HomeMy WebLinkAboutRD.4 Eric M. Kapono dba Advancement Services for Native NonprofitsP.O.Box 4789,Hilo,HI 96720
Phone:808.969.3991
kapono@advancementservices.org
www.advancementservices.org
June 15, 2023
Mr. Douglass Adams
Director of Research & Development
County of Hawai i
25 Aupuni Street, Suite 1301
Hilo, Hawai i 96720
Statement of Qualifications and Interest of Professional Services
#RD.4: Community Planning (Grant Writer)
(1) Eric M. Kapono (Owner), dba Advancement Services for Native Nonprofits
Mailing: P.O. Box 4789 Street: 17-707 Ala Loop
Hilo, HI 96720 Kurtistown, HI 96760
Landline: (808) 969-3991 Cell: (808) 989-5347
Email: kapono@advancementservices.org
(2) Established: July 1997 (25 years)
Employees: Sole Proprietor; No Employees past five years
(3) Qualifications: See attached “Experience Summary”
(4) Five Clients in Grant Writing (two in preceding year):
2021 P Foundation, Toni Bissen, Executive Director, (808) 221-6566
2021 N K lai Wa a, Ke mailani Case, Executive Director, (808) 987-8709
* Aha P nana Leo, Inc., Kauanoe Kaman , Board Chair, (808) 982-4260
* Hawai i Community College, Taupouri Tangar , Professor (808) 443-1885
* Aha K ne, Umi Kai, Board Chair, (808) 225-4044
SOQ #RD.4,Eric M.Kapono
Experience Summary:Grant Writing
Eric Kapono,sole proprietor of Advancement Services for Native Nonprofits,has successfully written
grants for twenty years with well over 95%being funded for over $30 million total.Proposals have been
funded by the following organizations in the last several years:
Federal Government State Government Private Foundations
Agriculture –Native
Hawaiian Serving Institutions
DHHS –Administration for
Native Americans (multiple
awards for community
nonprofits)
Education –Title III (multiple
awards for higher education)
Education –Native Hawiian
Education Program (multiple
awards;nonprofits and
colleges)
Education –Physcial
Education Program
Interior –Tribal Hertitage
Program
HUD –Native Hawaiian
Serving Institutions
Grant In Aid –Capital
Improvement
Health –Healthy
Hawai i Initiative
Bakken Foundation
H.K.L.Castle Foundation
Gerbode Foundation
HMSA Foundation
Hau oli Mau Loa
Foundation
W.K Kellogg Foundation
(multiple awards)
Lannan Foundation
Lili uokalani Trust
Tides Foundation
Experience Summary:Training,Technical Assistance and Grant Reviewer
Eric Kapono also has years of experience designing and delivering training and technical assistance in
pre award grant development and post award grant management.
1994–10 ADMINISTRATION FOR NATIVE AMERICANS,WASHINGTON,DC
Panel Reviewer and Panel Chair
1997–04 DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS,HONOLULU,HAWAI‘I
Volunteer Grant Reviewer
1998–00 U.S.DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH &HUMAN SERVICES
Scope of Work:Training and Technical Assistance in the Pacific Region
SOQ #RD.4,Eric M.Kapono
October 1998 to March 2000,awarded 18 month,$350,000 Federal contract through
the Administration for Native Americans (ANA;U.S.Department of Health and Human
Services)to provide free Training and Technical Assistance in preparing Federal grant
applications for community based native nonprofits and public agencies in Hawai‘i,
American S moa,Guam,Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,and
Republic of Palau
Consulted daily with regional organizations and agencies on conceptualization,design,
planning and presentation of strategic community based social and economic
development projects,and projects for revitalization of indigenous languages of the
U.S.Pacific region
1999–01 OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS,HONOLULU,HAWAI‘I
Volunteer Grant Reviewer
2003 WESTERN PACIFIC REGIONAL FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL
Scope of Work:Develop and Deliver Grants Training Program
Developed curriculum for indigenous community based fishery access grants
program,and delivered sessions in Northern Marianas Islands,Guam,and American
S moa
2003 HAWAI‘I COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Scope of Work:Grants Training Workshop
Delivered Grants Training for the West Hawai‘i Tobacco Free Partnership,primarily
for novice grant writers from community based organizations in Kohala,Kona and
Ka‘
2005–07 HAWAI‘I COMMUNITY FOUNDATION,HONOLULU,HAWAI‘I
Scope of Work:Training and Technical Assistance for Hawai i Island Grantees
Provided grants development and management training and technical assistance for
30 community based organizations receiving Federal funds to address prevention and
treatment of substance abuse,in coordination with Office of the Mayor
2015–17 KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS’INA ULU EDUCATION DIVISION
Scope of Work:Strategic Planning and Capacity Building
Deliver two workshops on Fund Development and two workshops on Grantwriting for
15 Collaborators
Facilitate Strategy Planning and Implementation for selected Collaborators
SOQ #RD.4,Eric M.Kapono
Facilitate Capacity Building Sessions for selected Collaborators on topics of Evaluation
Design,Board Governance,and Program Management
Certifications
2015 International Association of Facilitators
IAF Certified™Professional Facilitator (CPF)
2020 Creative Education Foundation
Level 2 Creative Problem Solving
2020 Genuine Contact Organization
Orange Level Membership
Education
1992 State University of New York at Binghamton,Binghamton,New York;
M.A.,Anthropology
1988 Catholic University of America,Washington,DC;
B.A.,Anthropology