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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0761.002 2022-2024DR. HOLEKA GORO INABA Chair MICHELLE GALIMBA Vice Chair HAWAI`I COUNTY COUNCIL CINDY EVANS JENN KAGIWADA MATT KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER ASHLEY L. KIERKIEWICZ HEATHER L, KIMBALL SUSAN L.K. LEE LOY REBECCA VILLEGAS Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions Committee County of Haivai'i West Haivai'i Civic Center, Bldg. A CD � 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy. Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i 96740 o, c; DATE: May 6, 2024 TO: Heather Kimball, Council Chair; and Members of the Hawaii County Council FROM: Dr. Holeka Goro Inaba, Council Member, Council District 8 'd'z SUBJECT: Recommendations for Waiwai Nonprofit Grant Organizations for FY 2024-2025 Enclosed for your review and consideration are the Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions Committee (LAAC) recommendations for the FY 2024-2025 appropriations for grants to nonprofit organizations. These reconunendations were made after reviewing all eligible applications that the Department of Finance provided via Communication No. 761.1, In accordance with Chapter 2, Article 25, section 2439(a)(1)(A) of the Hawaii County Code, $2,500,000 is appropriated to the County of Hawaii Waiwai Nonprofit Grant Program. On January 31, 2024, the application submittal deadline, the Department of Finance received one hundred ninety-six (196) applications, Sixty (60) applications were determined ineligible due to incomplete packet information. A total of one hundred thirty-six (136) applications were determined eligible, with requests totaling $4,792,500. For comparison, in 2023, there were one hundred fifty-five (155) eligible applications with requests totaling $5,007,500, for which the Council fully funded seventy-five (75) requests totaling $2,497,500. On March 19, 2024, at a meeting of the LAAC, an Ad Hoc Committee was formed for the purposes of application review and award recommendations. Members of the Ad Hoc Committee were Council Members Jenttifer Kagiwada, Sue Lee Loy, Michelle Gatimba, and myself serving as Chair. Comm. 4.-Y Ref.To: Ref. Da`� On April 1, 2024, eligible applications and the grading rubric were distributed to all Council Members for scoring. On April 23-25, 2024, in compliance with Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 92-2.5 and Hawaii County Code, Chapter 2-25, the ad hoe committee met to review scored applications and make final award recommendations. Attached hereto as Exhibit "A" is the Ad Hoc Committee's recommendations for fiscal year 2024-2025. I would like to thank our Council Members for their service, as well as our staff and Council Services for helping us make this Ad Hoc Committee process an efficient undertaking. I also extend my gratitude to Finance Director Diane Nakagawa, Lisa Tada and Finance Department staff for their assistance in processing the applications. It has been an Donor and privilege to serve as Chair of this Ad Hoc Committee. I request that this communication be agendized on the LAAC Committee scheduled for May 14, 2024. Thank you. HGLwpb Exhibit A ORGANIZATION NAME PROGRAM NAME AWARD Aloha Ilio Rescue Spay/Neuter Program 50,000.00 Hawaii Ulu Cooperative; Youth and Big Island Resource Conservation and Continuing Education to Increase 50,000.00 Development Council Local Staple Crop Production & Consumption Big Island Resource Conservation and Mauna Kea Watershed Alliance 15,000.00 Development Council Utilization of composts and Big Island Resource Conservation and vermicotnpost as substitute in the 25,000.00 Development Council nutrient requirements of hydroponics and nursery plants Big Island Substance Abuse Council Hawaii Island Health and Wellness 50,000 00 Center Boys to Men Mentoring Network of Reaching more boys through Boys to 50,000.00 Hawaii, Inc. Men Group Mentoring Program Bridge House, Inc. Clean & Sober Living Transitional 50,000.00 Program East Hawaii Cultural Council Gallery Programs 25,000.00 Educators of America Inc Advanced Project Based Learning 45,000.00 Support - Hawaii County Family Support Services of West Fatherhood Initiative 5,000.00 Hawaii Family Support Services of West Healthy Keiki 20,000.00 Hawaii Friends of the Palace Theater Cultural Film Series 35,000.00 Full Life `Ohara Wa`a Laulitna 50,000.00 Goodwill Industries of Hawaii, Inc. Ho`olana Education and Arts Program 50,000.00 Hawaiian Volcano Education and Community Resilience Through 50,000.00 Resilience Institute Volcano Education Hawai`i's Volcano Circus After School Programs 20,000.00 Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Mana Mama 50,000.00 Coalition of Hawaii Hilo Community Players Annual Musical Theatre Program 35,000.00 HEART YOUTH THEATRE Hilo Education Arts Repertory Theatre PROGRAM — "I HEART 15,000.00 THEATRE" HILO EDUCATION ARTS Hilo Education Arts Repertory 35,000.00 REPERTORY THEATRE COMPANY Theatre - 3 show season Holualoa Foundation for Arts and Youth Education Program 40,000.00 Culture dba Dorrlce Mill Art Center Hui Ho`olemaluo 14th Annual Waiuli Ocean Fest 45,000.00 Hui Pono Holoholona Low Cost Spay/Neuter Clinics 35,000.00 Institute for Native Pacific Education Early Literacy Institute 50,000.00 and Culture Island of Hawaii YMCA Family Visitation Center Program 50,000.00 Ka Ahahui O Ka Nahelehele Hawaii Island Seed Bank 35,000.00 Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra Free Community Concerts 35,000.00 Society KEKELAOKALANI RESILIENCE HUB 50,000.00 Kehi William Ioane Legacy Kuu Home Data Collection 50,000.00 Foundation Kohala Animal Relocation and Veterinary Care and Spay/Neuter for 50 000.00 Education Services KARES FamilyCompanion anion Pets ' Kona Historical Society Preserving and Sharing Kona History 15,000.00 Kuikahi Mediation Center Inc Community Mediation & Facilitation 15,000.00 Services Kuikahi Mediation Center Inc Conflict Prevention & Resolution 15,000.00 Education Culinary Huaka`i - Discovering and La`i`opua 2020 Appreciating Local Businesses and 35,000.00 their Products Laupahoehoe Train Museum Aina-Beekeeping in schools 25,000.00 Lokahi Treatment Centers Anger Management Treatment 30,000.00 Program Domestic Violence Offender Lokahi Treatment Centers Treatment Intervention (DVOTI) 30,000.00 Programs Mala`ai The Culinary Garden at Waimea 25,000.00 Middle School North Hawaii Heritage Foundation 2024 HAMAKUA SUGAR DAYS 25,000.00 HHF FESTIVAL North Kohala Community Resource North Kohala Community Resource 7,500.00 Center Center PETFIX Spay and Neuter Spay and Neuter Clinics 50,000.00 Pulama is Kona Heritage Preservation Saving Culture - North Kona Mauka 20,000.00 Council Stories and Place Names Root & Rise Hawaii Nature & Art as Therapy 30,000.00 Special Olympics East Hawaii Special Olympics East Hawaii 35,000.00 Special Olympics Hawaii Special Olympics Hawaii -West 15,000.00 Hawaii The Are of Hilo The Are of Hilo School -to -Work 50,000.00 Program Multidisciplinary Team Support for The Children's Law Project of Hawaii Children and Families involved With 25,000,00 Child Welfare Services The Exploration Foundation Anchialine Pond Project 50,000.00 The Food Basket Inc. DA BOX Community Supported 50,000.00 Agriculture CSA Vibrant Hawaii `Opio Alliance for Kuleana 50,000.00 Advancement Vibrant Hawaii Na`alehu Resilience Hub 50,000.00 Vibrant Hawaii Resilience Training Center 50,000.00 Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii Hawaii County Pop Up Legal Clines 2,500.00 West Hawaii Community Health School -Based Health Center (Puna) 50,000.00 Center West Hawaii Community Health School -Based Health Center 50,000.00 Center Waikoloa West Hawaii Dance Theatre West Hawaii Dance Theatre Outreach 5,000.00 Performance Pro'ect West Hawaii Dance Theatre: Big West Hawaii Dance Theatre Island East-West Choreography 7,500.00 Concert YWCA of Hawaii Island Preschool- Meal Program 50,000.00 TOTAL $2,027,500.00