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Home My WebLink AboutEric Kapono - OH. 6 Community Planning (Grant Writer)P.O. Box 4789, Hilo, HI 96720 Phone: 808.969.3991 kapono@advancementservices.org www.advancementservices.org June 15, 2023 Ms. Susan Kunz Administrator Housing and Community Development County of Hawaiʻi 1990 Kinoʻole Street, Suite 102 Hilo, Hawaiʻi 96720 Statement of Qualifications and Interest of Professional Services #OH.6: 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 Pūʻā Foundation, Toni Bissen, Executive Director, (808) 221-6566 2021 Nā Kālai Waʻa, Keōmailani Case, Executive Director, (808) 987-8709 * ʻAha Pūnana Leo, Inc., Kauanoe Kamanā, Board Chair, (808) 982-4260 * Hawaiʻi Community College, Taupouri Tangarō, Professor (808) 443-1885 * ʻAha Kāne, ʻUmi Kai, Board Chair, (808) 225-4044 SOQ #OH.6, 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 Hawaiʻi Initiative  Bakken Foundation  H.K.L. Castle Foundation  Gerbode Foundation  HMSA Foundation  Hauʻoli Mau Loa Foundation  W.K Kellogg Foundation (multiple awards)  Lannan Foundation  Liliʻuokalani 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 #OH.6, 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 Sāmoa, 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 Sāmoa 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‘ū 2005–07 HAWAI‘I COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, HONOLULU, HAWAI‘I Scope of Work: Training and Technical Assistance for Hawaiʻi 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’ ʻĀINA 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 #OH.6, 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