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Toyo Sakumoto Charitable Trust

Accepts applications Honolulu, Hawaii · EIN 996089401

Toyo Sakumoto Charitable Trust is a private foundation in Honolulu, Hawaii. In tax year 2025 it gave $35,000 in 4 grants; the typical grant was $5,750 and the largest $20,500. 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 $32,250 the year before.

25% of its 2025 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a mix of repeat and new grantees.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$29,5004$955,029
2024$32,2505$969,057
2025$35,0004$1.1 million

How to apply

ContactHawaii Community Foundation Website
827 Fort Street Mall, Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone or email(808) 537-6333
What to submit, restrictionsSee footnote
DeadlinesJanuary 31

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

IRS filings on ProPublica

What Toyo Sakumoto Charitable Trust funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 2 states, the most to Hawaii.

StateGrantsAmount
Hawaii3$31,500
U.S. Virgin Islands1$3,500

Grants paid in 2025

All 4 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
University of Hawaii - Manoa
Honolulu, HI
Scholarships$20,500
Chaminade University of Honolulu
Honolulu, HI
Scholarships$8,000
University of Washington
Seattle, VI
Scholarships$3,500
Hawaii Pacific University
Honolulu, HI
Scholarships$3,000

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2025 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Toyo Sakumoto Charitable Trust accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: January 31.

How much does Toyo Sakumoto Charitable Trust give?

$35,000 in tax year 2025, across 4 grants, with a typical grant of $5,750.

Who runs Toyo Sakumoto Charitable Trust?

Its 2025 filing lists Bank of Hawaii (Trustee).

What does Toyo Sakumoto Charitable Trust fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education.

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