2023 Windward Oʻahu Community Strengthening GrantsTotal: $1,176,738
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Castle Medical Center | Startup support to establish community-based workforce development program to help Ko’olaupoko and Ko’olauloa residents develop the employability and technical skills necessary to secure higher-wage jobs | $140,000 |
Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement | Unsolicited grant to Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement to support outreach in the Koʻolau region to help households at risk of eviction to secure rent, utility, and other support to remain housed | $25,000 |
Healthy Climate Communities | To continue efforts to restore Hāmākua Marsh with native flora so the native waterfowl use of the area increases | $50,000 |
Hoʻokuaʻāina | To proceed with a fifth Ahupua’a Systems Apprenticeship cohort in partnership with Windward Community College, which will also include expansion to three other Windward O’ahu ‘aina-based education sites | $200,000 |
Kailua Kalaheo Complex Area | To support the Kailua-Kalaheo Complex Area in staffing a Counseling and Career Technical Education workgroup to plan and pilot coordinated College, Career and Community Readiness efforts across K-12 schools | $12,030 |
Koʻolau Foundation | Catalyst funding to develop the Haiku Valley Cultural Preserve | $150,000 |
Kualoa-Heeia Ecumenical Youth Project | To establish a community-based workforce development program to help Ko’olaupoko and Ko’olauloa residents develop the employability and technical skills and training necessary to secure high-wage jobs | $115,000 |
Mālama Honua Public Charter School Foundation | Support for Mālama Honua Public Charter School Foundation to complete pre-construction preparations on its 11-acre site in Waimānalo for a new learning campus | $50,000 |
Nurture Cultivate Inc | For support of a new Koʻolauloa ‘āina-based education program in Hau’ula, Oʻahu | $20,000 |
Purple Mai’a | To support the launch of Windward Community College’s Hālau Hekili, an alternate learning space for high school students attending Kailua High that connects high school, college and community learning experiences | $110,968 |
Residential Youth Services & Empowerment | To support their drop-in shelter and services for youth ages 14-24 | $80,000 |
The Trust for Public Land | To help Trust for Public Land (TPL) and its partner, the Hawaiʻi Land Trust (HILT) continue their efforts to secure priority lands in Windward Oʻahu for community use and benefit | $100,000 |
University of Hawaiʻi Foundation | A final bridge grant to support Windward Community College UK Footholds Shakespeare Study Abroad Program | $25,000 |
University of Hawaiʻi Foundation | Support to increase retention of students at Windward Community College and strengthen the relationships between students and faculty, along with strengthening the relationships between instructional faculty and counseling support staff | $88,740 |
Windward Dog Park Hui | Support to establish the first City-approved public dog park in Windward Oʻahu | $10,000 |
2022 Windward Oʻahu Community Strengthening GrantsTotal: $2,389,459.46
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Bobby Benson Center | Support to gap-fund youth outpatient services and to strengthen staffing and data collection across a 12-month period | $85,000 |
Castle Medical Center | To prevent homelessness and secure housing stability for Kailua households hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic by connecting households with rental and utility assistance and other programs | $125,000 |
Collaborative Support Services | Building a Community-Based Early Childhood Continuum in the Waimānalo community of Oʻahu | $100,000 |
Hawaiʻi Community Foundation | Pilina Fund 2.0 | $1,200,000 |
Hawai’ian Islands Land Trust | Windward Oʻahu Wahi Pana Initiative | $100,000 |
Hui Mālama O Ke Kai Foundation | Flood Remediation to reduce the risks of flooding damage at this important Waimānalo-based center for education and youth leadership development | $120,000 |
Kahaluʻu Elementary School | Unsolicited grant to Kahaluʻu Elementary School Ukulele Ensemble for funds to perform in Anaheim California in February 2023 | $5,000 |
Kai Loa | Unsolicited supplemental grant to complete the Hale ‘Aina Build and Portables Retrofit | $20,000 |
Kailua Kalaheo Complex Area | Instructional Leadership Teams Reboot | $25,000 |
Paepae o He’eia | Strengthening the Koʻolau ‘Aina Aloha Network through shared vision and efforts | $175,000 |
Partners in Care | Windward Landlord Engagement Program | $75,000 |
The Trust for Public Land | To cover a portion of the purchase costs for the 45-acre “Kaneohe Lo’i ” lands in Luluku Valley, Koʻolaupoko to protect this parcel for traditional farming, ‘aina -based educational programs, cultural restoration, and community stewardship | $200,000 |
Waimānalo Health Center | Windward Oʻahu Eviction Prevention | $54,459.46 |
Waimānalo Health Center | Support for preconstruction activities leading to Ola I Ka Wai Phase II, a major renovation of its aging original suite of buildings, resulting in more effective health and social services for Koʻolaupoko residents | $105,000 |
2021 Windward Oʻahu Community Strengthening GrantsTotal: $2,389,725.69
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Alternative Structures International | ASI Waimānalo Emergency Shelter’s Building 6 Foundation Reinforcement | $68,000 |
Boys & Girls Club of Hawaiʻi | Whatever it Takes to Build Great Futures Amid A Global Pandemic: positioning the Windward Boys & Girls Clubhouse as a community learning hub | $40,000 |
Council for Native Hawai’ian Advancement | To prevent homelessness and secure housing stability for Windward Oʻahu families hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic through rental and utility relief | $100,000 |
Hawaiʻi Data Collaborative | Support for 2021 Koʻolau Eviction Prevention Program | $20,000 |
Hawai’ian Community Assets, Inc. | Financial counseling for Windward Oʻahu residents at risk of eviction | $50,000 |
Hawai’ian Community Assets, Inc. | Windward Oʻahu Homeowner Utility Assistance Fund | $121,500 |
Hawai’ian Islands Land Trust | Windward Oʻahu Wahi Pana Initiative (Phase 2) | $100,000 |
HI FusionED | Coding Experiences for Hawaiʻi’s Middle and High School Students | $25,000 |
Ho’āla Foundation for Education | Awakening Wisdom School Culture Transformation for Social Wellbeing for Kahuku High and Intermediate Schools | $20,000 |
Hui Mahi’ai ‘Aina | Windward Community Navigator program – Waimānalo | $63,000 |
Hui o Hau`ula | Castle Foundation Eviction Prevention & Rapid Rehousing Program 2021 | $170,980 |
Hui o Hau`ula | Koʻolauloa Windward Oʻahu Community Action Team (CAT) Eviction Prevention & Housing Program | $125,000 |
Institute for Human Services | IHS Windward Oʻahu Eviction Program | $123,002.43 |
Kualoa-Heʻeia Ecumenical Youth Project | Windward Eviction Prevention Program | $110,000 |
Kualoa-Heʻeia Ecumenical Youth Project | Windward Eviction Prevention Program | $125,000 |
Kupu | Kupu ‘Aina Corps | $120,000 |
Legal Aid Society of Hawaiʻi | Windward Oʻahu Eviction Prevention Project – Legal Services Support | $95,000 |
Mediation Center of the Pacific | Windward Oʻahu Landlord-Tenant Mediation Project | $100,000 |
Partners In Care | Oʻahu Housing Now | $75,000 |
Science Camps of America | EARTH Camp: Land, Sea, Air, & Space | $10,000 |
The Shelter | Unsolicited grant to The Shelter to provide families the opportunity to transition into permanent housing | $5,000 |
University of Hawaiʻi Foundation | To provide financial support that increases matriculation to Windward Community College by deserving public high school students in Windward Oʻahu | $400,000 |
University of Hawaiʻi Foundation | Unsolicited grant to the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation to support learning evaluation of a Windward Oʻahu eviction prevention initiative | $53,786 |
Waimānalo Health Center | Windward Oʻahu Eviction Prevention | $109,457.26 |
Windward District Office | Project Based Learning for Windward District and Organizations | $160,000 |