2025 Windward Oʻahu Community Strengthening GrantsTotal: $4,980,470
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| Hawai’i Community Foundation | Pilina Fund 3.0 | $1,400,000 |
| Hawaiʻi Workforce Pipeline | Support to improve workforce readiness by forging stronger connections between Windward O‘ahu employers and public K-12 and higher education students and teachers in the region through the Windward Economic Leaders Group | $31,650 |
| Hika’alani | “Lei Ho’ohie – Lei of honor and adorment” to build capacity to steward two parcels of land in Kailua | $20,000 |
| Hui Mahiai Aina | Support to build the capacity of this Native Hawaiian-led community-based organization to expand and sustain its tiny home shelter program in Waimanalo | $75,000 |
| Mālama Honua Public Charter School Foundation | For Mālama Honua Public Charter School Foundation’s capital campaign to build a permanent home in Waimanalo in partnership with Hui Mālama O Ke Kai, thereby consolidating three campuses into one, reducing costs, and serving more students | $1,500,000 |
| Partners in Development Foundation | Leadership support of the Waimanalo Early Education ‘Upena project to strengthen outcomes for young children through stronger community connections and transitions | $75,000 |
| Partners in Development Foundation | Intervene with Windward high school students at the time of suspension, expulsion or dropout to help them re-engage with their current school or transition into a better educational placement | $118,820 |
| Purple Maiʻa | To provide a final, tie off grant to Hālau Hekili, a unique, high-performing Middle College program that serves students from Kailua High School on the campus of Windward Community College | $380,000 |
| The Pacific American Foundation | Kilo Kai program, a collegiate-level marine science experience for students in Windward high schools | $60,000 |
| The Trust for Public Land | Windward O‘ahu Wahi Pana Initiative: Secure priority lands for community use and ʻāina aloha mindset development in Windward Oʻahu | $100,000 |
| University of Hawai’i Foundation | Unsolicited grant to the University of Hawai’i Foundation to permanently endow two annual scholarships for students in Windward Community College’s Paipai o Ko’olau program in Terry George’s honor | $102,000 |
| University of Hawai’i Foundation | E kauhui like i ka hana: for Windward Community College to better respond to regional employer needs through cohorted academic pathways, industry certifications and internships | $1,018,000 |
| YMCA of Honolulu | To help the YMCA open a new high quality child care center in Kailua that serves at least 65 children, including two classrooms for infants and toddlers | $100,000 |
2024 Windward Oʻahu Community Strengthening GrantsTotal: $1,695,965
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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| SEEQS Foundation | A one-time grant in support of SEEQS Public Charter School to establish the “SEEQS Sharing Hub” as a center of professional development and community connection | $24,000 |
| Sustainable Coastlines Hawai’i | To help establish a “Solutions Center” in Kahuku as a center for ocean plastics education and recycling and an ‘āina-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 |