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Margaret B Shipman Foundation

Accepts applications Keaau, Hawaii · EIN 990231195

Margaret B Shipman Foundation is a private foundation in Keaau, Hawaii. In tax year 2025 it gave $5,500 in 5 grants; the typical grant was $1,100 and the largest $1,100. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2025.

Giving in 2025 was up from $5,025 the year before.

0% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$4,6505$112,270
2024$5,0255$118,511
2025$5,5005$123,308

How to apply

ContactThomas English
16 127 Lapaau Road, Keaau, HI 96749
Phone or email(808) 966-9325, tenglish@whshipman.com
What to submitInclude the name of the charitable organization mission statement copy of IRS Determination Letteer
RestrictionsGenerally for use in County of Hawaii recipients must be tax-exempt or government organizations

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2025. Details may have changed since.

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Margaret B Shipman Foundation funds

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in Hawaii.

StateGrantsAmount
Hawaii5$5,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 5 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Keaau Elementary School PTSA
Keaau, HI
Operating Funds$1,100
Keaau Middle School
Keaau, HI
Operating Funds$1,100
Keaau High School
Keaau, HI
Operating Funds$1,100
HOPE Services Hawaii
Hilo, HI
Operating Funds$1,100
Paniolo Preservation Society
Kamuela, HI
Operating Funds$1,100

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Margaret B Shipman Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Margaret B Shipman Foundation give?

$5,500 in tax year 2025, across 5 grants, with a typical grant of $1,100.

Who runs Margaret B Shipman Foundation?

Its 2025 filing lists Thomas T English (Pres), Margaret E M Farias (Vice Pres) and Daria L Joaquin (Sec Treas).

What does Margaret B Shipman Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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