Open Foundations · Hawaii

Charles & Mitch Ota Foundation

Honolulu, Hawaii · EIN 463255584. 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 $935K across 32 grants in 2024, a median of $20K each.

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$935K
paid in 2024
32
grants paid
$20K
median grant
37%
to first-time recipients
$22.7M
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
INGER TULLY
Address
PO BOX 3170, HONOLULU, HI, 96802
Phone
8082426184
Form the request should take
BY INVITATION ONLY.
Submission deadline
MAY 1, SEPT 1, DEC 1, OR FEB 1.
Restrictions on awards
TO SUPPORT AVID PROGRAMS AT MAUI INTERMEDIATE HIGH SCHOOLS.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202523119349101747. 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 words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

scholarshipavid

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 32 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1University of Hawaii FoundationHI$100,000MAUI COLLEGE SUPPORT
2Grow Some GoodHI$70,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
3Childrens Justice Center of MauiHI$50,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
4Friends of Molokai High and MiddleHI$50,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
5Hana ArtsHI$50,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
6Ma Ka Hana Ka 'ikeHI$50,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
7Boys & Girls Clubs of MauiHI$30,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
8Hawaii Community FoundationHI$30,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
9Hui NoeauHI$30,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
10Lanai Academy of Performing ArtsHI$30,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
11Paia Youth Council IncHI$30,000UNRESTRICTED GIFT
12Hp Baldwin High School FoundationHI$25,000AVID PROGRAMS
13Japanese Cultural Center of HawaiiHI$25,000KIBOU MAUI PROGRAM
14Kekaulike High School FoundationHI$25,000AVID PROGRAM GRANT
15Maui High School FoundationHI$25,000AVID PROGRAMS

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202012$833K
202117$903K
202223$957K
202324$1.4M
202432$935K

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Hawaii69%
Oregon9%
Illinois6%
Washington6%
California3%

Who decides

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

Doreen L MizukiSECRETARY & TREASURER · 2024
Leslie T OkamuraVP, DIRECTOR · 2024
Ryan OdanakaPRESIDENT · 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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