The Garden Club of Honolulu
The purpose of the Garden Club of Honolulu ("club") is to stimulate knowledge and love of gardening, horticulture, floral design and nature photography; and to promote and participate in the restoration, improvement and protection of the environment through programs and actions in conservation, civic improvement, and education.
The Garden Club of Honolulu at a glance
In short: The Garden Club of Honolulu gave $10K across 1 grant in 2025 (avg $10K), mostly in Hawaii. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $10,000
- -53.3% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 1
- -66.7% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $10,000
- +40.2% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $10,000
- Total assets
- $551,067
- +15.2% 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.
How to apply to The Garden Club of Honolulu
- Next open deadline
- March 1, 2027 (Garden Club of Honolulu Educational Grants)
Open Grants
7 open opportunities from The Garden Club of Honolulu
Garden Club of Honolulu Educational Grants
The Garden Club of Honolulu
Amount
$1,000 - $5,000
Deadline
Expected ~March
Based on past cycles
Garden Club of Honolulu Project Grants
The Garden Club of Honolulu
Amount
$2,000 - $10,000
Deadline
Expected ~March
Based on past cycles
GCA Fellowship in Tropical Botany
The Garden Club of Honolulu
Amount
Varies
Deadline
Deadline not published
Who The Garden Club of Honolulu funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Hawaii Conservation Alliance Fund ($10K).
Grant Size Distribution
9 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 9 grants of 9 (100%).
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 The Garden Club of Honolulu gives
- Giving fell 56% from 2022 to 2025. 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 $10K (2025) to $33K (2019). In 2025 it made 1 grant totaling $10K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Hawaii Conservation Alliance Fund Honolulu, HI | Native Ecosystem Res | $10,000 |
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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 | $551,067 | $131,121 | $80,522 | $10,000 | 1 | $21,562 |
| 2024 | $478,404 | $251,616 | $89,911 | $21,400 | 3 | $18,742 |
| 2023 | $349,519 | $135,115 | $193,806 | — | — | $-277 |
| 2022 | $327,314 | $84,867 | $75,641 | $22,940 | 3 | $6,252 |
| 2021 | $336,827 | $88,626 | $75,054 | $33,000 | 2 | $39,073 |
| 2020 | $308,855 | $107,870 | $79,051 | — | — | $7,419 |
| 2019 | $295,358 | $115,469 | $110,415 | $33,158 | 3 | $2,059 |
About The Garden Club of Honolulu
Based on IRS filings
The Garden Club of Honolulu is a public charity focused on Environment & Animals, based in Honolulu, HI. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $551K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 1 grant totaling $10K. Net investment income was $22K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
The Garden Club of Honolulu is led by Jan Tucker, President since 2024 (on filings since 2019); none of the 38 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Jan Tucker
President
Director → President, 2024
On filings since 2019
20 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Helena Barahal
Director
Assistant Treasurer → Director, 2022
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jan George
Director
Counselor → Director, 2020
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jean Abbott
Director
Counselor → Director, 2021
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kathy Hong
Director
Director → Treasurer, 2020
Treasurer → Director, 2022
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lizzy Lowrey
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lori Eldrige
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Margaret Mortz
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Pokey Richardson
Director
President → Director, 2022
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Priscilla Growney
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rhoda James
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stephanie Johnson
Director
Second Vice President → First Vice President, 2022
First Vice President → Director, 2023
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tina Semenza
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Heather Maughan
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Melissa Totherow
Director
Director → Treasurer, 2023
Treasurer → Director, 2025
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Pat Wassel
Director
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Connie Carr
Director
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stacey Hugh
Director
Recording Secretary → Director, 2024
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cathy Schulz
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dawn Yoshimura Sinclair
Director
Treasurer → Director, 2023
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Christine Feldman
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Susy Kuehner
Director
Recording Secretary → Director, 2025
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Wanda Watumull
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Erin Choy
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lissa Schiff
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mardi Cannon
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Carri Morgan
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Eleni Pflueger
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Katrina Molenda
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Marijo Schull
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sharon Williams
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Suzanne Chen
Director
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Lacy
Second Vice
Director → Second Vice, 2024
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gail Atwater
First Vice P
Director → First Vice P, 2025
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nancy Shaw
Recording Se
Corresponding Secretary → Director, 2021
Director → Recording Se, 2024
On filings since 2019
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kate Growney
Correspondin
Director → Correspondin, 2024
On filings since 2021
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Allison Johnson
Assistant Tr
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bonnie Fong
Treasurer
New on the 2025 filing
10 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (49)
- Former: Kitty Wo (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Laurie Foster (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Leslie Turnbull (2020–2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Rae Sultan (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Sue Chouljian (2020–2024) — First Vice P
- Former: Susu Markham (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Dawn Macnaughton (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Joji Baptiste (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Diane Esecson (2024) — Director
- Former: Leslie Almeida (2024) — Director
- Former: Loan Arce (2024) — Assistant Tr
- Former: Marybeth Fentriss (2024) — Director
- Former: Monique Rice (2024) — Director
- Former: Cheryl Heatherington (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Gail Hutchinson (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Leilani McGuire (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Phyllis Lee (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Tanya Watumull (2019–2023) — First Vice President
- Former: Emmy Seymour (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Lori Feldman (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Janice Lau Fergus (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Jean Kellerman (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Kathleen Wo (2022–2023) — President
- Former: Rosemary Eberhardt (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Juliana Sanvold (2023) — Corresponding Secretary
- Former: Paulette Wo (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Stephanie Hee (2022) — Director
- Former: Dotty Nitta (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Holly Ann Marchant (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Jan Lau Fergus (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Sarah Richards (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Paulette Stone (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Tanya Alston (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Barbara Kulijs (2021) — Director
- Former: Lizzy Lowery (2021) — Director
- Former: Rita Young Riggs (2021) — Director
- Former: Bertie Lee (2019–2020) — Counselor
- Former: Diane Hastert (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Glee Logsdon (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Shari Cotton (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Susan Beers (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Jann Boxold (2020) — Director
- Former: Rita Riggs Young (2020) — Director
- Former: Sharon Fairbanks (2020) — Counselor
- Former: Barbara Kuljis (2019) — Director
- Former: Claire Johnson (2019) — Director
- Former: Jean Myers (2019) — Director
- Former: Sally Moore (2019) — Counselor
- Former: Victoria Hill (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.
Frequently asked questions about The Garden Club of Honolulu
How much does The Garden Club of Honolulu give each year?
The Garden Club of Honolulu gave $10K across 1 grant in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $21K across 3 grants.
How large is The Garden Club of Honolulu?
The Garden Club of Honolulu reported $551K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $131K.
What is The Garden Club of Honolulu?
The Garden Club of Honolulu is a public charity focused on Environment & Animals, based in Honolulu, HI. It holds $551K in total assets as of 2025.
Where does The Garden Club of Honolulu operate?
The Garden Club of Honolulu has awarded grants in Hawaii.
What is The Garden Club of Honolulu's EIN?
The Garden Club of Honolulu's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 99-6001533. 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
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 25, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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