Funding search · EIN 990146288 · Lihue, HI
Kauai United Way
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 74
- grants reported
- $1.0M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $12,872
- 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.
What they fund
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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.
- Hawaii Food Bank3 grants · $76,928
- Mental Health Kokua4 grants · $74,210
- Ymca4 grants · $72,702
- Catholic Charities4 grants · $71,470
- Kauai Economic Opportunity3 grants · $64,500
- Kauai Economic Opportunity Homeless3 grants · $63,563
- Child and Family Services4 grants · $55,637
- Girl Scout Council of Hawaii4 grants · $45,350
- Kauai Big Brothers Big Sisters3 grants · $42,692
- Boy Scouts of America-Aloha Council3 grants · $40,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 74 reported grants, largest first.
- $30,000
Hawaii Food Bank · Lihue, HI · 2024
General support
- $26,029
Hawaii Food Bank · Lihue, HI · 2023
General support
- $24,120
Catholic Charities · Lihue, HI · 2024
General support
- $24,100
Kauai Economic Opportunity Homeless · Lihue, HI · 2022
General support
- $23,108
Ymca · Lihue, HI · 2023
General support
- $22,000
Kauai Economic Opportunity · Lihue, HI · 2023
General support
- $21,500
Kauai Economic Opportunity · Lihue, HI · 2022
General support
- $21,000
Kauai Economic Opportunity · Lihue, HI · 2024
General support
- $21,000
Kauai Economic Opportunity Homeless · Lihue, HI · 2023
General support
- $20,899
Hawaii Food Bank · Lihue, HI · 2022
General support
- $20,259
Catholic Charities · Lihue, HI · 2023
General support
- $20,000
Mental Health Kokua · Honolulu, HI · 2024
General support
- $20,000
Mental Health Kokua · Honolulu, HI · 2023
General support
- $20,000
Mental Health Kokua · Honolulu, HI · 2022
General support
- $18,924
Ymca · Lihue, HI · 2024
General support
- $18,463
Kauai Economic Opportunity Homeless · Lihue, HI · 2024
General support
- $17,630
Easter Seals Hawaii · Lihue, HI · 2024
General support
- $16,670
Ymca · Lihue, HI · 2022
General support
- $16,463
Salvation Army-Lihue · Lihue, HI · 2023
General support
- $16,357
Catholic Charities · Lihue, HI · 2021
General support
- $16,274
Kauai Big Brothers Big Sisters · Lihue, HI · 2022
General support
- $16,000
Kumu'S Cupboard · Lihue, HI · 2024
General support
- $15,450
Child and Family Services · Lihue, HI · 2023
General support
- $15,258
Kauai Big Brothers Big Sisters · Lihue, HI · 2023
General support
- $15,000
Boy Scouts of America-Aloha Council · Lihue, HI · 2023
General support
- $15,000
Malama Pono · Lihue, HI · 2022
General suport
- $14,827
Hawaii Foodbank-Kauai · Lihue, HI · 2021
Covid emergency gran
- $14,650
Child and Family Services · Lihue, HI · 2024
General support
- $14,400
Boy Scouts of America-Aloha Council · Lihue, HI · 2022
General support
- $14,210
Mental Health Kokua · Honolulu, HI · 2021
General support
- $14,119
Friendship Club · Kapaa, HI · 2022
General support
- $14,000
Ymca · Lihue, HI · 2021
General support
- $13,300
Malama Pono · Lihue, HI · 2023
General suport
- $13,260
Salvation Army-Lihue · Lihue, HI · 2024
General support
- $13,000
Kauai Economic Opportunity · Lihue, HI · 2021
General support
- $12,887
Kauai Economic Opportunity-Homeless · Lihue, HI · 2021
General support
- $12,878
Life'S Bridges Hawaii · Lihue, HI · 2023
General support
- $12,867
Child and Family Services · Lihue, HI · 2022
General support
- $12,670
Child and Family Services · Lihue, HI · 2021
General support
- $12,252
Friendship Club · Kapaa, HI · 2024
General support
- $12,000
Easter Seals Hawaii · Lihue, HI · 2023
General support
- $12,000
Girl Scout Council of Hawaii · Lihue, HI · 2023
General support
- $12,000
Girl Scout Council of Hawaii · Lihue, HI · 2022
General support
- $12,000
Legal Aid Society of Hi-Kauai · Lihue, HI · 2022
General support
- $11,270
Boy Scouts of America · Lihue, HI · 2021
General support
- $11,160
Kauai Big Brothers Big Sisters · Lihue, HI · 2024
General support
- $11,000
Girl Scout Council of Hawaii · Lihue, HI · 2024
General support
- $10,734
Catholic Charities · Lihue, HI · 2022
General support
- $10,600
Boy Scouts of America-Aloha Council · Lihue, HI · 2024
General support
- $10,379
Legal Aid Society of Hi-Kauai · Lihue, HI · 2023
General support
- $10,350
Girl Scout Council of Hawaii · Lihue, HI · 2021
General support
- $10,261
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Lihue, HI · 2021
General support
- $10,187
Maui United Way · Kahului, HI · 2023
Wildfire relief maui
- $10,116
Kumu'S Cupboard · Lihue, HI · 2023
General support
- $10,113
Legal Aid Society of Hi - Kauai · Lihue, HI · 2021
General support
- $10,000
Patch · Lihue, HI · 2024
General support
- $10,000
Patch · Lihue, HI · 2023
General support
- $10,000
Patch · Lihue, HI · 2022
General support
- $9,335
Salvation Army-Lihue · Lihue, HI · 2022
General support
- $9,324
Life'S Bridges Hawaii · Lihue, HI · 2022
General support
- $8,744
Salvation Army Lihue · Lihue, HI · 2021
General support
- $8,500
Healing Horses Kauai · Lihue, HI · 2023
General support
- $8,300
Legal Aid Society of Hi-Kauai · Lihue, HI · 2024
General support
- $8,140
Patch · Lihue, HI · 2021
Covid emergency gran
- $8,108
Pact · Kapaa, HI · 2022
General support
- $8,100
Pact · Kapaa, HI · 2024
General support
- $8,000
Pact · Kapaa, HI · 2023
General support
- $7,761
Life Bridges Hawaii · Lihue, HI · 2021
General support
- $7,000
Friendship Club · Kapaa, HI · 2023
General support
- $7,000
Kumu'S Cupboard · Lihue, HI · 2022
General support
- $7,000
Friends of the Kauai Drug Court · Lihue, HI · 2021
General support
- $6,449
Friendship Club · Kapaa, HI · 2021
General support
- $5,858
Parents and Children Together · Kapaa, HI · 2021
General support
- $5,368
Hale Kipa · Ewa Beach, HI · 2022
General support
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