Honolulu, HI

PEOPLES FUND (Hawaiʻi People's Fund)

EIN 23-7250803

Community & Economic Development Community Foundations & Local Giving Indigenous communities Communities of color Low-income

Mission

Hawaiʻi People's Fund directs community-raised resources to grassroots, community-led organizations across Hawaiʻi, using community-advised grantmaking to support social justice, indigenous sovereignty, and local movement-building.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About PEOPLES FUND (Hawaiʻi People's Fund)

Peoples Fund (operating as Hawaiʻi People's Fund) is a Honolulu-based 501(c)(3) grantmaking organization founded in 1972 that supports grassroots progressive movement builders across the Hawaiian islands. The organization centers community-advised grantmaking and philanthropic practices that shift funding power to those working on the front lines in their communities.

HPF runs signature programs including community Giving Projects and an Urgent Action / Maui Aloha grant process created in response to the August 2023 Maui wildfires. In recent years the fund has continued core grant cycles while directing rapid-response grants and resources to impacted Native Hawaiian and other marginalized communities on Maui and throughout the state.

Notable achievements

Longstanding statewide grassroots funder

Founded in 1972, the organization has operated more than five decades as a dedicated local funder for grassroots social justice, maintaining an archive and multi-decade grantee portfolio that documents support for community-led movements across Hawaiʻi.

Maui Aloha rapid-response grantmaking

Following the August 2023 wildfires, HPF launched the Maui Aloha urgent-action grant process to provide immediate, flexible funding and support to frontline community groups; the program awarded multiple urgent-action grants and dozens of Maui-focused grants to grassroots organizations and mutual-aid efforts.

Pioneered community-advised Giving Projects

HPF runs the Giving Project model—an established community-advised, consensus-based grantmaking process—that engages cohorts of donors and community members in collective decision-making and distributed funding to grassroots groups.

At a glance

Total assets: $9.0M
Annual revenue: $7.3M
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 23-7250803
Location: Honolulu, HI
Website: hawaiipeoplesfund.org
On Mahalo since: September 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Maintains public Form 990 filings and is listed in standard nonprofit databases and evaluator platforms, reflecting transparent public reporting of finances and grant activity.

Operates as a recognized 501(c)(3) charitable organization focused on community-based philanthropy and grassroots grantmaking in Hawaiʻi.

Acknowledged for its community-advised grantmaking model and participation in the national Giving Project / Funding Exchange network, partnering with peer local funds and movement-focused philanthropies.

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