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FY 2024-25 Application Form The purpose of the County of Hawaii Nonprofit Grants -in -Aid (Waiwai Grants) is to support qualified nonprofit organizations to carry out work that improves the quality of life on Hawai'i Island. This grant is coordinated by the Hawai'i County Council, in partnership with the Department of Finance. A total of no less than $2.5 million is available on an annual basis through this grant program. Applications will be accepted and can be modified/corrected until submitted to the County of Hawai'i. Deadline for submission is 11:59 PM HST on January 31, 2024. What you submit electronically is what the County of Hawaii will receive. Applicants have full responsibility to ensure all documents are complete and accurate prior to submittal. Errors, missing documents and/or other areas of noncompliance will result in the immediate disqualification of your application. We urge you to review your submission with extreme care. To resolve any technical problems you might encounter, we encourage you to begin the application process as soon as you can. Each organization is permitted to submit a total of two applications. Each application is limited to a request of up to $50,000. Applications submitted through a nonprofit fiscal sponsor are not counted towards the sponsoring organization's two limit application limit. Any application shall be disqualified if: 1. Travel funding for training/conferences are requested 2. The total score of the application is less than 70% 3. Administrative and overhead costs exceed 15% of the total application request IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please ensure that you are providing the correct email address to save your application progress prior to submittal. Upon saving your application progress (prior to submittal), you will receive an email containing a link to take you back to your application. Do not lose or delete that email. The link that is provided cannot be retrieved or duplicated by our system. If your application is in progress and your link is lost, you will have to start the application process over. Each time your progress is saved, you will be sent a new link via email. Only the most current link will be active. Once a new link is generated, all prior links become inactive. For questions regarding documents required to be submitted with your application, contact: Lisa Tada, Budget Specialist, at (808) 961-8489. For questions regarding the preparation and submission of the application or concerning the overall grant process, contact Council Services, at (808) 961-8255.