2024 Windward Oʻahu Community Strengthening GrantsTotal: $1,671,965
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| Hawaiʻi Workforce Pipeline | To forge stronger connections between Windward employers and public school students in the region | $110,679 |
| Hawaiian Islands Land Trust | To continue to work in close partnership with the Trust for Public Lands to secure priority lands for community use and ‘āina aloha mindset development in Windward Oʻahu | $100,000 |
| Hui o Ko’olaupoko | To increase coordination, response, and community involvement to fight the invasive species Little Fire Ant in Ko’olaupoko, with a focus on Kailua and Waimanalo | $75,000 |
| Kualoa-Heʻeia Ecumenical Youth Project | To bolster response to the Little Fire Ant in Ko’olauloa and Ko’olaupoko through grassroots community education, training, monitoring, and response | $75,000 |
| River of Life Mission | Support to strengthen and expand River of Life’s new distributed hub model of serving Windward Oʻahu’s homeless population to transition them off the streets using a systemic approach, trained volunteers, paid professionals, and a broad network of partners | $40,000 |
| Paepae o He’eia | Serving as fiscal sponsor for Koʻolau ʻĀina Aloha, to support their collective impact goals and specifically support the second phase of their ʻāina aloha mindset competency pilot in close coordination with Windward DOE and their effort to recruit more schools to engage in ʻāina-based education | $175,000 |
| Purple Mai’a | For the expansion of Halau Hekili, a middle college high school on the campus of Windward Community College | $232,000 |
| Sustainable Coastlines | To help establish a “Solutions Center” in Kahuku as a Hawaiʻi center for plastics education and recycling and an ‘aina-based education site | $25,000 |
| The Pacific American Foundation | For the launch of an esports Development Program in Windward Oahu schools | $75,000 |
| The Pacific American Foundation | To support the Kilo Kai Program, providing ocean-related STEM pathways for young people attending public high schools in the Ko’olau region of O’ahu | $25,000 |
| University of Hawaiʻi Foundation | To extend Windward Community College’s groundbreaking Ho’olei scholarship that ensures all public school graduates in the Ko’olau region can afford to attend community college | $439,286 |
| Windward School District | To internally drive Windward DOE schools towards ʻāina aloha mindset achievement through teacher Professional Development (PD) days and closer engagement between schools and ‘āina-based education organizations | $300,000 |
2023 Windward Oʻahu Community Strengthening GrantsTotal: $1,181,738
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| Boys and Girls Club Hawaiʻi | For an unsolicited grant award to Windward Boys and Girls Clubhouse | $5,000 |
| 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-Heʻeia 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 |