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