ELC Foundation makes a small number of relatively large, discretionary charitable grants with a clear Hawaiian community emphasis. Their giving in this data set focuses on children's wish-granting and local family/community support organizations in Hawaiʻi, suggesting a donor interest in direct-service, community-level impact rather than broad national campaigns. Grants are few but sizable, indicating targeted philanthropic priorities rather than broad diversification.
Concentrated giving: a very small number of mid-to-high five-figure grants to Hawaiʻi-based nonprofits; few grantees but relatively large, one-off awards rather than many small donations or broad institutional portfolios.
Elc Foundation’s recent giving is concentrated in Hawaiʻi and is led by a $50,000 grant to Make a Wish Hawaii for charitable purposes. That award sits alongside other sizable discretionary gifts to local service organizations, showing a pattern of direct support for children, families, and community-based programs rather than broad thematic dispersion. The foundation’s 2025 grants include funding for Lokelani Ohana in Wailuku, The Salvation Army in Hilo, Easter Seals Hawaii in Honolulu, and Special Olympics Hawaii Inc. in Ewa Beach. Across those recipients, the pattern points to place-based philanthropy centered on Hawaiian communities and on organizations delivering services directly to residents. The foundation is a private foundation with annual grants of $100,000 and total assets of $2,458,694. Its most visible recent awards are the $50,000 grant to Make a Wish Hawaii and the $30,000 grant to Lokelani Ohana, which together account for most of the year’s disclosed giving in this data set. The remaining grants continue the same community-service profile through youth shelter, disability support, and charitable support organizations operating in Hawaiʻi.
A clear theme in Elc Foundation’s giving is support for children with serious needs. In 2025, it gave $50,000 to Make a Wish Hawaii for charitable purposes, pointing to pediatric wish-granting as a central priority. The foundation also funds local family support work in Hawaiʻi. It awarded $30,000 to Lokelani Ohana in Wailuku, a grant that fits its emphasis on ʻohana-centered community services. Another area is direct-service support for vulnerable groups through established nonprofits. The Salvation Army received $10,000 for the Hilo Youth Emergency Shelter, linking the foundation to youth emergency services on the island of Hawaiʻi. Additional grants went to Easter Seals Hawaii and Special Olympics Hawaii Inc., both in Honolulu-area and island-based service delivery contexts, reinforcing a focus on community charities that serve local residents directly.
Elc Foundation’s grant sizes in this data set are concentrated in a small number of awards, with a top grant of $50,000 and a second award of $30,000. The remaining gifts are $10,000 and two grants of $5,000, showing a stepped pattern rather than many small checks. The foundation is a private foundation, and the grants shown are all discretionary charitable awards in 2025. The recipient list in the provided data is entirely Hawaiʻi-based and appears to be a one-year snapshot, so recurring multi-year support cannot be confirmed from this set.
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Notable grantees: MAKE A WISH HAWAII, LOKELANI OHANA, Other Hawaiʻi-based community service organizations (representative)
All five recent grants went to U.S. recipients, and every listed recipient is in Hawaiʻi. Honolulu appears twice, through Make a Wish Hawaii and Easter Seals Hawaii, while Wailuku, Hilo, and Ewa Beach each appear once. The grants are distributed across multiple islands and communities rather than concentrated in one city. No recipient outside the United States appears in the data.
The recent grants point to children’s wish-granting, family support, youth emergency shelter services, and disability- or sports-related community charities in Hawaiʻi. Named recipients include Make a Wish Hawaii, Lokelani Ohana, The Salvation Army’s Hilo Youth Emergency Shelter, Easter Seals Hawaii, and Special Olympics Hawaii Inc.
The recent awards range from $5,000 to $50,000. The largest listed grant is $50,000 to Make a Wish Hawaii, followed by $30,000 to Lokelani Ohana, $10,000 to The Salvation Army for the Hilo Youth Emergency Shelter, and two $5,000 grants.
In the provided data, all five grants go to recipients in Hawaiʻi: Honolulu, Wailuku, Hilo, and Ewa Beach. The recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based, with 5 grants in the United States.
The pattern is concentrated. The foundation made five grants in the data set, and two of them account for $80,000 of the disclosed giving. The awards are targeted to a small group of Hawaiʻi-based community organizations rather than spread across many sectors or geographies.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAKE A WISH HAWAII | HONOLULU, HI | $50,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| LOKELANI OHANA | WAILUKU, HI | $30,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| THE SALVATION ARMY | HILO, HI | $10,000 | 2025 | HILO YOUTH EMERGENCY SHELTER |
| EASTER SEALS HAWAII | HONOLULU, HI | $5,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
| SPECIAL OLYMPICS HAWAII INC | EWA BEACH, HI | $5,000 | 2025 | CHARITABLE |
MAKE A WISH HAWAII
$50,000CHARITABLE
LOKELANI OHANA
$30,000CHARITABLE
THE SALVATION ARMY
$10,000HILO YOUTH EMERGENCY SHELTER
EASTER SEALS HAWAII
$5,000CHARITABLE
SPECIAL OLYMPICS HAWAII INC
$5,000CHARITABLE