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Recent Grants: Public Education Redesign and Enhancement

2025 Public Education Grants

Total: $165,137
Florida State University Foundation Fundamentals of Literacy Coaching Train-the-Trainer Workshop for the Hawaii Department of Education $17,339
University of Hawai’i Foundation Research, design and support the development of a direct admissions process $147,798

2024 Public Education Grants

Total: $1,605,485
After-School All-Stars Hawai’i To match an employee contribution $500
Center for Tomorrow’s Leaders To strengthen the persuasive communication and writing of the roughly 300 high school students served each year $80,000
College Promise To review and provide feedback on the Hawai’i Promise Initiative $25,000
College Summit Inc dba PeerForward To scale a promising peer counseling model to four additional high schools $224,985
Hawai’i Association of Independent Schools To the Hawai’i Association of Independent Schools to support an executive search process $10,000
Hawai’i Chamber of Commerce Foundation To support employer collaboratives that help ensure students in Hawai’i are on clear pathways to high skill, high wage, in-demand careers and that help Hawai’i businesses have a highly skilled, local talent pipeline $85,000
Hawai’i Department of Education, OCID Extended Learning Branch Support for Hawai’i Department of Education complex area teams to coordinate student-led student transition activities to and from middle school $50,000
Hawai’i Hospital Education and Research Foundation To retrofit DOE classrooms for healthcare pathways in partnership with Hawai’i 3R’s, G70 and Hawai’i Pacific Health $300,000
Hawai’i Workforce Funders Collaborative For the Hawai’i Workforce Funders Collaborative (HWFC) to cover membership dues that support the operative budget of this new organization that supports effective workforce development across the state of Hawai’i $25,000
Hilo High School Support for post-high student transitions $50,000
Kailua High School Support for post-high student transitions $50,000
Kapolei High School Support for post-high student transitions – Huakaʻi Pono: Guiding Kapolei’s Youth Toward Their Future $50,000
Ka’u High and Pahala Elementary School Ka’u High & Pahala Elementary School and Na’alehu Elementary School Transition Partnership $7,500
Kealakehe High School Support for post-high student transitions and stronger senior capstone projects $50,000
Kula Elementary School PTA Kula-Kalama Middle School Transition $7,500
Moanalua Middle School  Moanalua Middle School 6th Grade Transition $7,500
Molokaʻi High and Intermediate School Support for post-high student transitions $50,000
New Teacher Center  To work alongside the Hawai’i Department of Education in building the support and resources that enable complex area leaders to bring effective mathematics coaching to their school communities $180,000
Oahu Resource Conservation and Development Council To support strategic and sustainability planning for Pop-Ups Labs for STEAM (PULS) $25,000
Pahoa High and Intermediate School Pahoa High and Intermediate School Middle School Academy Collaboration $7,500
Public Schools of Hawai’i Foundation To launch a new effort that combines human and artificial intelligence to expand student support by offering more personalized navigational guidance and improving academic performance through targeted interventions $67,500
RiseHI Foundation To support middle school youth in their development and career exploration $50,000
The American AI Forum aka AI Education Project To deliver professional development that helps Hawai’i public school teachers better understand artificial intelligence (AI) and how to responsibly incorporate AI literacy into their curriculum $115,000
University of Hawai’i Foundation To support The Right to Read: Film Screening & Discussion, as part of the UH Better Tomorrow Speaker Series, to raise awareness about improving literacy education based in science in Hawaiʻi $5,000
University of Hawai’i Foundation Investing in Teachers, Honoring Student Voices: The Hawai‘i Writing Project Young Writers Camp $25,000
Waiākea High School Support for post-high student transitions for Waiakea Graduates $50,000
West Hawai’i Complex Area West Hawai’i Middle School to High School Academy Transition Planning $7,500
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2023 Public Education Grants

Total: $3,951,915
50CAN Core organizational support for HawaiiKidsCAN, an education advocacy organization committed to ensure that Hawaiʻi has an excellent and equitable public education system $285,000
Associated Builders & Contractors “Building Hawaiʻi Together” Skilled Trades Project to increase participation in carpentry, plumbing, electrical, painting and roofing $60,000
Boys & Girls Club of Hawaiʻi Own Your Own Future Initiative: What’s Next Initiative Parent Engagement $50,000
Boys to Men Mentoring Network of Hawaiʻi Inc. To support expansion of Boys to Men Hawaiʻi (BTMH) programs on Hawaiʻi Island, Maui, and Kauai $25,000
ConnectED Provide support to ConnectED: the National Center for College and Careers to design, test and launch the first phase of a community of practice for small high schools in rural and remote regions of Hawaiʻi $95,000
Chamber of Commerce Hawaiʻi To support Campbell Complex Middle School to career alignment through sector partnerships $20,000
Hawaiʻi Afterschool Alliance To support a developmental evaluation of the Community Schools model in twelve participating public schools $75,000
Hawaiʻi Electricians Training Fund Interim Credential Pre-Apprenticeship Program and Recruitment Expansion $100,000
HI FusionED To move key elements of coding education and career pipelines forward, including teacher training and career exposure/mentorship, specifically targeting elementary and middle schools $80,000
‘Iolani School Own Your Own Future Initiative: ‘Iolani School KA’I Program: Family Engagement & Vocational Learning Opportunities $50,000
James B. Castle High School Own Your Own Future Initiative: Differentiating the CHS Work-based Learning Continuum to Meet the Aspirations of All Students $37,932
Kalaheo High School To strengthen the quality of the Natural Resource Pathway $20,000
Kauaʻi Economic Development Board To develop high-quality island-wide advisory boards that support area high schools and the related career academies $20,000
Kohala High School Own Your Own Future Initiative: It Takes a Village Project $25,000
Lanakila Pacific Lanakila Pacific Career Path Program, a new form of work-based learning support for young people with mild to moderate autism $133,083
Leadership Institute Laying the Foundation for Middle Level Education Magic: Strengthening Public Middle Schools in Hawaiʻi $130,000
Mākaha Cultural Learning Center To expand PV installation training through STRIVE (Sustainability Through Renewable Impact-Driving Vocational Education) $60,000
Project Vision Hawaiʻi To provide free hearing screenings for youth as a complement to Project Vision Hawaiʻi’s already successful vision screening program, support the transition from private funding to public reimbursement for the project, and support partner organizations in learning how to implement a similar model for dental and behavioral health screenings $120,000
Social Finance, Inc. To serve as Hawaiʻi’s Renewable Learning Fund Manager $1,250,000
Teach for America An unsolicited grant to Teach for America – Hawaiʻi to honor the life and memory of Hawaiʻi Island complex area superintendent Art Souza $10,000
University of Hawaiʻi Foundation Introducing High School Students to Population-Based Cancer Research in Hawaiʻi $25,000
University of Hawaiʻi Foundation To ensure each DOE district has a strong regional intermediary partner for work-based learning and to build a new data and accountability system around the new statewide education attainment goal adopted by the Hawaiʻi P-20 Council $797,900
University of Hawaiʻi Foundation Own Your Own Future Initiative: Kupu o Ke Koʻolau – Kaikuaʻana/Kaikaina Mentorship Program $50,000
University of Hawaiʻi Foundation Honolulu Community College (HonCC) Summer CTE Academy (2024, 2025) $100,000
University of Virginia Provide the Good Jobs Hawaiʻi project team with a learning and evaluation partner that can offer actionable insights and ongoing analysis of how the initiative is helping to prepare and place local residents into high-demand, well-paying jobs $303,000
Windward District Office Own Your Own Future Initiative: The Wayfinder Project – Waimānalo and Kailua High Families Successfully Navigating College and Career Pathways $30,000
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