The Harold K.L. Castle Foundation’s education grantmaking primarily focuses on the K-12 through higher education pathways for students. But sometimes, an opportunity is too good to pass up. This is certainly the case with our recent investment (of time more than money) in the effort to dramatically expand preschool access in Hawaii. Why is this […]
Our Shared Impact
Mahalo Miloliʻi
Over twenty years ago I was a UH graduate student, interning for the back-then very-new Marine Program for the Nature Conservancy in Hawai‘i. Invited by Uncle (and eventual State Senator) Gil Kahele, Miloliʻi was my first community-based ocean management ‘project.’ Over the course of many late-night talk story sessions, day-long dives, canoe paddles, and […]
Koʻolau Housing Hui:
When there’s a confluence of need and opportunity, that’s usually a good time for philanthropy to step up. The Harold K.L. Castle Foundation saw that need during the first year of the pandemic, when so many families lost work and income and were unable to fully pay their rent. Opportunity came in the form of […]
Aloha Nui Uncle John Lind
By Kevin Chang and the staff of Kua’āina Ulu ‘Auamo (KUA) Aloha friends, We wanted to let you all know that Uncle John Lind of Kīpahulu ʻOhana passed recently on June 22, 2022. The family loses a husband, brother, father, uncle and grandfather. Kīpahulu and East Maui lost an elder lawaiʻa and mahiʻai, an icon […]