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Home My WebLink AboutRES 589 Draft 01 2024-2026 COUNTY OF HAWAII / } STATE OF HAWAII :•1TF GF•M►•� RESOLUTION NO. 589 2 S A RESOLUTION AWARDING THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I WAIWAI NONPROFIT GRANTS-IN-AID FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30,2027. WHEREAS, Section 2-139(a)(1)(A) of the Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as amended) (hereinafter, "the 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's Waiwai grants-in-aid program; and WHEREAS, Section 2-138 of the Code provides, in part that"nonprofit organizations to receive grant funding shall yield direct benefits to the public and accomplish public purposes within the County"; and WHEREAS, on March 3, 2026,the Council's Committee on Legislative Approvals and Acquisitions (hereinafter, "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 19,2026,the Ad Hoc Committee submitted its recommendations via Communication No. 752.02 to award Waiwai grants-in-aid to sixty-two eligible programs for a total of$2,515,000; 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 Code, Waiwai grants-in-aid totaling$2,515,000 are hereby awarded to the nonprofit organizations as set forth in"Exhibit A". BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that pursuant to Section 2-139 of the Code,the Director of Finance shall notify the nonprofit organizations of their funding or lack thereof by August 31,2026. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this resolution to Diane T.Nakagawa,Director of Finance. Dated at Kona ,Hawai`i,this 17th day of June ,20 26. INTRODUCED BY: 0 /' CIL ME R, COUNTY OF HAWAI`I J COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX Hilo,Hawai`i GALIMBA X HUSTACE X I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by INABA X the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the KAGIWADA X County of Hawai`i on June 17, 2026 KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X KIERKIEWICZ X - ATTEST: KIMBALL X ONISHI X VILLEGAS X 6 0 1 2 c:::: :re;24•044° S[' Reference: C-931/Waived LAAC COI TY CLE CHAIRPERSON&PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 589 2 I IFIDUhIi011081a10l01 EXHIBIT A ORGANIZATION NAME PROGRAM NAME AWARD (in $ dollars) Action 4 Animals Hawaii Fixed, Chipped, and Healthy Pets for 35 000 Hawai `i ' After -School All -Stars Hawaii STEM After -School 50,000 Alanui O Ka U Native Hawaiian Rare & Endangered 10,000 Plant & Education Project Alexander & Duke De Rego Foundation Water Safety Ocean Awareness 45,000 Education Aloha `Ilio Rescue Kokua Pet Health Program 50,000 Arts & Sciences Center ASC Community Festivals 45,000 Big Island Mediation, Inc. Community Mediation 30,000 Building the Capacity of Hawai`i's `Ulu Big Island Resource Conservation and Agroforestry Producers Through 50,000 Development Council Education, Technical Support, and Cooperative Development Big Island Substance Abuse Council Hawaii Island Health and Wellness 50,000 Center Bird and Bee Hawaii Animal Sanctuary World Bee Day Hawaii Event and 30,000 Educational Programming Boy Scouts of America, Aloha Council Hookele Youth and Family Navigator (DBA Scouting America, Aloha Pilot 25,000 Council) Bridge House, Inc. Clean & Sober Living Transitional 50,000 Program Communities Restoring Ea and `Aina Kipuka `Aina Learning & Stewardship 50,000 Through Education (CREATE) Series (Hawai`i Island) East Hawaii Cultural Council EHCC Public Exhibitions and 50,000 Education Outreach Easter Seals Hawaii Home and Community -Based Services 35,000 for Adults and Kupuna with I/DD Enlivened Cooperative Building Bridges: Cooperative 40,000 ' Development for Hawaii Island Enlivened Cooperative Mamaki Producer Market Research and 40,000 Access Program EWALU INC. rce Advancement Initiative 20,000 Work Cultivating North Hawaii's Food Feed Hawaii System: Market Expansion & Producer 50,000 Development Page 1 of 3 Friends of the Palace Theater Cultural Film Series 50,000 Full Life Creative Pathways for Disabled Artists 50,000 Goodwill Industries of Hawaii, Inc. Ho`olana Education and Arts Program 50,000 Hamakua Health Center Inc Kupuna Support Circle 40,000 Hamakua Youth Foundation, Inc. Hamakua Youth Center Programs 40,000 Hawaii Environmental Restoration Keau`ohana Native Forest Restoration 45,000 and Education Hawaii Institute of Pacific Agriculture Food As Medicine 50,000 Hawaii Island Adult Care Inc. Adult Daycare: Care Management 50,000 Program Hawaii Island HIV/AIDS Foundation KUPA`A Project 50,000 (dba Kumukahi Health + Wellness) Hawaii Keiki Museum Discover Island Science 40,000 Hawaiian Volcano Education and Community Resilience Through 50,000 Resilience Institute Volcano Education Hawai`i's Volcano Circus LTD After School Programs 20,000 Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Maria Mama Mobile Health 50,000 Coalition of Hawaii Hilo Education Arts Repertory Theatre HEART - 4 Show Season Including A 50,000 (HEART) Youth Production Holualoa Foundation for Arts & Culture Exhibitions & Related Programming 50,000 dba Donkey Mill Art Center Honokaa Hongwanji Mission Feeding our Keiki and Kupuna 40,000 Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii Project Dana — Hawai`i Island 40,000 Volunteer Recruitment & Outreach Hospice of Hilo dba Hawaii Care Community Grief Support & Healing Choices Program 30,000 Hui Pono Holoholona Low Cost Spay/Neuter Clinics 45,000 Inquiring Systems Inc. Zero Waste Hawaii Island - Ho`i 50,000 Returnable Dish Program Island of Hawaii YMCA Family Visitation Center Program 50,000 Kahaluu Kuahewa Ka Umeke Ai 50,000 Kahilu Theatre Foundation Kahilu Arts Education 25,000 Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra Free Community Concerts 35,000 Society Kohala Animal Relocation and Veterinary Care and Spay/Neuter for 50,000 Education Service (KARES) Family Companion Pets Page 2 of 3 Kuikahi Mediation Center Inc Community Mediation & Facilitation 30,000 Services LA I OPUA 2020 Cultural Cooking Program 50,000 Malama Kai Foundation Hawaii Wai Ola (HWO) 50,000 Malama O Puna Food Security Program 50,000 Malama Pono Kohala Community Outreach, Education, and 15,000 Systems Navigation Na Leo `O Hawai`i Pulelehua: Voices & Stories of 40,000 Becoming PETFIX Spay and Neuter Spay and Neuter Clinics 50,000 Project Vision Hawaii Keiki Screening Outreach 50,000 RiseHI Foundation Preparing Hawaii County's Youth to 30,000 Become Hawaii's Future Workforce Root & Rise Hawaii Nature & Art as Therapy 50,000 Society for Kona's Education and Art Art of Community Learning 20,000 Special Olympics Hawaii Special Olympics East Hawai'i 35,000 Special Olympics Hawaii Special Olympics West Hawaii 15,000 The 12 Step Ohana Club of Kona Inc 12 Step Ohana Club Recovery Meeting 15,000 & Activity Support Program Multidisciplinary Team Support for The Children's Law Project of Hawaii Children and Parents Involved with 35,000 Child Welfare Services and Young Adults Aging -Out of Foster Care The Exploration Foundation Malama Ka `Aina 50,000 The Food Basket, Inc. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 50,000 Program (SNAP) Outreach Program Ulu Mau Puanui Kupa O Ka `Aina 25,000 TOTAL 60 62 2,515,000 Page 3 of 3