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About This Profile
Across the United States, the charitable sector generates incredible impact on both communities and economies. This profile is a snapshot of major statistics about Hawaii’s charitable community. It’s designed to give you a broad sense of the scale and diversity of nonprofits, foundations, and charities across the state. A downloadable PDF version is available above.
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Number of Hawaii Nonprofit Organizations
- All nonprofit organizations: 7,441
- 501(c)(3) Public Charities (includes some religious organizations): 6,029
- Other 501(c) Nonprofit Organizations*: 1,412
* includes civic leagues, chamber of commerce, veterans organizations, etc
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Economic Impact of the Hawaii Nonprofit Sector
- Employs 56,000, 11.6% of the state’s workforce
- Generates more than $6.6 billion in annual revenues
- Holds assets of nearly $25.43 billion
- Hawaii foundations annually give over $109 million
- Hawaiians give over $625.8 million to charity each year, representing 2.77 percent of household income
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Public Charities and Foundations Benefit Hawaii Communities
Contribute to vibrant communities
Hawai’i Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations unites and strengthens
the nonprofit sector as a collective force to improve the quality of
life in Hawai’i. HANO brings together a diverse alliance of
nonprofits, statewide and sector-wide, to network, learn, share
ideas, collaborate, and partner. Together, HANO members put
the collective buying power of the membership to work to save
member organizations time and money.
Advance solutions for challenges facing society
The Hawaii Community Foundation is a trusted, vital resource for
Hawaii’s donors and nonprofits. Through more than 900 funds
established by individuals, families and businesses, the Foundation
distributed more than $62 million in grants annually. The
Foundation granted funds to organizations working in community
and the economy, natural environment, health and wellness,
government and civics, arts and culture, and education.
Provide Jobs to People with Disabilities and Special Needs
Goodwill Hawaii served almost 13,166 people with employment
challenges from 2017-2018 and helped 900 people find jobs, resulting in
$15.3 million in revenue. Goodwill’s Job Connections employment
program provides services and job training to low-income individuals
throughout the state, with sites in Maui and Kauai, as well as Oahu. Over
90% of Goodwill’s revenue goes to directly support their mission.
Promoting resource conservation efforts
The Harold K.L. Castle Foundation is the largest private foundation in
Hawaii. A current focus is on nearshore marine resource conservation.
Since its inception, the foundation has awarded over $176 million in
grants, with more than $60 million going to organizations serving
Windward O‘ahu. Currently, the foundation disburses an average of $6
million in grants per year.
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Note: The “nonprofit sector” encompasses organizations that are defined as tax-exempt under section 501(c) of the Internal
Revenue Code. This includes both public charities and private foundations [501(c)(3)] and other nonprofits such as civic league
organizations [501(c)(4)]. Exceptions are noted when relevant.
Sources
Employment Information
Best estimate based on available data from the following sources:
The 2019 nonprofit employment report, Lester M. Salamon and Chelsea L. Newhouse, S. Wojciech Sokolowski, Nonprofit
Employment Bulletin #47, Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies, 2019 {Data is 2016, page 3}
http://ccss.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2019/01/2019-NP-Employment-Report_FINAL_1.8.2019.pdf
Number of Nonprofits
Hawaii Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations, Hawaii’s Nonprofit Sector Report, 2016. https://hano-hawaii.org/wpcontent/uploads/HANO-Nonprofit-Sector-Report-2016.pdf
Asset and Revenues
Hawaii Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations, Hawaii’s Nonprofit Sector Report, 2016. https://hano-hawaii.org/wpcontent/uploads/HANO-Nonprofit-Sector-Report-2016.pdf
Urban Institute, National Center for Charitable Statistics, “Registered Nonprofit Organizations by State (BMF 12/2015)”
http://nccsweb.urban.org/tablewiz/bmf.php {Data are 2015}
Foundation Giving
The Foundation Center, FC Stats: “Foundation Stats: Total Grantmaking Foundations”
http://data.foundationcenter.org/#/foundations/all/state:HI/total/list/2015 {Data are 2015}
Individual Giving
How America Gives, 2014. The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
https://philanthropy.com/interactives/how-america-gives {Data are 2012}.
Nonprofit examples:
Goodwill: http://www.higoodwill.org/goodwill-programs/job-help/annual-report/
Hawai‘i Community Foundation: https://issuu.com/hcfhawaii/docs/hcf-4350-ar2019-digital?e=1137810/70648539
Hawai’i Association of Nonprofit Organizations: https://hano-hawaii.org/ and https://hano-hawaii.org/about/
Harold K.L. Castle Foundation: http://castlefoundation.org/about/history/
As of September 2019
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