Open Foundations · Hawaii

Clarence T C Ching Foundation

Honolulu, Hawaii · EIN 996014634. 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 $5.4M across 63 grants in 2024, a median of $25K each.

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$5.4M
paid in 2024
63
grants paid
$25K
median grant
30%
to first-time recipients
$131.8M
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
MS TERTIA FREAS
Address
1001 BISHOP STREET SUITE 770, HONOLULU, HI, 96813
Phone
8085210344
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
GRANT APPLICATIONS SHOULD PROVIDE ADEQUATE PROOF OF THE ORGANIZATION'S TAX-EXEMPT STATUS, DOCUMENTATION OF ITS PUBLIC SUPPORT AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANNED USE OF THE FUNDS REQUIRED.
Submission deadline
DEADLINES ARE JANUARY 31ST AND JULY 31ST; APPLICATIONS ARE REVIEWED AND APPROVED OR DENIED IN MARCH
Restrictions on awards
THE FOUNDATION IS A TAX-EXEMPT PRIVATE FOUNDATION WHOSE GENERAL PURPOSE IS CHARITABLE IN NATURE. THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT SPONSOR OR OTHERWISE ENGAGE IN SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AT THIS TIME, AND GENERALLY LIMITS ITS CURRENT ACTIVITIES TO MAKING GRANTS AND DONATIONS TO PUBLIC CHARITIES. IT WILL ENTERTAIN REQUESTS FOR GRANTS ONLY FROM CHARITIES DESCRIBED IN IRC SECTIONS 509(A)(1) AND 170(B)(1)(A). THE FOUNDATION ALSO SPONSORS AN ANNUAL CONTEST FOR CHILDREN GRADES K TO 12 WHO ARE CURRENT RESIDENTS OF HAWAII. THE CONTEST IS DESIGNED TO EDUCATED AND INSPIRE THE CHILDREN OF HAWAII TO BECOME AWARE OF PROBLEMS FACING THE STATE OF HAWAII AND TO BECOME ENGAGED IN OFFERING CREATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR THESE PROBLEMS. ENTRY FORMS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202533039349100548. 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.

capital improvement

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 63 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Punahou SchoolHI$600,000GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT
2Rehab Hospital of the Pacific FoundHI$500,000CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
3Straub FoundationHI$500,000CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
4St Francis HealthcareHI$400,000CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
5The Queen's Medical CenterHI$400,000GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT
6American Cancer SocietyHI$350,000CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
7Adventist HealthHI$250,000CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
8Uh Foundation Athletic CenterHI$250,000CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
9Blood Bank of HawaiiHI$200,000CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
10Parker SchoolHI$200,000CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
11Puuonua O WaianaeHI$125,000CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
12Diamond Head TheatreHI$100,000CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
13Foundation of Maryknoll SchoolHI$100,000CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
14Hawaii Community Foundation - MauiHI$100,000GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT
15Kkv Family ServicesHI$100,000CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
202036$5.3M
202131$5.8M
202228$5.8M
202337$5.8M
202463$5.4M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Hawaii97%
New York2%
Virginia2%

Who decides

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

Catherine Hq ChingTRUSTEE · 2024
Elizabeth S HokadaTRUSTEE · 2024
John K TsuiTRUSTEE · 2024
Kenneth T OkamotoTRUSTEE · 2024
Raymond J TamTRUSTEE · 2024
Robert T FujiokaTRUSTEE · 2024
Tertia FreasEXECUTIVE DI · 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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