Funding search · EIN 996002441 · Honolulu, HI

Elsie Wilcox Foundation

Name: Elsie Wilcox Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

61
grants reported: $249,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $4,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

gift science kauai engineering food purchase camp farm

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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.

Top recipients

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

Island School4 grants · $26,000
Waimea Sugar Mill Museum4 grants · $23,500
Helping Hands Hawaii4 grants · $20,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii4 grants · $17,500
National Tropical Botanical Garden4 grants · $16,000
Hawaii Foodbank3 grants · $15,000
Hawaii Academy of Science4 grants · $14,500
American Cancer Society4 grants · $14,000
Hawaii Opera Theatre4 grants · $13,000
Honolulu Theatre for Youth4 grants · $11,500

Giving over time

$84,000

2022

$50,000

2023

$55,000

2024

$60,000

2025

Grant history

All 61 reported grants, largest first.

$7,500
Island School · Lihue, HI · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$7,500
Island School · Lihue, HI · 2022
Science equipment project
$7,500
Waimea Sugar Mill Museum · Waimea, HI · 2022
General contribution
$6,000
Island School · Lihue, HI · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$6,000
Waimea Sugar Mill Museum · Waimea, HI · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$5,500
Waioli Corporation · Lihue, HI · 2022
Grove farm and kaipu camp
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Hawaii Foodbank · Honolulu, HI · 2025
Kauai food purchase
$5,000
Helping Hands Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Island School · Lihue, HI · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Malama Kauai · Kiluea, HI · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Waimea Sugar Mill Museum · Waimea, HI · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Helping Hands Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Project Vision Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
The Bridge Kaua'I To College · Koloa, HI · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Waimea Sugar Mill Museum · Waimea, HI · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Hawaii Foodbank · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Kauai food purchase
$5,000
Helping Hands Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
American Cancer Society · Kennesaw, GA · 2022
General contribution
$5,000
American National Red Cross · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Disaster preparedness &
$5,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2022
One-to-one mentoring
$5,000
Equine Therapy · Kapaa, HI · 2022
Healing horses kauai stall
$5,000
Hawaii Academy of Science · Honolulu, HI · 2022
2022 regional science and
$5,000
Hawaii Foodbank · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Kauai food purchase
$5,000
Hawaii Opera Theatre · Honolulu, HI · 2022
General contribution
$5,000
Helping Hands Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2022
General contribution
$5,000
Kauai Planning & Action Alliance · Lihue, HI · 2022
General contribution
$5,000
National Tropical Botanical Garden · Kalaheo, HI · 2022
Education program
$5,000
Ywca of Kauai · Lihue, HI · 2022
General contribution
$4,500
Kauai North Shore Food Pantry · Kilauea, HI · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$4,000
Waioli Corporation · Lihue, HI · 2025
Grove farm and kaipu camp
$4,000
National Tropical Botanical Garden · Kalaheo, HI · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$4,000
National Tropical Botanical Garden · Kalaheo, HI · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$3,500
Hawaii Academy of Science · Honolulu, HI · 2025
Science and engineering
$3,500
Honolulu Theatre for Youth · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Digital theatre for
$3,000
American Cancer Society · Kennesaw, GA · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$3,000
Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$3,000
National Tropical Botanical Garden · Kalaheo, HI · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$3,000
American Cancer Society · Kennesaw, GA · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$3,000
Hawaii Academy of Science · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Science and engineering
$3,000
Ywca of Kauai · Lihue, HI · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$3,000
American Cancer Society · Kennesaw, GA · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$3,000
Hawaii Academy of Science · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Science and engineering
$3,000
Hawaii Opera Theatre · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$3,000
Honolulu Theatre for Youth · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$3,000
Kauai North Shore Food Pantry · Kilauea, HI · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$2,500
Hawaii Opera Theatre · Honolulu, HI · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$2,500
Honolulu Theatre for Youth · Honolulu, HI · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$2,500
Hawaii Opera Theatre · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$2,500
Honolulu Theatre for Youth · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$2,500
Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$2,500
Girl Scouts of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Girl scout leadership
$2,500
Permanently Affordable Living · Kapaa, HI · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$2,500
Girl Scouts of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Girl scout leadership
$2,500
Hawaii Council for the Humanities · Honolulu, HI · 2022
General contribution
$2,000
Hawaii Public Television Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$2,000
Hawaiian Islands Land Trust · Honolulu, HI · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$2,000
Book Trust · Denver, CO · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$2,000
Boy Scouts of America - Aloha Council · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$2,000
Haloalaunuiakea Early Learning Center · Eleele, HI · 2024
Unrestricted gift

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