Funding search · EIN 475440930 · Honolulu, HI
The Dods Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 58
- grants reported
- $3.5M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $5,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. 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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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- University of Hawaii Foundation3 grants · $2.2M
- Saint Louis School3 grants · $605,000
- Mid-Pacific Institute3 grants · $300,000
- Dynamic Community Solutions2 grants · $100,000
- Straub Foundation3 grants · $60,000
- Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation1 grant · $50,000
- Aloha United Way3 grants · $30,000
- The Mediation Center of the Pacific1 grant · $25,000
- Hi Council for the Humanities2 grants · $20,000
- Hawaii Public Radio3 grants · $15,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 58 reported grants, largest first.
- $1.1M
University of Hawaii Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General operations
- $1.1M
University of Hawaii Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General operations
- $205,000
Saint Louis School · Saint Louis, MO · 2023
General operations
- $200,000
Saint Louis School · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
General operations
- $200,000
Saint Louis School · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
General operations
- $100,000
Mid-Pacific Institute · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General operations
- $100,000
Mid-Pacific Institute · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General operations
- $100,000
Mid-Pacific Institute · Honolulu, HI · 2022
General operations
- $51,000
University of Hawaii Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2022
General operations
- $50,000
Dynamic Community Solutions · Waianae, HI · 2024
General operations
- $50,000
Public Schools of Hawaii Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General operations
- $50,000
Dynamic Community Solutions · Waianae, HI · 2023
General operations
- $25,000
The Mediation Center of the Pacific · Honolulu, HI · 2022
General operations
- $20,000
Straub Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General operations
- $20,000
Straub Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General operations
- $20,000
Straub Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2022
General operations
- $10,000
Aloha United Way · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General operations
- $10,000
Aloha United Way · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General operations
- $10,000
Donkey Mill Art Center · Holualoa, HI · 2023
General operations
- $10,000
Hi Council for the Humanities · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General operations
- $10,000
Aloha United Way · Honolulu, HI · 2022
General operations
- $10,000
Hi Council for the Humanities · Honolulu, HI · 2022
General operations
- $6,000
Honolulu Police Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Chaminade University of Honolulu · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
Child & Family Service · Ewa Beach, HI · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
Donkey Mill Art Center · Holualoa, HI · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
Hawaii Public Radio · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
Hawaii Women'S Legal Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
Hawaii Youth Symphony · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
Henry Kapono Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
Honolulu Museum of Art · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
Mediation Center of the Pacific · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General operations
- $5,000
Bishop Museum · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Catholic Charities Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Child & Family Service · Ewa Beach, HI · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Hawaii Public Radio · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Historic Hawaii Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Lyman Museum · Hilo, HI · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Read To Me International Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Shingon Mission of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General operations
- $5,000
Catholic Charities Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2022
General operations
- $5,000
Child & Family Service · Ewa Beach, HI · 2022
General operations
- $5,000
Hawaii Public Radio · Honolulu, HI · 2022
General operations
- $5,000
Lyman Museum · Hilo, HI · 2022
General operations
- $5,000
Waimea Hawaiian Homesteaders' Association · Kamuela, HI · 2022
General operations
- $2,500
Hawaii Contemporary · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General operations
- $2,500
Hawaii Opera Theatre · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General operations
- $2,500
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General operations
- $2,500
Hawaii Opera Theatre · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General operations
- $2,500
Hawaii Youth Symphony · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General operations
- $2,500
Hawaii Opera Theatre · Honolulu, HI · 2022
General operations
- $2,500
Hawaii Youth Symphony · Honolulu, HI · 2022
General operations
- $2,000
Read To Me International Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General operations
- $1,000
Catholic Charities Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General operations
- $1,000
Ymca of Honolulu · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General operations
- $1,000
Alzheimer'S Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
General operations
- $1,000
Children'S Discovery Center · Honolulu, HI · 2022
General operations
Who else funds this kind of work
Same state
- Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi487 grants · $156.1M
- Aloha United Way499 grants · $43.5M
- Kosasa Foundation371 grants · $30.6M
Similar grant size
- Enterprise Holdings Foundation30,880 grants · $360.4M
- State Employees Credit Union Foundation7,131 grants · $63.0M
- Seattle Foundation14,012 grants · $457.3M
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