Programs
We invest in efforts to educate and engage our communities in activities that promote the stewardship of our natural resources, and we support programs that are critical to the development of our most vulnerable youth, from their earliest years into young adulthood.
Early Childhood Education
A quality early start for children provides lasting benefits for the rest of their lives. We need more preschools and we need more tuition assistance. But we also need to develop and train more educators who will provide the safe and inspiring learning environment that give keiki the strongest possible start.
2024 Early Childhood Education Grantees
Impact Change Hawaiʻi
Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture
Kristi Yamaguchi’s Always Dream
Project Vision Hawaiʻi
Opportunity Youth
One out of every 9 people between the ages of 16 and 24 is not in school or in the workforce. Finding a way to engage this population of young people is vital to our community’s economic future. Supporting organizations that focus on this work and are willing to share their progress with others can change the future for all of us.
2024 Opportunity Youth Grantees
Adult Friends for Youth*
Boys & Girls Clubs of Maui*
Epic ʻOhana Inc.*
Hoʻōla Nā Pua*
Kōkua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services*
KUPU*
Maui Hui Mālama*
Partners In Development Foundation*
Purple Maiʻa Foundation*
Residential Youth Services and Empowerment*
Waiʻanae Community Redevelopment Corporation / MAʻO Organic Farms*
YMCA of Honolulu*
* Opportunity Youth Learning Network Cohort
Community-Based Environmental Stewardship
Island resilience requires collaborative action and learning between our communities, science and government. Engaged and knowledgeable communities who live by the values of mālama and aloha ‘āina help protect our home — one of the most ecologically diverse places on Earth.
2024 Community-Based Environmental Stewardship Grantees
808 Cleanups
Big Island Resource Conservation and Development Concil
Bishop Museum
Coral Reef Alliance
Friends of Amy BH Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden
Hawaiʻi Bicycling League
Hawaiʻi Environmental Restoration
Hawaiʻi Environmental Restoration
Hawaiian Islands Land Trust
Hoʻokuaʻaina
Hui o Koʻolaupoko
Hui Mālama i ke Ala ʻŪlili (huiMAU)
Kalaeloa Heritage and Legacy Foundation
Mālama Maunalua
National Tropical Botanical Garden
Puʻa Foundation
Re-use Hawaiʻi
Sustainable Coastlines Hawaiʻi
The Kohala Center
The Nature Conservancy
The Trust for Public Lands
Culture & Arts
The Kosasa Foundation has long supported Hawai‘i’s culture and arts organizations, and through interviews, surveys, and focus groups, we gained valuable insights that led to the launch of the Creative Capacity program—a targeted grant opportunity aimed at funding innovative projects and building long-term organizational capacity.
