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FY 2023

Verified NonprofitLast Filed 2023EIN 99-0161980

Bishop Museum

HONOLULU, HINTEE: A540Founded 1889Website

mission statement

The bishop museum is the caretaker of extensive cultural and natural history collections of hawaii and the pacific. The museum's exhibits, programs, and research educate hawaii's residents and non-resident visitors about hawaii's cultural and natural history.

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Total Revenue

$21.1M

FY 2023

Program Spending

61.7%

of total expenses

Known Funders

2019–2024 filings

Key Metrics (FY 2023)

The Numbers

$89.3M

Total Assets

$76.6M net

45.84 mo

Operating Reserves

FY 2023

Active Programs

FY 2023

232

Total Employees

FY 2023

Funding Track Record

Backed by 91 Institutional Funders

$21.4M raised across 262 grants · +$975K committed (2019–2024 filings)

Funder Geography

Funders across 17 states (2019–2024 filings)

Institutional Funding by Year

PaidCommittedBoth

Funder	Location	Total Awarded
C N Wodehouse Bishop Museum Trust	HONOLULU, HI	$5,516,010
John T Waterhouse Trust Estate II Bishop Museum 20582004 010985	HONOLULU, HI	$4,354,966
Charles R Bishop Trust	HONOLULU, HI	$2,010,000
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation	NEW YORK, NY	$2,000,000 +$800,000 committed
The Schmidt Family Foundation	PALO ALTO, CA	$775,000 +$125,000 committed
The Bretzlaff Foundation Inc	Reno, NV	$750,000
The Paul G Allen Family Foundation	SEATTLE, WA	$748,066
The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc	NEW YORK, NY	$700,000
Robert E Black Memorial Trust	HONOLULU, HI	$520,992
John R Halligan Charitable Fund	BANNOCKBURN, IL	$420,000

Total tracked: $21,448,995 across 262 grants · +$975,000 committed across 5 commitments (2019–2024 filings)

Totals reflect grants as reported on funder tax returns. Timing may not match recipient revenue: funder and recipient fiscal years often differ, and grants paid by a funder in one year may be recognized by the recipient in a different year.

Programs (FY 2023)

What They Do

$5.8M in expenses

Public programs - public programs provide informal educational experiences that tell the story of hawaii and the pacific. The program takes full advantage of the comprehensive resources of the museum's collections and research products, and provides visitors and hawaii residents with diverse programs. For the fiscal year june 30, 2024, the museum had approximately 123,890 resident and 62,713 non-resident visitors, and 13,730 military visitors.

$4.4M in expenses

Natural sciences - natural sciences activities include providing understanding of the natural environments of hawaii and the pacific, providing information for conserving the biodiversity of those environments and, by contributing to public programs, expanding educational experiences in science for hawaii residents and museum visitors.

$2.2M in expenses

Cultural resources - activities in the cultural resources program include field and collections-based research undertaken in collaboration with indigenous peoples and more recent immigrants of hawaii. Traditional knowledge systems, philosophies of knowledge, and science are historically applied. The program also provides fee-based consulting services related to the cultural sciences.

Financial History