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25 08 I. APPLICANT INFORMATION 1. Brief history of the applicant organization. Include the date of incorporation as a non-profit organization. The site of the Garden was bequeathed to the B.P. Bishop Museum (the Museum) in 1974 following the death of Amy B.H. Greenwell. Over several decades, the Museum developed the site, but under financial strain, closed the Garden and put it up for sale in 2016. Advocates gathered and founded the Friends of Amy BH Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, our community-based nonprofit and membership organization in 2016. After raising $1.4 M in private and public funds, the Friends, with the help of federal, state, county, nonprofit and private partners was able to purchase the 13.6-acre Garden in late 2019 from the Bishop Museum. Since purchasing the property, the Friend's Board, staff, contractors and volunteers have been revitalizing the Garden and its activities, including bringing the Garden back to a maintainable and sustainable garden, resurrecting the nursery, reparation and restoration of Amy Greenwell's original house and re-initiating community events, such as our annual Grow Hawaiian event and quarterly nursery sales. In 2024, thanks to support from the County, State, and Federal governments, private donors, and other income, the Garden has been able to retain a core staff, including an executive director, garden manager, education coordinator, nursery technician, and horticulturist. We are now bringing the maintenance of the Garden to a higher level and relaunching our education program, which is of immeasurable benefit to local students, who represent the future of our island's efforts to care for the land. We have also begun the long process of restoring and make use of the Garden's "mauka parcel" (TMK 8-2-015:059)which will help the Garden to achieve its strategic objective of being a source of plant material and knowledge for partner ecological restoration projects. 2. Other source(s) of financial support: The Garden is a recipient of a USDA Forest Service Urban and Community Forestry Inflation Reduction Act Grant for the period 2024-2029. We have also received a DLNR Legacy Land Commission grant for the period 2024-2026. Other sources of financial support include private donations, memberships, plant sales, and permitted use fees (including the hosted farmers' market) and entrance fees. At the time of writing, we do not have information on private foundation grants that will be in effect in 2025. Other sources of financial support include memberships and entrance fees. FINAL 2025 Stewardship Grant Application,Page 12 of 13