Funding search · EIN 990073480 · Honolulu, HI

Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi

Name: Trustees of the Estate of Bernice Pauahi grants, 2021–2024
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.

487
grants reported: $156.1M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $125,020
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

educational admin

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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.

Where the money goes

Native Hawaiian language immersion and culture-based education programs
Preschool and early childhood learning across the islands
Community place-based education: loko ia, loi, aina stewardship sites
Private and charter school operating support in Hawaii
Neighbor island and rural youth programs (Hawaii Island, Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Lanai)

Typical grant

Median grant is $125,020, with the middle half falling between $50,000 and roughly $314,000. The seven-figure checks go to established education institutions and immersion networks like St. Louis School, Chaminade, Aha Punana Leo, Partners in Development, and INPEACE, while community aina-based and small learning centers sit in the $85,000 to $250,000 band. With 487 grants to 244 recipients over four years, most grantees appear more than once, so this is a renewing portfolio rather than one-off giving.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT”
“ADMIN SUPPORT”

Positioning adjacent work

Anchor the work to Native Hawaiian learners and Hawaiian language or culture-based pedagogy, not generic education outcomes.
Ask in the $100,000 to $300,000 range for a first approach; seven figures goes to long-standing institutional partners.
Name a specific island and community site. Waianae, Hilo, Kauai, and Molokai grantees are well represented.
Frame research as direct educational programming or teacher and family capacity building, since nearly every grant is coded EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT.

Worth knowing: This is overwhelmingly a Hawaii funder: 471 of 487 grants went in-state, and the handful of mainland recipients (CA, VA, WA, DC) are exceptions. Giving concentrates in a stable set of Native Hawaiian education organizations that reappear year over year, so a cold approach without a Hawaii-based partner or site is a long shot.

Top recipients

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

Scholarships - Preschool1 grant · $14.3M
Chaminade University of Honolulu2 grants · $9.6M
Partners in Development Foundation4 grants · $6.2M
Hookakoo Corporation4 grants · $5.9M
University of Hawaii Foundation4 grants · $5.4M
Aha Punana Leo3 grants · $3.8M
Saint Louis School2 grants · $3.8M
Keiki O Ka Aina Preschool4 grants · $2.9M
St Louis School2 grants · $2.8M
Hui Hooleimaluo4 grants · $2.7M

Giving over time

$43.7M

2021

$33.8M

2022

$45.2M

2023

$33.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 487 grants.

$14.3M
Scholarships - Preschool · 2023
Educational support
$7.1M
Chaminade University of Honolulu · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Educational support
$3.0M
Hookakoo Corporation · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Educational support
$2.5M
Chaminade University of Honolulu · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Educational support
$2.2M
University of Hawaii Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Educational support
$1.9M
Saint Louis School · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Educational support
$1.9M
Saint Louis School · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Educational support
$1.8M
St Louis School · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Educational support
$1.8M
Whitworth University · Spokane, WA · 2022
Educational support
$1.8M
Aha Punana Leo · Hilo, HI · 2021
Educational support
$1.8M
Partners in Development Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Educational support
$1.7M
University of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Educational support
$1.7M
Chaminade University of Honolulu Misc · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Educational support
$1.6M
Partners in Development Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Educational support
$1.6M
Institute for Native Pacific Education · Kapolei, HI · 2023
Educational support
$1.5M
Aha Punana Leo · Hilo, HI · 2023
Educational support
$1.5M
Partners in Development Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Educational support
$1.5M
Institute for Native Pacific Education & · Kapolei, HI · 2024
Educational support
$1.4M
University of Hawaii Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Educational support
$1.4M
Aha Punana Leo · Hilo, HI · 2024
Educational support
$1.4M
University of Hawaii Misc · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Educational support
$1.4M
Partners in Development Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Educational support
$1.3M
Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement · Kapolei, HI · 2021
Educational and general support
$1.1M
Institute for Native Pacific Education · Kapolei, HI · 2022
Educational support
$1.1M
Inst for Native Pacific Edu and Culture · Kapolei, HI · 2021
Educational support
$1.1M
State of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Educational and general support
$1.1M
Island School · Lihue, HI · 2022
Educational support
$1.1M
Parkway Village Preschool · Kapolei, HI · 2024
Educational support
$1.1M
Friends of the Leeward Coast Pcs · Kapolei, HI · 2021
Educational support
$1.1M
St Andrew'S Schools · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Educational support
$1.1M
Keiki O Ka Aina Preschool · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Educational support
$1.1M
Kanu O Ka Aina Learning Ohana · Kamuela, HI · 2021
Educational support
$1.0M
Hookakoo Corporation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Educational support
$1.0M
University of Hawaii Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Educational support
$1.0M
University of Hawaii Misc · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Educational support
$961,946
Hookakoo Corporation · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Educational support
$948,000
St Louis School · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Educational support
$931,000
Ke Kula O Piilani · Wailuku, HI · 2024
Educational support
$918,898
Kp7 Partners Lllp · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Educational support
$916,666
Iole · Kapaau, HI · 2022
Educational support
$901,261
Keiki O Ka Aina Preschool · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Educational support
$898,893
Hui Hooleimaluo · Hilo, HI · 2021
Educational support
$892,694
Hookakoo Corporation · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Educational support
$881,000
Aha Punana Leo · Hilo, HI · 2022
Educational support
$818,123
Friends of the Leeward Coast Public · Waianae, HI · 2023
Educational support
$795,116
University of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Educational support
$790,000
University of Hawaii Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Educational support
$786,287
Papahana Kuaola · Kaneohe, HI · 2021
Educational support
$772,440
Na Kalai Waa Moku O Keawe · Kamuela, HI · 2024
Educational support
$771,514
Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Educational support
$762,500
The Waipa Foundation · Hanalei, HI · 2021
Educational support
$738,705
Waianae Community Re-Development Corp · Waianae, HI · 2023
Educational support
$720,000
Whitworth University · Spokane, WA · 2021
Educational support
$708,602
Malama Honua Public Charter School · Waimanalo, HI · 2021
Educational support
$700,000
Halau Kealaokamaile · Pukalani, HI · 2024
Educational support
$696,947
Alu Like · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Educational support
$675,000
Kakoo Oiwi · Kaneohe, HI · 2024
Educational support
$674,700
Paepae O Heeia · Kaneohe, HI · 2021
Educational support
$656,734
Purple Maia Foundation · Aiea, HI · 2023
Educational support
$642,847
Purple Maia Foundation · Aiea, HI · 2024
Educational support
$636,039
Hui Hooleimaluo · Hilo, HI · 2022
Educational support
$617,529
Kanu O Ka Aina Learning Ohana · Kamuela, HI · 2023
Educational support
$605,540
Hui Hooleimaluo · Hilo, HI · 2023
Educational support
$600,000
Island Pacific Academy · Kapolei, HI · 2022
Educational support
$600,000
Saint Mark Lutheran School · Kaneohe, HI · 2022
Educational support
$563,803
State of Hawaii Department of Education · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Educational support
$562,770
Hui Hooleimaluo · Hilo, HI · 2024
Educational support
$550,000
Friends of the Leeward Coast Public · Waianae, HI · 2024
Educational support
$542,500
Island School · Lihue, HI · 2024
Educational support
$542,500
Island School · Lihue, HI · 2021
Educational support
$529,000
St Andrew'S Schools · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Educational support
$529,000
St Andrew'S Priory School · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Educational support
$528,122
Purple Maia Foundation · Aiea, HI · 2021
Educational support
$526,775
Malama Loko Ea Foundation · Haleiwa, HI · 2021
Educational support
$525,311
Alu Like · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Educational support
$524,755
Three Mountain Alliance Foundation · Volcano, HI · 2021
Educational support
$516,000
Assets Schools · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Educational support
$501,564
The Estria Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
Educational support
$500,182
Na Maka Onaona · Kilauea, HI · 2021
Educational support
$500,000
Kakoo Oiwi · Kaneohe, HI · 2023
Educational support
$500,000
Kahuli Leo Lea · Kaneohe, HI · 2022
Educational support
$500,000
Kakoo Oiwi · Kaneohe, HI · 2022
Educational support
$500,000
Keiki O Ka Aina Preschool · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Educational support
$500,000
Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Educational support
$499,066
Kanu O Ka Aina Learning Ohana · Kamuela, HI · 2024
Educational support
$491,500
Hawaii Forest Industry Association · Ookala, HI · 2021
Educational support
$480,000
Consortium for Hawaii Eco Engineering Edu · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Educational support
$476,000
Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Educational support
$475,000
Alu Like · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Educational support
$467,539
Kai Loa · Kaneohe, HI · 2021
Educational support
$454,393
Bishop Museum · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Educational support
$442,430
Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Educational support
$442,430
Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Educational support
$436,706
Purple Maia Foundation · Aiea, HI · 2022
Educational support
$429,033
The Estria Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
Educational support
$428,685
The Estria Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2024
Educational support
$421,095
Waianae Community Re-Development Corp · Waianae, HI · 2024
Educational support
$420,000
State of Hawaii Agencies Accounting Hr · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Educational support
$411,450
Hooulu Lahui · Hilo, HI · 2022
Educational support
$411,046
Ke Ali'I Pauahi Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Admin support

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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.