PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release August 8, 2018 FOR MORE INFORMATION Contact: Cat Howland Hawai‘i Community Foundation (808) 566-5569 (Office) (808) 260-5001 (Mobile) chowland@hcf-hawaii.org Christine Matsuda Smith Bennet Group (808) 753-7134 (Mobile) christine@bennetgroup.com
THE HARRY AND JEANETTE WEINBERG FOUNDATION DONATES $300,000 TO VOLCANO RECOVERY Local foundation hopes to catalyze action and continued support for Hawai‘i Island recovery HONOLULU, HI – The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation announced today a $300,000 grant to the Hawai‘i Island Volcano Recovery Fund at Hawai‘i Community Foundation. The funds will support the local organizations on the ground on Hawai‘i Island who are bringing immediate relief to the neighborhoods and families impacted by the Kilauea eruptions. “We recognize that leaders on Hawai‘i Island are doing hard, important work to uplift their community.” said Corbett Kalama, Executive Vice President of The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. “We owe our support – and our continued attention – to the long, evolving trajectory of this recovery effort. We hope that this gift can help encourage our state-wide ‘ohana to join us in funding their work.” Donations made to the Hawai‘i Island Volcano Recovery Fund support organizations serving three priority needs: • Response – immediate support for urgent needs for those displaced • Recovery – supporting a return to normalcy with temporary housing, reopened schools, and other essential services for affected families and communities • Rebuild – longer term assessment and support for those communities affected by the eruptions "The Kilauea eruption is displacing entire communities and it will take years for Hawai‘i Island to recover," said Micah Kane, CEO and president of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation. "The Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Foundation's generous contribution, along with gifts from everyone supporting Hawaii Island's recovery, will be deployed to help our communities rebuild and heal. Every gift is a heroic act and we hope these early donations encourage others to join in." Donations to the Hawai‘i Island Volcano Recovery Fund at HCF can be made at www.hawaiicommunityfoundation.org/volcanorecovery or by mail to Hawai‘i Community Foundation, 827 Fort Street Mall, Honolulu, HI, 96813. ###
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THE HARRY AND JEANETTE WEINBERG FOUNDATION DONATES $300,000 TO VOLCANO RECOVERY Page 2 of (2) About The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, one of the largest private charitable foundations in the United States, provides approximately $100 million in annual grants to nonprofits that provide direct services to lowincome and vulnerable individuals and families, primarily in the United States and Israel. Grants are focused on meeting basic needs and enhancing an individual’s ability to meet those needs with emphasis on older adults, the Jewish community, and the Foundation’s priority communities of Hawai‘i, Maryland, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, rural communities in the United States, and the State of Israel. For more information, please visit www.hjweinbergfoundation.org. About the Hawaii Community Foundation With over 100 years of community service, the Hawai‘i Community Foundation (HCF) is the leading philanthropic institution in the state. HCF is a steward of more than 850 funds, including more than 250 scholarship funds, created by donors who desire to transform lives and improve communities. In 2017, HCF distributed more than $59 million in grants and contracts statewide, including more than $6 million in scholarships. HCF also serves as a resource on community issues and trends in the nonprofit sector.