Promise Keepers Charitable Foundation concentrates its modest giving on local Hawai‘i community initiatives, prioritizing direct support for children’s programming and grassroots civic action. The foundation is particularly focused on a single recurring partner that serves kids, while also making smaller one-off grants to community service-oriented groups.
Concentrated, local giving with repeat, multi-year support to one primary youth services grantee and occasional smaller general-purpose grants to other community organizations; overall small total grantmaking budget.
Promise Keepers Charitable Foundation’s clearest pattern is repeated support for Makanalani Kids in Kilauea, with three separate grants across 2023, 2024, and 2025. That recurring relationship anchors a giving profile built around local Hawai‘i community needs, especially children’s programming and place-based civic work. The foundation’s recent grants also show a willingness to back smaller community organizations with general-purpose support, including Aloha With Action and Calvary Chapel North Shore in Kilauea, along with mainland ministries such as Mentor Me Ministries and Mission Enablers Intl. The overall picture is of a modest-sized funder that uses flexible grants rather than tightly restricted awards, with most of its activity staying close to Kaua‘i and other Hawai‘i recipients. Its existing focus areas point to early childhood and after-school programming, volunteer-driven neighborhood initiatives, and general support for small nonprofits serving the public. Recent grant sizes range from $3,000 to $30,000, but the repeated awards to the same local children’s group stand out as the most defining feature of the foundation’s grantmaking.
In children’s programming, the foundation gave $30,000 in 2023 and another $30,000 in 2024 to Makanalani Kids for general purposes, followed by $10,000 in 2025. That repeated support suggests a sustained interest in youth services in Kilauea. Community action is another visible theme: in 2025, Promise Keepers Charitable Foundation awarded $20,000 to Aloha With Action for general purposes, aligning with the foundation’s stated interest in volunteer-driven neighborhood initiatives. The grants also include smaller operating-style awards to churches and ministries, such as $3,500 to Calvary Chapel North Shore in 2024 and awards to Mission Enablers Intl in 2023 and 2025. Across these examples, the common thread is flexible support for local and service-oriented organizations rather than tightly defined project grants.
Typical grant sizes are small to moderate, with a p25 of $3,500, a median of $3,750, and a p75 of $23,500. The pattern includes repeated awards to the same recipient across multiple years, especially Makanalani Kids and Mission Enablers Intl, which points to recurring support rather than one-time-only giving. The foundation appears to use discretionary, general-purpose funding, including general fund and general purposes awards. It also makes grants to nonprofit organizations serving broad community needs, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments.
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Most grants fall between $4K and $24K, with a median of $4K.
25th Percentile
$4K
Median
$4K
75th Percentile
$24K
About 50% of grants go to recipients in HI.
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Notable grantees: Makanalani Kids, Aloha With Action
Promise Keepers Charitable Foundation gives mainly in Hawai‘i, with 50% of grants to recipients in its HQ state and HI listed as the top state by grant count. Kilauea appears repeatedly among recipient locations, including Makanalani Kids, Aloha With Action, and Calvary Chapel North Shore. The foundation also supports a small number of mainland recipients, with grants going to Irvine, California, and Bentonville, Arkansas. All recent grants in the dataset were made to U.S. recipients.
Its recent grants go to nonprofit organizations serving broad community needs, with a strong emphasis on children’s programming, community action, and general operating support. Examples in the data include Makanalani Kids, Aloha With Action, Calvary Chapel North Shore, Mentor Me Ministries, and Mission Enablers Intl.
Yes. The same recipients appear across multiple years, including Makanalani Kids with grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and Mission Enablers Intl with grants in 2023 and 2025. That pattern shows ongoing rather than one-time support for some organizations.
The distribution is fairly compact at the low end, with a p25 of $3,500 and a median of $3,750. Larger awards do appear, with a p75 of $23,500, and recent grants range from $3,000 to $30,000.
It gives most often in Hawai‘i, which is listed as the top state by grant count. Half of the grants in the data go to recipients in HI, and several recipients are located in Kilauea.
The data highlights early childhood and after-school programming, community action and volunteer-driven neighborhood initiatives, and general operating support for small, place-based nonprofits. Those themes are visible in grants to children’s services groups, civic-engagement organizations, and local ministries.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aloha With Action | Kilaua, HI | $20,000 | 2025 | General purposes |
| Makanalani Kids | Kilauea, HI | $10,000 | 2025 | General Purposes |
| Mission Enablers Intl | Bentonville, AR | $3,000 | 2025 | General Purposes |
| Makanalani Kids | Kilauea, HI | $30,000 | 2024 | General Purposes |
| Mentor Me Ministries | Irvine, CA | $4,000 | 2024 | General Fund |
| Calvary Chapel North Shore | Kilauea, HI | $3,500 | 2024 | General Purposes |
| Makanalani Kids | Kilauea, HI | $30,000 | 2023 | General Purposes |
| Mission Enablers Intl | Bentonville, AR | $3,500 | 2023 | General Purposes |
| Mentor Me Ministries | Irvine, CA | $3,500 | 2023 | General Fund |
Aloha With Action
$20,000General purposes
Makanalani Kids
$10,000General Purposes
Mission Enablers Intl
$3,000General Purposes
Makanalani Kids
$30,000General Purposes
Mentor Me Ministries
$4,000General Fund
Calvary Chapel North Shore
$3,500General Purposes
Makanalani Kids
General Purposes
Mission Enablers Intl
$3,500General Purposes
Mentor Me Ministries
$3,500General Fund