HAWAII COMMUNITY BAIL FUND
To pool community resources to pay bail for Hawaiʻi residents in pretrial detention, protect the presumption of innocence, reduce harm caused by money bail, and support broader efforts to end cash bail and pretrial incarceration.
About HAWAII COMMUNITY BAIL FUND
Hawaii Community Bail Fund is a Honolulu-based 501(c)(3) public charity (tax-exempt since 2019) that operates a revolving bail fund to post bail for Hawaiʻi residents who cannot afford release while awaiting trial. The organization combines direct bail assistance with movement-building and advocacy aimed at reducing reliance on money bail and addressing racial and economic disparities in the criminal legal system.
The Fund pools donated resources to free people from pretrial detention and reuses returned bail payments as a revolving pool to assist others; it also positions its work within broader bail-reform efforts and is a member of the National Bail Fund Network. The organization maintains an active donor-facing web presence and files annual Form 990s with the IRS.
In recent years the organization has shown increased financial activity and grantmaking: its most-recent publicly filed information (fiscal year filings through 2024) show the Fund holding assets in the low-to-mid six figures and making sizable program disbursements and grants in 2023–2024, while continuing to solicit public donations to support bail operations and related justice work.
Notable achievements
Established as tax-exempt public charity (2019)
Received 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status and began operating as a donor-facing nonprofit focused on bail assistance and bail-reform advocacy.
Major 2023 program grantmaking
Made a large program grant in 2023 (reported in the organization's Form 990 Schedule I) to support a community organization, demonstrating capacity to deploy substantial funds for programmatic purposes.
Sustained revolving bail operations and network membership
Operates a revolving bail fund model that returns posted bail to the pool for reuse and participates in the National Bail Fund Network to coordinate practice and policy work.
At a glance
- Total assets
- $342K
- Annual revenue
- $55K
- Tax status
- 501(c)(3)Public charity
- EIN
- 83-1717109
- Location
- Honolulu, HI
- Website
- hawaiicommunitybailfund.org
- On Mahalo since
- May 2026
Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.
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