Hawaii Business Roundtable
The Hawaii Business Roundtable is a statewide public policy organization made up of the ceos and senior executives of companies headquartered or maintaining significant operations in Hawaii. The mission of the roundtable is to promote the economic vitality and social health of Hawaii resulting in a better future for the people of Hawaii. Education and economy are the roundtable's major concern.
Hawaii Business Roundtable at a glance
In short: Hawaii Business Roundtable gave $73K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $73K), mostly in Hawaii. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $73,333
- -0.9% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- -50.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $73,333
- +98.2% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $73,333
- Total assets
- $213,149
- +2.6% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Hawaii (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Hawaii Business Roundtable funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Univ of Hawaii Economic Research Org (University of Hawaii Foundation) ($73K).
Grant Size Distribution
7 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 5 grants of 7 (71%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2025 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
How Hawaii Business Roundtable gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+13%). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $65K (2019) to $105K (2023). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $73K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Univ of Hawaii Economic Research Org (University of Hawaii Foundation) Honolulu, HI | Independent Research & Analysis of Hawaii's Economy | $73,333 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $213,149 | $482,073 | $476,760 | $73,333 | 1 | $48 |
| 2024 | $207,837 | $420,721 | $435,577 | $74,000 | 2 | $48 |
| 2023 | $222,693 | $415,508 | $454,916 | $105,000 | 2 | $60 |
| 2022 | $262,102 | $376,140 | $394,346 | $65,000 | 1 | $60 |
| 2021 | $280,308 | $377,229 | $351,547 | $65,000 | 1 | $68 |
| 2020 | $361,673 | $490,746 | $472,254 | $90,000 | 2 | $220 |
| 2019 | $236,134 | $459,551 | $469,483 | $65,000 | 1 | $353 |
About Hawaii Business Roundtable
Based on IRS filings
Hawaii Business Roundtable is a public charity, based in Honolulu, HI. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $213K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $73K. Net investment income was $48.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Hawaii Business Roundtable is led by Gary K. Kai, Executive Director on every filing since 2019; 1 of 65 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Gary K. Kai
Executive Director
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$145K (2021) → $149K (2025)
Alicia Moy
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bert Kobayashi
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Chad Goodfellow
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Chad Karasaki
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Constance H. Lau
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Bissell
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Carey
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Lassner
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dennis Francis
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gerry Majkut
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Harry Saunders
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ian Macnaughton
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeff Wagoner
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John Gotanda
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lynn Babington
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Marc Tilker
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mark Fukunaga
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Matthew Cox
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael A. Pietsch
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Peter Ho
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Peter Ingram
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Raymond Vara Jr.
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robert Harrison
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Russell Hata
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sarah Lee Morihara
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stanford Carr
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Steve Coln
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Terrence George
Director
On filings since 2019
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bryan Luke
Director
On filings since 2020
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Doug Johnstone
Director
On filings since 2020
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jason Fujimoto
Director
On filings since 2020
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jill Hoggard Green PhD
Director
On filings since 2020
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mark Mugiishi
Director
On filings since 2020
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Scott Seu
Director
On filings since 2020
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Su Shin
Director
On filings since 2020
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tom Calame
Director
On filings since 2020
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ann Teranishi
Director
On filings since 2021
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jack Wong
Director
On filings since 2021
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ltg Stephen Sklenka
Director
On filings since 2021
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Toby Taniguchi
Director
On filings since 2021
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Diane Paloma PhD
Director
On filings since 2022
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Roy Pfund
Director
On filings since 2022
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Shelee Kimura
Director
On filings since 2022
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Arnold Martines
Director
On filings since 2023
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jason Higa
Director
On filings since 2023
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jay Ana
Director
On filings since 2023
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lance Parker
Director
On filings since 2023
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Todd Takayama
Director
On filings since 2023
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Chase Aalborg
Director
On filings since 2024
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ed Chan
Director
On filings since 2024
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eric Wright
Director
On filings since 2024
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jason Chang
Director
On filings since 2024
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joe Sprague
Director
On filings since 2024
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kevin Penn
Director
On filings since 2024
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Patrick Sullivan
Director
On filings since 2024
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Race Randall
Director
On filings since 2024
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Admiral Samuel Paparo
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ben Godsey
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Christine Camp
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Diana Rakow
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Garret Matsunami
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John Morgan
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tracy Tonaki
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Wendy Hensel
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.1 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (44)
- Former: Benjamin Godsey (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Michele Saito (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Vicky Cayetano (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Donald Huffner Jr. (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Greg Christian (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Ryan Ashlock (2021–2024) — Director
- Former: Rich Wacker (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Mark Yoda (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Christopher Benjamin (2023) — Director
- Former: Chris Benjamin (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Paul Yonamine (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Richard Wacker (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Lee Morihara (2022) — Director
- Former: Jeffrey Shonka (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Kathryn Raethel (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Kisan Jo (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Mark Yamakawa (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Roger Wall (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Sean Hehir (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Ed Schultz (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Debi Bishop (2021) — Director
- Former: Jim Yates (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Livingston Wong (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Lt Gen Mike Minihan (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Timothy Brauer (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Alan Oshima (2019) — Director
- Former: Arthur A. Ushijima (2019) — Director
- Former: Barry Taniguchi (2019) — Director
- Former: Catherine Ngo (2019) — Director
- Former: Colbert Matsumoto (2019) — Director
- Former: David Underriner (2019) — Director
- Former: Dennis Gibson (2019) — Director
- Former: Harris Chan (2019) — Director
- Former: Joe Boivin (2019) — Director
- Former: John Komeiji (2019) — Director
- Former: Keith Sakamoto (2019) — Director
- Former: Ltg Bryan Fenton (2019) — Director
- Former: Megan Escamilla (2019) — Director
- Former: Michael Stollar (2019) — Director
- Former: Rick Blangiardi (2019) — Director
- Former: Robert W. Wo Jr. (2019) — Director
- Former: Simon Treacy (2019) — Director
- Former: Steven Ai (2019) — Director
- Former: Warren Luke (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $149K, to Gary K Kai (Executive Director).
Frequently asked questions about Hawaii Business Roundtable
How much does Hawaii Business Roundtable give each year?
Hawaii Business Roundtable gave $73K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $74K across 2 grants.
How large is Hawaii Business Roundtable?
Hawaii Business Roundtable reported $213K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $482K.
Where does Hawaii Business Roundtable operate?
Hawaii Business Roundtable has awarded grants in Hawaii.
What is Hawaii Business Roundtable's EIN?
Hawaii Business Roundtable's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 99-0236405. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 14, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS July 27, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS June 14, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 22, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 8, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 14, 2026)
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