Urgent Action Grants
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Mālama Honua PCS
Mālama Honua Public Charter School Foundation, located in Waimānalo, O’ahu, supports Mālama Honua Public Charter School, which provides education that cultivates the caring, compassionate, and astute “mind of the navigator” in students and teachers alike by the appropriate application of indigenous Hawaiian values, inclusive of 21st century skills. Its values-based and placed-based learning environment emphasizes…
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Mālama Kakanilua
Mālama Kakanilua‘s mission is to protect rights of iwi kupuna by upholding the “Act for the Protection of Places of Sepulture,” an 1860 law passed by the Hawaiian Kingdom to protect burial sites and graves and to protect all places that are sacred to Hawaiʻi’s people. Their work focuses on protection of iwi kupuna and…
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‘Āina Aloha Economic Futures
‘Āina Aloha Economic Futures is a coalition of organizations and individuals who are collaborating to produce a vision for Hawai’i’s future that is established on a core set of values that are grounded in and embrace our unique island identity, culture, and resources. The hui calibrates a course not only to recovery but rediscovery of…
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Ke Kula Nui o Waimānalo
Ke Kula Nui O Waimānalo (KKNOW) is a grassroots community-based organization established in 2017 by individuals from diverse backgrounds all hailing from the Waimānalo ahupua’a. The organization’s vision, Kūkulu Kaiāulu (building community), aims to help Waimānalo become self-sustainable in every way, from the mountain to the sea. They activate their vision through free, culturally-grounded and…
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Our Kūpuna
Hawai`i VA Foundation’s mission is to support vulnerable demographics such as our keiki, our kūpuna, and our native Hawaiian communities by providing resources that help uplift their spirits and social well-being. Our Kūpuna was started in response to the current COVID-19 pandemic, and pairs a senior client with a volunteer, matched by proximity, who will…
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Hui o Kuapā
Hui o Kuapā educates local and global communities about Native Hawaiian biocultural resource management through the restoration, use, and maintenance of Moloka’i’s loko i’a (traditional Hawaiian fishponds) and their adjacent lands. The restoration of ‘Ōhalahala pond in the ahupua’a of Kūmimi on Moloka’i’s East end continues the hui’s legacy to ho’ohanohano (uplift and honor) fishpond…
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Kalauokekahuli
Kalauokekahuli supports Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander pregnant, birthing, and postpartum people by providing culturally-based perinatal support and education. Through Ka ʻĀmana Mentorship Program Cohort ʻElua, they seek to continue directly addressing Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander disparities in birth outcomes by sustainably growing a solid foundation of four additional Kalauokekahuli Koʻokua, supplementing their six Cohort…