The Padosi Foundation concentrates its funding on a small set of large, mission-driven organizations working on humanitarian relief, global development, civil rights, and public policy reform. Grants include both international emergency and development actors and U.S.-focused racial justice and policy groups, with several repeat multi-hundred-thousand dollar awards indicating long-term commitments to core partners.
Padosi Foundation’s recent giving is marked by a single very large grant, a 2023 award of $3,537,056 to See Attachment A in Hawaii. Around that anchor, the foundation supports a mix of humanitarian relief, civil rights litigation, public health, and community services, with repeated awards to several core organizations over 2024 and 2025. The pattern suggests a funder that backs both international relief work and U.S.-based advocacy, while also funding place-based efforts in Hawaii and the Pacific Northwest. Among its larger recurring commitments are grants to American Friends Service Committee for service, development, and peace programs, and to the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund for racial justice in the South and beyond. The foundation also supports Doctors Without Borders for medical assistance throughout the world and UNHCR for refugee protection. Those awards sit alongside grants for higher education, food access, reproductive health, and harm reduction, showing a broad but still focused portfolio. Several organizations receive funding in more than one year, including the University of Texas, Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center, Hawaii Foodbank, Project Vision Hawaii, and Seeding Justice.
Human rights and civil rights are central to the foundation’s portfolio. It gave $200,000 in both 2024 and 2025 to NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund for racial justice in the South and beyond, and $75,000 in 2024 to Center for Constitutional Rights for advancement and protection of civil rights. Human Rights Watch also received $70,000 in 2024 for advancement and protection of civil rights. The foundation also funds health and harm-reduction work. In 2024 and 2025, Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center received $70,000 and $65,000 to promote health, wellness and fighting stigma in Hawaii. Project Vision Hawaii received $50,000 in both years to provide healthcare for those in need, while Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands received $75,000 in 2024 for programs on reproductive health. Food security and conservation appear as separate lines of support. Hawaii Foodbank received $60,000 in 2024 and 2025 for meals for people in need, and Nature Conservancy of Hawaii and Nature Conservancy of New Mexico each received grants for nature conservation.
$86K
$529K
$70K
$108K
Most grants fall between $1K and $21K, with a median of $4K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$4K
75th Percentile
$21K
About 7% of grants go to recipients in HI.
Sign up for a free Kindora account to access AI-generated insights into this funder's giving patterns, decision-makers, and fit signals.
Get Started FreeFree Kindora accounts unlock side-by-side comparisons with foundations that share this funder's focus areas and giving profile.
Get Started FreeSign up free to see how well your nonprofit fits this funder, get an AI-generated pitch, and unlock similar foundations.
Highly concentrated giving: a small number of large grants dominate the portfolio, with repeat multi-grant relationships to core grantees and a mix of international relief and U.S. social-justice policy partners.
Notable grantees: SEE ATTACHMENT A (major single recipient, $3.54M), American Friends Service Committee, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Drug Policy Alliance, Doctors Without Borders / UNHCR
Padosi Foundation’s typical grant size is modest to mid-sized, with a p25 of $1,000, a median of $4,000, and a p75 of $20,903. The recent list also includes several larger awards in the $50,000 to $275,000 range, plus one outlier grant above $3.5 million. The pattern is not limited to one-off gifts: multiple recipients appear in consecutive years, including the University of Texas, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center, Hawaii Foodbank, Project Vision Hawaii, and Seeding Justice. It is classified as a Regular Funder, makes grants to individuals, and does not make program-related investments.
Most of the foundation’s giving goes to recipients in Hawaii, which is also the top state by grant count. Honolulu appears repeatedly, including grants to Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center, Hawaii Foodbank, and Project Vision Hawaii; Wailuku also appears through Maui Foodbank. Outside Hawaii, recurring grants land in New York, Washington, DC, Portland, and Austin. The recipient-country distribution is entirely U.S.-based in the provided data, with 229 grants and no non-U.S. recipient countries listed.
Its grant-size profile is centered on smaller awards, with a p25 of $1,000, a median of $4,000, and a p75 of $20,903. The recent grants list also shows several larger commitments in the $50,000 to $275,000 range.
Yes. Several recipients appear across multiple years, including the University of Texas, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center, Hawaii Foodbank, Project Vision Hawaii, and Seeding Justice.
The portfolio includes humanitarian relief, refugee protection, racial justice and civil rights, drug policy reform, reproductive health, food access, harm reduction, nature conservation, and support for university-based programs.
Hawaii is the top state by grant count. Recent recipient locations include Honolulu and Wailuku in Hawaii, along with New York, Washington, DC, Portland, and Austin.
Yes. The foundation is marked as funding individuals, and it is classified as a Regular Funder rather than a DAF or program-related-investment maker.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELBOW ROOM | WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA | $50,000 | 2026 | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION |
| UH FOUNDATION - ART DEPARTMENT STUDENT AID FUND | HONOLULU, HI | $25,000 | 2026 | TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIP ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE ART DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I |
| WOMEN CROSS DMZ | HONOLULU, HI | $10,000 | 2026 | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION |
| HAWAII CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY | WASHINGTON, DC | $1,000 | 2026 | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION |
| UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS | AUSTIN, TX | $250,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION |
| NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & ED FUND | NEW YORK, NY | $200,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT RACIAL JUSTICE IN THE SOUTH AND BEYOND |
| COMMUNITY DOULA ALLIANCE | PORTLAND, OR | $100,000 | 2025 | TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND ADVOCATE FOR RACIALLY, LINGUISTICALLY, AND SOCIOECONOMICALLY DIVERSE DOULAS. |
| SEEDING JUSTICE | PORTLAND, OR | $75,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION |
| HAWAII HEALTH AND HARM REDUCTION CENTER (NEE LIFE CENTER) | HONOLULU, HI | $65,000 | 2025 | TO PROMOTE HEALTH, WELLNESS AND FIGHTING STIGMA IN HAWAII |
| HAWAII FOODBANK | HONOLULU, HI | $60,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE MEALS FOR PEOPLE IN NEED |
| PROJECT VISION HAWAII | HONOLULU, HI | $50,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE HEALTHCARE FOR THOSE IN NEED |
| ELBOW ROOM | WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA | $50,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION |
| OREGON FOOD BANK | PORTLAND, OR | $50,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE MEALS FOR PEOPLE IN NEED |
| HAWAII APPLESEED CENTER | HONOLULU, HI | $30,000 | 2025 | FOR ADVANCEMENT AND PROTECTION OF CIVIL RIGHTS |
| WAIKIKI HEALTH | HONOLULU, HI | $30,000 | 2025 | FOR HEALTH PROGRAMS |
| WOMEN'S FUND OF HAWAII | HONOLULU, HI | $30,000 | 2025 | TO AID WOMEN IN POVERTY |
| PORTLAND NEW FAMILY FUND | PORTLAND, OR | $30,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION |
| UNRWA | WASHINGTON, DC | $25,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT RELIEF AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT OF PALESTINIAN REFUGEES. |
| LIFE OF THE LAND | HONOLULU, HI | $25,000 | 2025 | FOR NATURE CONSERVATION |
| HAWAII INNOCENCE PROJECT | HONOLULU, HI | $25,000 | 2025 | TO FREE PRISONERS WHO ARE FACTUALLY INNOCENT BUT WHO HAVE WRONGFULLY CONVICTED. |
| NATURE CONSERVANCY OF HAWAII | HONOLULU, HI | $20,000 | 2025 | FOR NATURE CONSERVATION |
| EQUITABLE GIVING CIRCLE PORTLAND | PORTLAND, OR | $15,000 | 2025 | TO INSPIRE AND CREATE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT THROUGH AUTHENTIC ENGAGEMENT AND ACTION WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY |
| UH FOUNDATION - HAWAII INNOCENCE PROJECT | HONOLULU, HI | $13,829 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION |
| HAWAII PEACE AND JUSTICE | HONOLULU, HI | $10,000 | 2025 | TO PROMOTE PEACE, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND EA IN HAWAI'I THROUGH COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, POPULAR EDUCATION, ART AND NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION AS TOOLS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE |
| HAWAII MEALS ON WHEELS | HONOLULU, HI | $10,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE MEALS FOR ELDERS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES |
| ENVIRONMENT HAWAII | HILO, HI | $10,000 | 2025 | FOR NATURE CONSERVATION |
| WOMEN CROSS DMZ | HONOLULU, HI | $10,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION |
| INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN SERVICES | HONOLULU, HI | $10,000 | 2025 | TO CREATE AND OFFERE TAILORED SOLUTIONS FOR THOSE IN CRISIS, AND NURTURE HOMELESS PEOPLE TOWARD GREATER SELF-DIRECTION AND RESPONSIBILITY. |
| SLOW FOOD USA | BROOKLYN, NY | $10,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION |
| SANTA FE FILM INSTITUTE | SANTA FE, NM | $10,000 | 2025 | TO ADVANCE INDEPENDENT FILM, FILMMAKING, AND SUPPORT LOCAL YOUTH |
| HOIWAI FUND | HONOLULU, HI | $10,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION |
| HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO | HONOLULU, HI | $6,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION |
| VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES HAWAII | HONOLULU, HI | $5,000 | 2025 | TO AID VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES |
| NET PAC USA | HONOLULU, HI | $5,000 | 2025 | TO PROMOTE AN UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC ISLAND CULTURES THROUGH THEIR FILM. |
| UH FOUNDATION - FOR REFUGEE AND IMMIGRATION LAW CLINIC | HONOLULU, HI | $5,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES LEGAL INFORMATION AND REPRESENTATION FOR THOSE IN THE ISLAND COMMUNITY SEEKING REFUGE AND ASYLUM, AS WELL AS HELP WITH OTHER IMMIGRATION ISSUES. |
| HAWAII ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESSIVE ACTION | KAPAA, HI | $5,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION |
| HAWAII SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | HONOLULU, HI | $5,000 | 2025 | TO PRESENT THE HIGHEST-QUALITY PERFORMANCES OF GREAT MUSIC. |
| THE SALVATION ARMY HI | HONOLULU, HI | $2,500 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION |
| HOWARD'S HEART | PORTLAND, OR | $2,500 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT YOUTH NAVIGATING VULNERABLE AND TRAUMATIC TRANSITIONS IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM WITH ESSENTIAL RESOURCES, LIFE SKILLS TRAINING, AND MENTORSHIP. |
| HEALTHCARE ACROSS BORDERS | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | $2,500 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE WHICH IS VANISHING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. |
| KOKUA MAU | HONOLULU, HI | $2,500 | 2025 | TO WEAVE A LEI OF CAREGIVING AND SUPPORT SO THAT THE PEOPLE OF HAWAII FACING SERIOUS ILLNESS CAN LIVE IN THE PLACE OF THEIR CHOICE, WITH RELEIF OF PAIN AND SUFFERING. |
| HONOLULU CIVIL BEAT | HONOLULU, HI | $2,500 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION |
| GOOD NEIGHBOR FUND-STAR ADVERTISER | HONOLULU, HI | $2,500 | 2025 | TO HELP INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES STRUGGLING WITH POVERTY, HOMELESSNESS AND OTHER CHALLENGES |
| HAWAII PEOPLES FUND | HONOLULU, HI | $2,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION |
| STOWE LAND TRUST | STOWE, VT | $1,500 | 2025 | TO CONSERE THE LAND AND WATERS AND TO ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL CONNECTED TO THE STOWE AREA. |
| SHELBURNE FARMS | SHELBURNE, VT | $1,500 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT CHILDREN GROW INTO RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS WHO ARE CONNECTED TO THEIR PLACE AND CARE ABOUT COMMUNITY AND THE PLANET. |
| HEALTHY MOTHERS HEATHY BABIES | HONOLULU, HI | $1,000 | 2025 | TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR PREGNANT WOMEN |
| CONSERVATION COUNSIL FOR HAWAII | HONOLULU, HI | $1,000 | 2025 | FOR NATURE CONSERVATION |
| CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE | EWA BEACH, HI | $1,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT STRENGTHENING FAMILIES AND FOSTERING THE HEALTH DEVELOPMENT CHILDREN |
| FRIENDS OF HONOLULU BOTANICAL | HONOLULU, HI | $1,000 | 2025 | TO SUPPORT HONOLULU BOTANICAL GARDENS |
ELBOW ROOM
$50,000TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION
UH FOUNDATION - ART DEPARTMENT STUDENT AID FUND
$25,000TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIP ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE ART DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I
HAWAII CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY
$1,000TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
$250,000TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & ED FUND
$200,000TO SUPPORT RACIAL JUSTICE IN THE SOUTH AND BEYOND
TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND ADVOCATE FOR RACIALLY, LINGUISTICALLY, AND SOCIOECONOMICALLY DIVERSE DOULAS.
TO PROMOTE HEALTH, WELLNESS AND FIGHTING STIGMA IN HAWAII
ELBOW ROOM
$50,000TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION
WOMEN'S FUND OF HAWAII
$30,000TO AID WOMEN IN POVERTY
PORTLAND NEW FAMILY FUND
$30,000TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION
UNRWA
$25,000TO SUPPORT RELIEF AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT OF PALESTINIAN REFUGEES.
LIFE OF THE LAND
$25,000FOR NATURE CONSERVATION
HAWAII INNOCENCE PROJECT
$25,000TO FREE PRISONERS WHO ARE FACTUALLY INNOCENT BUT WHO HAVE WRONGFULLY CONVICTED.
NATURE CONSERVANCY OF HAWAII
$20,000FOR NATURE CONSERVATION
EQUITABLE GIVING CIRCLE PORTLAND
$15,000TO INSPIRE AND CREATE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT THROUGH AUTHENTIC ENGAGEMENT AND ACTION WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY
UH FOUNDATION - HAWAII INNOCENCE PROJECT
$13,829TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION
TO PROMOTE PEACE, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND EA IN HAWAI'I THROUGH COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, POPULAR EDUCATION, ART AND NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION AS TOOLS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
TO PROVIDE MEALS FOR ELDERS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
ENVIRONMENT HAWAII
$10,000FOR NATURE CONSERVATION
INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN SERVICES
$10,000TO CREATE AND OFFERE TAILORED SOLUTIONS FOR THOSE IN CRISIS, AND NURTURE HOMELESS PEOPLE TOWARD GREATER SELF-DIRECTION AND RESPONSIBILITY.
SLOW FOOD USA
$10,000TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION
SANTA FE FILM INSTITUTE
$10,000TO ADVANCE INDEPENDENT FILM, FILMMAKING, AND SUPPORT LOCAL YOUTH
HOIWAI FUND
$10,000TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION
HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO
$6,000TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION
NET PAC USA
$5,000TO PROMOTE AN UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF ASIA AND THE PACIFIC ISLAND CULTURES THROUGH THEIR FILM.
UH FOUNDATION - FOR REFUGEE AND IMMIGRATION LAW CLINIC
$5,000TO SUPPORT PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES LEGAL INFORMATION AND REPRESENTATION FOR THOSE IN THE ISLAND COMMUNITY SEEKING REFUGE AND ASYLUM, AS WELL AS HELP WITH OTHER IMMIGRATION ISSUES.
TO PRESENT THE HIGHEST-QUALITY PERFORMANCES OF GREAT MUSIC.
THE SALVATION ARMY HI
$2,500TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION
HOWARD'S HEART
$2,500TO SUPPORT YOUTH NAVIGATING VULNERABLE AND TRAUMATIC TRANSITIONS IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM WITH ESSENTIAL RESOURCES, LIFE SKILLS TRAINING, AND MENTORSHIP.
HEALTHCARE ACROSS BORDERS
$2,500TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE WHICH IS VANISHING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
KOKUA MAU
$2,500TO WEAVE A LEI OF CAREGIVING AND SUPPORT SO THAT THE PEOPLE OF HAWAII FACING SERIOUS ILLNESS CAN LIVE IN THE PLACE OF THEIR CHOICE, WITH RELEIF OF PAIN AND SUFFERING.
GOOD NEIGHBOR FUND-STAR ADVERTISER
$2,500TO HELP INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES STRUGGLING WITH POVERTY, HOMELESSNESS AND OTHER CHALLENGES
HAWAII PEOPLES FUND
$2,000TO SUPPORT THE ORGANIZATION
TO CONSERE THE LAND AND WATERS AND TO ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL CONNECTED TO THE STOWE AREA.
TO SUPPORT CHILDREN GROW INTO RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS WHO ARE CONNECTED TO THEIR PLACE AND CARE ABOUT COMMUNITY AND THE PLANET.
CONSERVATION COUNSIL FOR HAWAII
$1,000FOR NATURE CONSERVATION
TO SUPPORT STRENGTHENING FAMILIES AND FOSTERING THE HEALTH DEVELOPMENT CHILDREN
FRIENDS OF HONOLULU BOTANICAL
$1,000TO SUPPORT HONOLULU BOTANICAL GARDENS