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HEATHER L. KIMBALL <br />Chair, Council District I <br />DENNIS "FRESH" ONISHI <br />Vice Chair, Council District 3 <br />MICHELLE GALIMBA <br />JAMES HUSTACE <br />DR. HOLEKA GORO INABA <br />JENN KAGIWADA <br />MATT KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER <br />ASHLEY L. KIERKIEWICZ <br />REBECCA VILLEGAS <br />HAWAI`I COUNTY COUNCIL <br />Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions Committee <br />25 Aupuni Street, Ste. 1402. <br />Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 <br />DATE: April 30, 2025 <br />TO: Dr. Holeka Goro Inaba, Council Chair <br />and Members of the Hawaii County Council <br />FROM: Heather L. Kimball, Council Member 4p, <br />Council District 1 <br />SUBJECT: Recommendations for Waiwai Nonprofit Grant Organizations <br />for FY 2025-2026 <br />Enclosed for your review and consideration are the Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions <br />Committee (LAAC) recommendations for FY 2025-2026 appropriations for grants to nonprofit <br />organizations. These recommendations were made after reviewing all eligible applications <br />provided by the Department of Finance via Communication Nos. 100.1 and 100.2. <br />In accordance with Chapter 2, Article 25, Section 2-139(a)(1)(A) of the Hawaii County Code, <br />$2,500,000 has been appropriated for FY 2025-2026 Waiwai grant-in-aid awards. By the <br />application submittal deadline on January 31, 2025, the Department of Finance received one <br />hundred sixty-eight (168) applications. Fifty-three (53) were determined ineligible due to <br />incomplete packet information. A total of one hundred fifteen (115) applications were deemed <br />eligible, with funding requests totaling $4,387,500. <br />For comparison, in 2024, there were one hundred thirty-six (136) eligible applications requesting <br />a total of $4,792,500, of which the Council fully funded fifty-eight (58), totaling $2,027,500. <br />On February 4, 2025, at a meeting of the LAAC, an Ad Hoc Committee was formed to review <br />applications and make award recommendations. The Ad Hoc Committee consisted of Council <br />Members Jennifer Kagiwada, Michelle Galimba, Council Chair Holeka Goro Inaba, and myself <br />serving as Committee Chair. <br />Corr.To 1001, b <br />Hawai `i Countyis an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employe.. <br />9 pP tJ'�Q�� <br />Ref. Date 0 202 <br />