
$25,000
Rooy Media Llc · Frederick, MD · 2023
Production licensing fee
$25,000
Wnet · New York, NY · 2023
Pic special project licensing fee
$22,000
Hula Girl Productions Llc · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Production development fee
$22,000
Making Waves Films Llc · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Completion licensing fee
$21,000
Hawaii Women in Filming · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Digital acquisition licensing fee
$21,000
The Center for Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2022
Digital licensing fee & pic special project licensing fee
$21,000
Terra Carrere Llc · Miami Beach, FL · 2021
Pic special project licensing fee
$20,000
What Took You So Long · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Production licensing fee
$20,000
Kukini Studios Llc · Waialua, HI · 2022
Digital licensing fee
$20,000
Niu Doc Llc · El Cerrito, CA · 2022
Production licensing fee
$20,000
Rooy Media Llc · Frederick, MD · 2022
Production licensing fee
$20,000
Hula Girl Productions Llc · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Production licensing fee
$19,000
Lonely George Films Llc · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Digital licensing fee
$18,010
Olona Media Llc · Mililani, HI · 2022
Aquisition licensing fee
$17,000
A Little Startup Llc · Haleiwa, HI · 2023
Digital licensing fee
$17,000
Lehua Films Llc · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Digital licensing fee
$15,000
Center of Independent Documentary · Newton, MA · 2023
Digital licensing fee
$15,000
Eat the Fish Llc · Dededo, GU · 2023
Digital licensing fee
$15,000
Sina Films Llc · Rio Vista, CA · 2023
Digital licensing fee
$15,000
The Queens Flowers Llc · Mililani, HI · 2023
Digital licensing fee
$15,000
A Hurt Like Mine Llc · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Digital licensing fee
$15,000
Lumos Media Llc · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Production licensing fee
$15,000
Manoa Film and Media Company Llc · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Digital licensing fee
$15,000
Synergetic Distribution · El Segundo, CA · 2022
Aquisition licensing fee
$15,000
The Film Collaborative · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Digital licensing fee
$15,000
The Popolo Project · Honolulu, HI · 2022
R&d licensing fee
$15,000
The Ali'I King Llc · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Digital licensing fee
$15,000
The Queens Flowers Llc · Mililani, HI · 2021
Digital licensing fee
$15,000
World Wide Wallace Llc · Hanalei, HI · 2021
Digital licensing fee
$12,000
Hawaii Women in Filmmaking · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Digital acquisition licensing fee
$10,000
Filmmakers Collaborative · Melrose, MA · 2022
Digital licensing fee
$10,000
Women Make Movies · New York, NY · 2022
Production licensing fee
$8,000
Island Soldier Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
Completion licensing fee
$7,000
Ksg Dba Kai Media · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Digital licensing fee
$7,000
Mighty Island Llc · Tumon, GU · 2022
Digital licensing fee
$7,000
Kamaaina Creations Llc · Pearl City, HI · 2021
Digital licensing fee
$6,740
Lonely George Films Llc · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Digital licensing fee
$6,000
A Hurt Like Mine Llc · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Digital licensing fee
$6,000
The Ali'I King Llc · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Digital licensing fee
$6,000
Makawalu Films Llc · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Digital licensing fee
$6,000
Mara Films Llc · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Digital licensing fee

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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.