About Ehw Broadbent Foundation
EHW Broadbent Foundation appears to be a hyper-local arts supporter, providing direct operational support to a cultural institution on Kauaʻi. Its sole recorded grant went to the Waiʻoli Corporation (a garden/house museum), suggesting an interest in preserving and sustaining local history and museum programming. The foundation’s activity is very limited in scale and focused geographically.
Focus Areas
Operational support for local historic house museums (Kauaʻi)Cultural heritage preservation of Hawaiian/Island historySmall-scale arts and museum maintenance
Who They Fund
community college studentsscholarship cohort recipients (Wai'ale'ale #5)community college campuses/staff (Kauai, Honolulu, Maui, Hawaii Community Colleges)residents/communities affected by Maui disaster
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated and limited — a single small, one-off grant for general/operating support to a local cultural institution rather than diversified or multi-year giving.
About Ehw Broadbent Foundation
Ehw Broadbent Foundation’s giving is anchored by operational support for Hawaiian museums, heritage groups, and arts institutions, with a clear pattern of backing local organizations that maintain culture and history on Kauaʻi and across the islands. The largest recent grant in the record was $10,000 to Waioli Corporation in Lihuʻe for fund operations, and the foundation has continued to support that same museum organization in later years. Its grant list also includes the Hawaiian Historical Society in Honolulu and the Kauaʻi museum and heritage network, showing a steady preference for institutions that preserve historic sites, collections, and public programming. The foundation’s support is not limited to one type of institution. It also appears in higher-education and scholarship-related funding through the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation, including cohort-based scholarship support and campus operating support. Across the record, grants are generally modest and directed to organizations with direct service or stewardship roles in Hawaiʻi. The overall picture is of a local funder that uses small to mid-sized grants to help sustain cultural infrastructure rather than to finance one-time projects.
What Ehw Broadbent Foundation Funds
A central theme in the grant record is museum and heritage operations. The foundation gave $7,500 to Hui O Laka-Kōkeʻe Museum in Kekaha in 2023 and another $5,000 to the same museum in 2024 for fund operations, indicating repeated support for a Kauaʻi historic-site institution. It also supports broader Hawaiian history preservation. In 2024, it awarded $8,500 to the Hawaiian Historical Society in Honolulu for fund operations, and in 2025 it gave $6,000 to Kauaʻi Museum in Lihuʻe for fund operations. Arts and cultural centers appear as another thread. The foundation funded Lanai Art Center in Lanai City and Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center in Makawao, both at $6,000, alongside Lanai Culture & Heritage Center at $6,000 and $5,000. These grants point to a mix of visual arts, local heritage, and community cultural programming.
How Ehw Broadbent Foundation Gives
Typical grant size is small: the distribution is $1,000 at the 25th percentile, $2,000 at the median, and $5,000 at the 75th percentile. The record shows many grants at the $5,000 level, with a smaller number above that. Giving is recurring rather than one-off. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Waioli Corporation, Hui O Laka-Kōkeʻe Museum, Lanai Culture & Heritage Center, and the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation. The foundation is structured as a private foundation with a local Hawaiian focus, and it does not accept unsolicited applications. It also funds individuals.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$89K
Total Assets
$706K
Total Revenue
$129K
Total Expenses
$93K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $1K and $5K, with a median of $2K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$2K
75th Percentile
$5K
Geographic Reach
Local2 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
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