Open Foundations · Hawaii

Kosasa Foundation

Honolulu, Hawaii · EIN 990313279. 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 $7.1M across 47 grants in 2023, a median of $75K each.

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$7.1M
paid in 2023
47
grants paid
$75K
median grant
73%
to first-time recipients
$159.4M
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
CHRISTINE VAN BERGEIJK - THE KOSASA
Address
3610 WAIALAE AVENUE, HONOLULU, HI, 96816
Phone
8085912550
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
LETTER OR ONLINE APPLICATION AT WWW.KOSASAFOUNDATION.ORG
Submission deadline
NONE
Restrictions on awards
FOR CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC AND RELIGIOUS PURPOSES EITHER DIRECTLY OR BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO ORGANIZATIONS UNDER IRC SECTION 501(C)(3) OF 1986, OR CORRESPONDING PROVISIONS OF ANY SUBSEQUENT FEDERAL TAX LAW. GRANTS LIMITED TO ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT UNDER IRC SECTION 501(C)(3) WITH A FOCUS OF WORK IN THE STATE OF HAWAII THAT DO NOT HAVE A CURRENT WORKING GRANT WITH THE FOUNDATION.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2023, IRS filing object id 202412929349100616. 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 2023 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

west mauicapital campaignahupuaa resourceregenerative ahupuaaresource managementhawaii islandcommunitydevelopment

Biggest grants in 2023

The 15 largest of the 47 grants paid in 2023, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Family Life CenterHI$1,000,000CONSTRUCTION OF INTERIM HOUSING FOR WILDFIRE VICTIMS
2Hale Makua Health ServicesHI$1,000,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR NEW LONG TERM CARE FACILITY
3Hawaiian Community AssetsHI$500,000SUPPORT FOR HOUSING STABILIZATION PROGRAM FOR ABC STORES EMPLOYEES
4Hawaii Community FoundationHI$500,000CONTRIBUTION TO KOSASA FOUNDATION DONOR ADVISED FUND
5Kuakini Medical CenterHI$500,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT - 5 YEAR COMMITMENT
6Hawaiian Community LendingHI$250,000KANAKA ANTI-DISPLACEMENT FUND FOR NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOMEOWNERS IN WEST MAUI
7KupuHI$250,000AMERICORP WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOR WEST MAUI
8Le Jardin AcademyHI$250,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR CLASSROOMS
9Saint Louis SchoolHI$250,000CAPITAL FOR NEW SCIENCE CLASSROOMS
10Chaminade University of HonoluluHI$200,000DESIGN TEACHING PRACTICUM FOR ECE GRADUATES
11Kuakini Medical CenterHI$175,000TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT FOR EMR
12Kukulu Kumuana O AnaholaHI$140,175COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE PROGRAM TO PREVENT TEEN SUICIDES
13University of Hawaii FoundationHI$125,000SUPPORT FOR GRADUATE RESEARCH ON CLIMATE CHANGE
14Aina MomonaHI$100,000REGENERATIVE AHUPUAA RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN KAAMOLA, MOLOKAI.
15Blood Bank of HawaiiHI$100,000ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
201956$2.5M
202071$5.5M
202186$6.7M
202283$6.1M
202347$7.1M

Where the money went

Share of 2023 grant dollars by recipient state
Hawaii100%

Who decides

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

Christian GainsleyDIRECTOR · 2023
Christine Van BergeijkCEO · 2023
Gloria GainsleyDIRECTOR · 2023
Ian KosasaDIRECTOR · 2023
Lindsay KosasaDIRECTOR · 2023
Lisa GainsleyDIRECTOR · 2023
Paul J KosasaPRES/TREAS/DIRECTOR · 2023
Riki MorimotoSPECIAL APPOINTERS · 2023
Susan M KosasaVP/SECY/DIREC · 2023
Thomas S KosasaDIRECTOR · 2023
Tracy IdeSPECIAL APPOINTERS · 2023

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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