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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 99-6007327

John M Ross Foundation

A private foundation in Honolulu, HI. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 3 grants and $25,000 paid in grants.

Tax year 2024 (period ending Jun 30, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Bank of Hawaii
PO Box 3170 Dept 758
Honolulu, HI 96802
(808) 694-4399
Form and materials
See footnote
Deadlines
February 1
Restrictions
See footnote

Assets and giving by year

5 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2024

    $25,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $630,121
  • Tax year 2023

    $25,900

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $608,851
  • Tax year 2022

    $32,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $584,651
  • Tax year 2021

    $30,000

    Grants listed
    5
    Assets, end of year
    $608,901
  • Tax year 2020

    $23,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $567,511

Grants paid in 2024

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. University of Hawaii FoundationHonolulu, HI

    Scholarship for hawaii

    $15,000
  2. Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra SocietyKamuela, HI

    Music education for

    $5,000
  3. The Salvation Army - Hawaiian & Pacific Islands DivisionHonolulu, HI

    Kona corps teen enrichment

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education1 grant $15,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Hawaii3 grants $25,000

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Bank of HawaiiTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $9,131

The return

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