News & Updates

In 2010*, the Foundation made a $600,000 grant to the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation in support of a capital project to develop greater lab capacity and improved technology for the Harold L. Lyon Arboretum Micropropagation lab. The...

Over the past year, the Foundation's executive director, Janis Reischmann, has been participating in a leadership institute hosted by Exponent Philanthropy. As a part of that institute and together with three other institute...

The Foundation announced that James Koshiba was elected to the Board of Directors on November 1, 2014 for a five year term. James brings strong nonprofit and community development skills and experiences to his role. Read about James'...

We are pleased to support eight graduate assistantship opportunities at the University of Hawaiʻi, Hilo and Mānoa beginning with the Fall 2015 school year. In addition to a tuition waiver, students selected by the respective University...

Started in May, 2009 by the Foundation, the Hope for Kids Initiative brings together 10 Partners from around the state of Hawaiʻi. All of the Partners have committed to working together and with the Foundation to expand and enhance...

Foundation director, Janis Reischmann, was asked recently to add some ideas to a publication Exponent Philanthropy, previously ASF, was developing. In doing so, she offered some of the following about how and why Hauʻoli Mau Loa...

In an effort to make information about the Foundation’s work and the work of our Partners more accessible we launched a website redesign. We hope you find the information on our website of value. It is our plan to regularly update the...

In January, 2014 two leaders from MAʻO Organic Farms, Kukui Maunakea-Forth, Executive Director and Maenette Benham, Chair of the Board of Directors shared their experiences in working together to support the mission of MAʻO to an...

In preparation for a conference session in the Fall, 2013, Sara Beggs from ASF (Association of Small Foundations) and Janis Reischmann, began a conversation about the common critique of strategic grantmaking approaches. Read their ideas...

At the start of the fourth year of the Hope for Kids Initiative, launched in 2009, the current 10 Hope for Kids Partners worked with the Foundation and the outside evaluator, PREL, to review and revise the Theory of Change that...