FY 25-26 Waiwai Application FINAL 11-20-2024

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FY 2025-26 Application Form The purpose of the County of Hawai'i Nonprofit Grants-in-Aid(Waiwai Grants)is to support qualified nonprofit organizations to carry out programs or services that yield direct benefits to the public and accomplish public purposes within the County of Hawai'i. This grant is coordinated by the Hawai'i County Council in partnership with the Department of Finance. A sum of at least$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. The deadline for submission is 11:59 PM HST on January 31,2025. What you submit electronically is what the County of Hawai'i will receive. Applicants are responsible for ensuring all documents and information provided are complete and accurate before submission. Errors,missing documents,and/or other noncompliance areas will result in your application's immediate disqualification. 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 possible. 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: • Travel funding for training/conferences is requested. • The total score of the application is less than 70%. • Administrative and overhead costs exceed 10%of the total application request.Administrative costs are those incurred by grant recipients or sub-recipients in support of the day-to-day operations of their organization.These overhead costs are the expenses that are not directly tied to a specific program purpose. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please ensure that you provide the correct email address to save your application progress before submission. Upon saving your application progress(before 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. 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 Jessica Valdez atjessica.valdez@hawaiicounty.gov or808-961-8387.