Project Grant NA15NOS4730017

The Project Grant award with ID D24AP00354 was provided by the Department of the Interior's Office of Native Hawaiian Relations under the Native Hawaiian Community Guest Stewardship program (CFDA 15.068). The $160,000.00 award to the Native Hawaiian non-profit organization Mana Maoli is for the "MANA 'IKE KU'UNA" project, which focuses on cultural heritage preservation, sustainable tourism practices, and community-led interventions. The grant period runs from Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30,...

Hii Paka LLC received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (CFDA 45.308) to enhance its efforts sustaining Hawaiian heritage, culture, and community knowledge. The two-year award funds a consulting conservator to complete a general conservation survey of Hii Paka's collections at Waimea Valley, which include Hawaiian cultural sites, native plant collections, and cultural artifacts. The...

MELE: Indigenous Methodology for STEM and Language Education Kahuli LEO LE A, a minority-owned Native Hawaiian nonprofit organization, received a $627,837 Project Grant from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Native Hawaiian Education Program (CFDA 84.362) on August 1, 2025, with a performance period through July 31, 2026. The award funds the development and documentation of educational resources centered on Hawaiian linguistic and cultural heritage, specifically focusing...

Federal Grant Award Summary The State of Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations received a $3.68 million formula grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Adult Program (CFDA 17.258), effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. The grant funds comprehensive employment and training services delivered primarily through Hawaii's American Job Center network (one-stop centers) to...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $1,000,000.00 Cooperative Agreement to Aina Momona, a minority-owned, Native Hawaiian, woman-owned non-profit organization, under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902). The award is intended to build community capacity for land restoration by training future leaders to protect cultural resources and restore eroded and degraded environments to make them healthy and productive again. The...

This $164,850 federal Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the Native American and Native Hawaiian Library Services (NANH-L) program (CFDA 45.311) will support the Waimea Valley Library in Haleiwa, Hawaii to inventory, catalog, and rehouse its materials and collection. This will make the library's resources more accessible to Native Hawaiians, Native Hawaiian scholars, other scholars, and the people of Hawaii. Additionally, the project staff will...

Kakoo Oiwi received a $149,075 project grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office for Coastal Management to support the Hoolulu Huliamahi Learning Community in the Heeia Ahupuaa from August 1, 2021 through January 31, 2023. Under this award, Kakoo Oiwi will develop a science-based, multi-dimensional approach to allow for the maintenance or improvement of environmental quality while also enabling economic growth in the Heeia Ahupuaa region of Hawaii. This work...

The We Are Oceania Service Cofa or Fas Nations Citizens in Hawaii was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Insular Affairs on May 9, 2022 to support the WAO YOUTH EMPOWER CENTER: A LEARNING AND WELLNESS CENTER through September 30, 2025. Under the federal Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875), the grant will fund the establishment of a learning and wellness center by We Are Oceania to serve youth from the Freely...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded Hawaii Marine Mammal Alliance Inc. a Cooperative Agreement valued at $160,000 under the Unallied Projects program (CFDA 11.454) for the period August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2028. This award supports a comprehensive, three-year project focused on the management, conservation, incident response, and outreach for endangered Hawaiian monk seals on Molokai. The initiative directly...

The Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center awarded a $1,224,796 Project Grant under the Native Hawaiian Climate Resilience Program (CFDA 15.098) to 'Ohana Wa'A, a Native Hawaiian Organization, to implement the "Ohana Waas (The Family of the Canoes) Project Imi Aku, Imi Iho (To Seek Outward, To Seek Inward)." This 5-year project (10/1/2024 - 9/30/2029) aims to empower Native Hawaiian voyaging communities across Hawaii to recognize and respond to climate change impacts....