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.
2023 Early Childhood Education Grantees
Chaminade University
Hawai`i Children’s Action Network
Imua Family Services
Koloa Early School
Kristi Yamaguchi’s Always Dream
PATCH
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.
2023 Opportunity Youth Grantees
Adult Friends for Youth*
Boys & Girls Clubs of Maui*
Center for Tomorrowʻs Leaders
EPIC ʻOhana Inc.*
Hale Kipa
Hoʻōla Nā Pua*
Kōkua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services*
Kupu*
Maui Hui Mālama*
Mental Health America of Hawaiʻi*
Partners In Development Foundation*
Purple Maiʻa Foundation*
The Kohala Center*
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.
2023 Community-Based Environmental Stewardship Grantees
ʻĀina Momona
Hawaiʻi Environmental Restoration
Hawaiʻi Wildlife Center
Hawaiʻi Wildlife Fund
Ho‘okua‘āina
Hui Aloha Kīholo
Hui Makaʻāinana o Makana
Hui Mālama i ke Ala ʻŪlili (huiMAU)
Mālama Learning Center
Mālama Maunalua
Mālama Pūpūkea-Waimea
Maui Nui Marine Resources Council
Polynesian Voyaging Society
Protect & Preserve Hawaiʻi
Sustainable Coastlines Hawaiʻi
University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa – Institute for Sustainability & Resilience
