Open Foundations · Hawaii

Frost Family Foundation

Honolulu, Hawaii · EIN 273374284. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $2.0M across 17 grants in 2024, a median of $75K each.

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$2.0M
paid in 2024
17
grants paid
$75K
median grant
13%
to first-time recipients
$7.2M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
ASHLEY LUKENS
Address
5274 HALAPEPE STREET, HONOLULU, HI, 96821
Phone
8086870087
Form the request should take
POTENTIAL GRANTEES ARE INVITED TO APPLY, AND THOSE SELECTED ARE INTERVIEWED AND PROVIDED AN APPLICATION.
Submission deadline
ANNUALLY THE FOUNDATION CURATES A SMALL GROUP OF NEW GRANTEES. CURRENTLY OUR GRANTS ARE BY INVITATIO
Restrictions on awards
WE STRIVE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS FOR MULTIPLE YEARS, PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING FUNDING, AND LEAN ON RELATIONSHIPS AND NOT REPORTS FOR THE SHARING OF IMPACT. TO SEEK OUT GRANTEES, WE ACTIVELY ENGAGE WITH A WIDE RANGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND OTHER FOUNDATIONS; MONITOR ONGOING AND EMERGING STRATEGIES; AND INVITE PROPOSALS FROM POTENTIAL GRANTEES BASED ON PRIORITIES SET BY THE FOUNDATIONS TRUSTEES.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202600399349100400. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The filing states only a general purpose, with nothing specific enough to pull out as recurring language.

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 17 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Lahaina Community Land TrustHI$1,075,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT
2Center for Food SafetyDC$100,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT
3Maui HubHI$100,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT
4Native Hawaiian Legal CorpHI$100,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT
5Parley for the OceansNY$100,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT
6Realize ImpactWA$100,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT
7Honolulu Civil Beat IncHI$75,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT
8Hoola Na PuaHI$75,000UNRESTRITED GRANT
9Resources Legacy FundCA$75,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT
10Sustainable Coastlines HawaiiHI$75,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT
11Aina MomonaHI$50,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT
12Hawaii Association for InfantHI$25,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT
13Hoiwai FundHI$25,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT
14Paia Youth and Cultural CenterHI$25,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT
15Boys & Girls Club of MauiHI$20,000UNRESTRICTED GRANT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202020$1.4M
202128$1.1M
202212$502K
202310$345K
202417$2.0M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Hawaii77%
District of Columbia6%
New York6%
Washington6%
California6%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Ashley LukensFOUNDATION M · 2024
Karin a FrostTRUSTEE · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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