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 advocates for the identification, recognition, preservation, and protection of iwi kūpuna (ancestral remains), historical, indigenous, and cultural sites, as well as indigenous cultural properties on the island of Maui and across the Hawaiian archipelago. malamakakanilua.com
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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 Molokaiʻs loko iʻa (traditional Hawaiian fishponds) and their adjacent lands. huiokuapa.org
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Kalauokekahuli
Kalauokekahuli encourages the healthy growth of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander families by supporting and enhancing the well-being of birthing people, parents, and their infants with holistic, multi-generational, and culturally-rooted care regardless of socioeconomic privilege. kalauokekahuli.org