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Home My WebLink AboutRES 190 Draft 01 2024-2026 A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I “WAIWAI” NONPROFIT GRANTS-IN-AID FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026. WHEREAS, Section 2-139(a)(1)(A) of the Hawai‘i County Code states that the Director of Finance shall establish a sum of at least $2,500,000 to be available for funding requests by nonprofit organizations through the County of Hawai‘i “Waiwai” grants-in-aid program; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 2-136 and 2-137 of the Hawai‘i County Code, nonprofit organizations to receive grant funding shall yield direct benefits to the public and accomplish public purposes within the County through programs that benefit, improve, or promote the interests of educational concerns, culture and the arts, needs of the poor, youth, the aged, those with physical or emotional disabilities, victims of crimes, victims of health or social crises, or public health and welfare of the people and the environment; and WHEREAS, on February 4, 2025, the Council’s Committee on Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions (LAAC) formed an Ad Hoc Committee for the purpose of reviewing nonprofit applications and making award recommendations; and WHEREAS, at a meeting of the LAAC on May 20, 2025, the Ad Hoc Committee submitted its recommendations via Communication No. 100.3 to award “Waiwai” grants-in-aid to 66 eligible programs for a total of $2,520,000; and WHEREAS, a list of the recommended nonprofit organizations to receive funding is attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit A; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I that pursuant to Section 2-139 of the Hawai‘i County Code, “Waiwai” grants-in-aid totaling $2,520,000 shall be awarded to the nonprofit organizations as set forth in Exhibit A. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that pursuant to Section 2-139 of the Hawai‘i County Code, the Director of Finance shall notify the nonprofit organizations of their funding or lack thereof by August 31, 2025. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this resolution to the Director of Finance. Dated at _____________, Hawai‘i, this ______ day of ___________________, 20___. INTRODUCED BY: _______________________________________ COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawai‘i Hilo, Hawai‘i ROLL CALL VOTE AYES NOES ABS EX GALIMBA HUSTACE I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the County of Hawai‘i on _____________________________________. INABA KAGIWADA KĀNEALI‘I-KLEINFELDER KIERKIEWICZ ATTEST: KIMBALL ONISHI VILLEGAS Reference: COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. ORGANIZATION NAME PROGRAM NAME AWARD Aloha Ilio Rescue Aloha Ilio Rescue Spay Neuter and Medical Care 50,000 Big Island Mediation, Inc. DBA West Hawaii Mediation Center Community Mediation 30,000 Big Island Resource Conservation and Development Council Establishing A Medicinal Plant Garden as a Repository of Medicinal Plants and an Important Part of Sustainable Gardens 30,000 Big Island Resource Conservation and Development Council Food Trees Education and Planting for Sustainable Communities 15,000 Big Island Substance Abuse Council Hawaii Island Health and Wellness Center 50,000 Bridge House, Inc. Clean & Sober Living Transitional Program 50,000 Ceeds of Peace Community School Coordinator at Naʻalehu Elementary 50,000 Child and Family Service Domestic Abuse Shelters (DAS) 50,000 Community First, Inc. Know Your Numbers Campaign 50,000 Community First, Inc. Pharmacy Vaccination Equity and Access Program 50,000 East Hawaii Cultural Council EHCC Exhibitions with Education Outreach 50,000 Equality HI Mentorship to Resiliency 50,000 EWALU INC. Workforce Advancement Initiative (WAI) 20,000 Family Support Services of West Hawaii Healthy Keiki 20,000 Feed Hawaii Cultivating Kohala’s Food System: Market Expansion & Producer Development 50,000 Friends of Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge Avian malaria early warning project 50,000 Friends of the Children’s Justice Center of East Hawaii, Inc Special Needs, Enhancements, Support, Education and Training Program 30,000 Friends of the Palace Theater A Century of Performance - Celebrating 100 Years for Arts and Music 50,000 Gary and Apolonia Stice Ohana Kū Hāweo FCIL 50,000 Goodwill Industries of Hawaii, Inc. Hoʻolana Education and Arts Program 50,000 Hawaiian Volcano Education and Resilience Institute Community Resilience Through Volcano Education 50,000 Hawaiʻi’s Volcano Circus After School Program 20,000 Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii Mana Mama Mobile Health 50,000 Hilo Community Players Annual Musical Theatre Program 45,000 Hilo Education Arts Repertory Theatre (HEART) HEART – “3 Show Season” 35,000 Hoʻola Na Pua Prevention Education and Trauma-Responsive Resiliency 25,000 Holualoa Foundation for Arts & Culture dba Donkey Mill Art Center Exhibitions & Related Programming 40,000 Honokaa Hongwanji Mission Feeding Our Keiki and Kupuna 15,000 Housing and Land Enterprise of Hawaii County Affordable Homeownership Education 30,000 Hua o Lahui the Healing Canoe 10,000 Hui Pono Holoholona Low Cost Spay/Neuter Clinics 45,000 Humanity Hale Humanity Hale’s Abuse Prevention & Diversity Training Program 50,000 Innovations Public Charter School Foundation Na Kalai Ola - Life Navigators - Wellness Program 10,000 Inquiring Systems Inc. Zero Waste Hawaiʻi Island-Hilo Reusable Foodware System 45,000 Island of Hawaii YMCA Family Visitation Center Program 50,000 Ka ʻOhana O Honuʻapo Honuʻapo Loko Iʻa Restoration and Community Enrichment 15,000 Kahaluu Kuahewa Ka Umeke Ai 50,000 Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra Society Free Community Concerts 35,000 Kelii William Ioane Legacy Foundation Kuu Home Stewardship 50,000 Kuikahi Mediation Center Inc Community Mediation & Facilitation Services 20,000 LAʻIʻOPUA 2020 L2020 Mōhala Youth Culinary Program 50,000 Laupahoehoe Train Museum Building Community Resilience through Agriculture and Education 25,000 Malaʻai HISGN: Networking for Native Plants 45,000 Malama Kai Foundation Hawaii Wai Ola (HWO) 50,000 Malama O Puna Food Security Program 40,000 Malama O Puna Puna Rising: Entrepreneur Hub 50,000 North Hawaiʻi Heritage Foundation 2025 HĀMĀKUA SUGAR DAYS FESTIVAL 15,000 North Kohala Community Resource Center Kohala Oral History Project 15,000 North Kohala Community Resource Center Kohala Resilience Hub 10,000 North Kohala Community Resource Center North Kohala Student Cultural Enrichment Program 40,000 PAHOA LAVA ZONE MUSEUM Hale Halawai O Puna 50,000 PATH-People for Active Transportation Hawaii PATH Keiki Bike Education Program 5,000 PETFIX Spay and Neuter Spay and Neuter Clinics 50,000 Prince Dance Company Youth Performing Arts Education and Performance 35,000 Project Vision Hawaii Hawaii Island Healthcare Outreach 50,000 PUA FOUNDATION Planting Seeds of Hope - Punahoa Heritage Forest Umikumalua 50,000 Re-use Hawaiʻi Resource Recovery through Deconstruction 50,000 Root & Rise Hawaii Nature & Art as Therapy 50,000 Teach For America Teach For America Hawaiʻi – Hawaiʻi Island Programming 50,000 The Children’s Law Project of Hawaiʻi Multidisciplinary Team Advocacy and Support for Children, Parents and Families Involved with Child Welfare Services 25,000 The Food Basket Inc. Kōkua Harvest 50,000 The Food Basket Inc. The Emergency Food Program 50,000 VASH Hawaiʻi Island VAP = Visitor Assistance Program 25,000 Vibrant Hawaiʻi Nāʻālehu Resilience Hub 50,000 West Hawaii Dance Theatre West Hawaii Dance Theatre Outreach Performance Project Expansion 5,000 YWCA of Hawaii Island Developmental Preschool Food Program 50,000 TOTAL $2,520,000