The Kūkiʻo Community Fund was established at the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation (HCF) in 2001 as a way for Kūkiʻo members to connect with the surrounding Hawaiʻi Island community through meaningful charitable giving opportunities. We focus on the young people of Hawaiʻi Island because their success has a ripple effect on the entire community. By supporting education and youth development, the Kūki’o Community Fund is increasing the success of local youth in school, in work, and in life. Thanks to contributions from Kūkiʻo members, the Hawaiʻi Island community has benefited from over $6.6 million through grants from our Kūki’o Community Fund. Currently, grants are used to support exceptional organizations that provide youth development programs in West Hawaiʻi and to boost education success through Career Connected Learning, the Ēlama Program at Pālamanui, college scholarships for Kūkiʻo employees, and K-12 scholarships for dependents of Kūkiʻo employees. Kūkiʻo members and local community leaders volunteer their wisdom, time and funds to lead the growth and oversee the grants of our fund. The committee is led and facilitated by Hawaiʻi Community Foundation’s Hawaiʻi Island-based staff who provide a local, professionally-managed, and cost effective mechanism for the fund’s grantmaking and operations. 2020 Advisory Committee Benjy Garfinkle, Co-Chair David Johnston Caroline Landry, Co-Chair Wally Lau Nancy Mueller Gib Myers Leann Sander Hannah Springer
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HCF Staff Diane Chadwick Chelsey Chow Malu Debus
Former Advisory Committee Members Sam Ainslie Jim Lally Carl Carlson Andrea McTamaney Sally Hartman Elle Stephens Grant Heidrich Danielle White BJ Kobayashi Ross Wilson Jr Robert Punihaole Dawn Zierk (deceased)
Contributions are tax-deductible to Kūkiʻo Community Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation We have a campaign in August to ask Kūkiʻo members to contribute to the Kūkiʻo Community Fund All requests and applications for grants and scholarships are made to HCF (deadlines are online) o Youth development programs through HCF Community Grants Application – Q3 2020 deadline o Career Connected Learning Partnership Application – Q1 2021 deadline o HCF Scholarship Common Application – January 2021 deadline You can learn more online at www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/kukiofund Contact Malu, Diane, or Chelsey at the HCF Hawaiʻi Island Office at 808-935-1206 or via email:
Malu – mdebus@hcf-hawaii.org Diane – dchadwick@hcf-hawaii.org Chelsey - cchow@hcf-hawaii.org
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2002 – 2019 KŪKI‘O COMMUNITY FUND GRANTEE LIST After-School All-Stars Hawaiʻi Akaka Foundation for Tropical Forests Akamai Internship Program Akamai Workforce Initiative Alex and Duke DeRego Foundation Aloha Performing Arts Company Alu Like, Inc. Arts & Sciences Center Bay Clinic Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaiʻi, Inc. Big Island Mediation, Inc. Big Island Sailing Foundation Big Island Substance Abuse Council Big Island Sustainable Communities Association Bishop Museum Boy Scouts of America Boys & Girls Club of Hawaiʻi Boys & Girls Club of the Big Island Boys to Men Mentoring Network, Inc. Canada-France-Hawaiʻi Telescope Corporation Catholic Charities Hawaiʻi Center for Tomorrow’s Leaders Child and Family Service Consortium for Hawaiʻi Ecological Engineering Education Disabled American Vets East Hawaiʻi Cultural Council Ēlama Project of Hawaiʻi Community College at Palamanui Family Support Services of West Hawaiʻi Five Mountains Hawaiʻi Foster Family Programs of Hawaiʻi Friends of Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge Friends of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park Friends of the Children of West Hawaiʻi Friends of the Children’s Justice Center of West Hawaiʻi Friends of the Future Girl Scouts of Hawaiʻi Good Beginnings Alliance Grassroots Community Development Group Habitat for Humanity Hale Kipa, Inc. Hamakua Youth Foundation Hanalei School Hawaiʻi Academy of Arts & Sciences PCS Hawaiʻi Agricultural Foundation Hawaiʻi Alliance for CommunityBased Economic Development Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center
Hawaiʻi Centers for Independent Living Hawaiʻi Collaborative Health Initiative Hawaiʻi First Community Ventures Hawaiʻi Forest Institute Hawaiʻi High School Rodeo Association Hawaiʻi Home Ownership Center Hawaiʻi Institute of Pacific Agriculture Hawaiʻi Island Hoops, Inc. Hawaiʻi Island United Way, Inc. Hawaiʻi Island Workforce & Economic Development ʻOhana Hawaiʻi Island Young Life Hawaiʻi Learning Resource Hawaiʻi Montessori, Inc. Hawaiʻi Pacific University Hawaiʻi Performing Arts Festival Hawaiʻi Preparatory Academy Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute Hawaiʻi Public Television Foundation dba PBS Hawaiʻi Hawaiʻi State Science Olympiad Hawaiʻi Space Grant Consortium Hawaiʻi Tennis Council Hawaiʻi Youth Rugby Hawaiian Community Assets Hawaiʻi’s Volcano Circus, Ltd. Hōkūpaʻa Hilo Intermediate School Hilo Medical Center Foundation Ho‘okako‘o Corporation Hoʻōla Nā Pua Holualoa Elementary School Holualoa Foundation for Arts and Culture Hāmākua Youth Foundation, Inc. Honokaʻa Complex Schools Hoʻopā Hawaiʻi Volleyball Club HOPE Services Hawaiʻi, Inc. Hui Kakoʻo o Laupāhoehoe ʻImiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaiʻi Innovations Public Charter School Institute for Native Pacific Education & Culture International Karate League Island School Ka Ahahui o Ka Nahelehele Kaʻanalike Kahilu Theatre Foundation Kahua Paʻa Mua Inc. Kailapa Community Association Kailua Village Business Improvement District Kanu o ka ʻĀina Learning ʻOhana Kapaʻa High School Kaʻū Rural Health Community Association Inc. Kauaʻi Planning and Action Alliance
Kauaʻi Robotics Alliance Keaʻau Elementary School Kealakehe Intermediate & High School Kealakehe High School Kealakehe High School Grad Kealakehe Neighborhood Watch Keauhou Canoe Club Keaukaha One Youth Development Ke Kula o Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu Keonepoko Elementary School Kids of Kona Kohala Ride Wild Club Kohala Robotics Kona Adventist Christian School Kona Aggressors Soccer Team Kona Association for the Performing Arts Kona Christian Academy Incorporated Kona Crime Prevention Committee Kona Hospital Foundation Kona Literacy Council Kona Music Society Kona Pacific Public Charter School Kona Skatepark Association Kona Theater Preservation Society Kuʻikahi Mediation Center, Inc. Kupu Laupāhoehoe Community Public Charter School Lawyers for Equal Justice Leeward Steelers Legal Aid Society of Hawaiʻi Lokahi Treatment Centers Mākua Lani Christian Academy Mālaʻai — The Culinary Garden of Waimea Middle School Mālama Kai Foundation Mālama Kauaʻi Marine Mammal Center Nā Kālai Waʻa Nā Wai Iwi Ola Nalukai Foundation National Tropical Botanical Garden Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association Neighborhood Place of Kona Neighborhood Place of Puna North Hawaiʻi Women and Children’s Services North Kohala Community Resource Center Office for Social Ministry Outreach for Grieving Youth Alliance Paʻa Pono Miloliʻi Parker School Partners in Development Foundation PATCH (People Attentive to Children)
PATH Peoples Advocacy for Trails Hawaiʻi Planned Parenthood of Hawaiʻi Pōhāhā I Ka Lani Prince Dance Company Puna Community Medical Center Ronald McDonald House Charities of Hawaiʻi Small World Preschool Society for Kona’s Education & Art Special Olympics Hawaiʻi, Inc. St. Francis Healthcare Foundation of Hawaiʻi St. Joseph School Stone Soup Leadership Institute Inc. Teach For America The Hualalai Academy, Inc. The Island of Hawaiʻi YMCA The Kohala Center, Inc. The Pantry The Salvation Army The Success Factory Therapeutic Horsemanship of Hawaiʻi Three Ring Ranch, Inc. Tropical Reforestation & Ecosystems Educational Center University of Hawaiʻi — Office of Research Services University of Hawaiʻi Hilo College of Continuing Education and Community Service University of Hawaiʻi Foundation Waiākea High School Waikoloa Canoe Club, Keiki Program Waikoloa Community Church Waikoloa Community Development Corp. Waikoloa Elementary School Waikoloa Dry Forest Initiative Waikoloa Village Outdoor Circle Waimea Arts Council Waimea Elementary School Waimea High School Waimea Middle Public Conversion Charter School West Hawaiʻi Community Health Center West Hawaiʻi Dance Theatre West Hawaiʻi Explorations Academy Public Charter School West Hawaiʻi Dance Theatre West Hawaiʻi Hockey, Inc. World Youth Network, Inc. YWCA of Hawaiʻi Island Zoological Society of San Diego dba San Diego Zoo Global