Chung Kun Ai Foundation
Honolulu, HI · EIN 99-6003289. Reported 193 grants totalling $450,250 to 62 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Chung Kun Ai Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $1,500; the smallest was $250 and the largest $30,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Straub Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Honolulu (oahu) | Honolulu, HI | $65,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hawaiian Humane Society | Honolulu, HI | $51,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Girl Scout Council of Hawaii | Honolulu, HI | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Institute for Human Services | Honolulu, HI | $12,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Iolani School | Honolulu, HI | $11,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Red Cross | Honolulu, HI | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Punahou School | Honolulu, HI | $9,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Cancer Society-Hope Lodge | Honolulu, HI | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pacific University Oregon | Forest Grove, OR | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Waikiki Health Center | Honolulu, HI | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mid-Pacific Institute | Honolulu, HI | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| River of Life Mission | Honolulu, HI | $6,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rehab Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $5,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Le Jardin Academy | Kailua, HI | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| PBS Hawaii | Honolulu, HI | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Heart Association | Honolulu, HI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Blood Bank of Hawaii | Honolulu, HI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boy Scouts of America Aloha Council | Honolulu, HI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii | Honolulu, HI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chaminade University | Honolulu, HI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Child & Family Service | Ewa Beach, HI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Children's Discovery Center | Honolulu, HI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Domestic Violence Action Center | Honolulu, HI | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hale Kipa | Honolulu, HI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hanahauoli School | Honolulu, HI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hawaii Education of the Arts | Kailua, HI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hawaii Theatre for Youth | Honolulu, HI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kuakini Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oregon State University | Corvallis, OR | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House | Honolulu, HI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| St Louis School | Honolulu, HI | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alzheimer's Association - Aloha | Honolulu, HI | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Diabetes Association | Honolulu, HI | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Assets School | Honolulu, HI | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities | Honolulu, HI | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement of Hawaii Inc | Honolulu, HI | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Make-a-Wish Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Pantry | Honolulu, HI | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| After School All-Stars | Honolulu, HI | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Aloha Medical Mission | Honolulu, HI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Big Brothersbig Sisters of Honolulu Inc | Honolulu, HI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Central Union Church | Honolulu, HI | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chinese Chamber of Commerce | Honolulu, HI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hawaii Foodbank | Honolulu, HI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hawaiian Islands Ministries | Honolulu, HI | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kalihi-Palama Health Center | Honolulu, HI | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kaumakapili Protestant Church | Honolulu, HI | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Makiki Christian Church | Honolulu, HI | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Moiliili Community Center | Honolulu, HI | $2,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Special Olympics Hawaii | Ewa Beach, HI | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Honpa Hongwanji Hawaii Betsuin | Honolulu, HI | $1,750 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Alzheimer's Association Aloha Chapter | Honolulu, HI | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Frank De Lima's Student Enrichment | Honolulu, HI | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Dr Sun Yat Sen Hawaii | Honolulu, HI | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Cancer Society | Honolulu, HI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Big Brothersbig Sisters of | Honolulu, HI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| First Presbyterian Church | Kaneohe, HI | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| YWCA of Oahu | Honolulu, HI | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hospice Hawaii | Honolulu, HI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Navian Hawaii | Honolulu, HI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Dr Sun Yat Sen Hawaii Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
52 of 62 (84%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 89%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Straub Foundation
TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES - Hawaiian Humane Society
ANIMAL PRESERVATION, ADOPTION, FOSTER CARE - YMCA of Honolulu (oahu)
PUTTING CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLESINTO PRACTICE THAT BUILD HEALTHYSPIRIT, MIND AND BODY - Girl Scout Council of Hawaii
BUILD GIRLS OF COURAGE,CONFIDENCE AND CHARACTER - Iolani School
PROVIDE EDUCATION TO CHILDREN-SCHOOL - American Red Cross
PROVIDES RELIEF TO VICTIMS OFDISASTER AND HELPS PREVENT ANDRESPOND TO EMERGENCIES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 90 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 45 | $107,500 | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 47 | $115,000 | $1,000 |
| 2023 | 49 | $117,250 | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 52 | $110,500 | $1,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 97% of this one's giving went to organizations in Hawaii. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Hawaii.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Chung Kun Ai Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 1559, Honolulu, HI, 96806. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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