Partners In Development Foundation

Partners In Development Foundation, doing business as Partners In Development, is a Hawaii-based tax-exempt nonprofit organization that operates as a federal grant recipient, delivering community and family strengthening programs focused on early childhood education, financial literacy, and workforce development for low-income and underserved populations. The organization holds no federal contracts and operates exclusively as a prime grant recipient across six distinct federal agencies, with zero subcontracting activity in its federal footprint.

Partners In Development's federal grant portfolio centers on the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, which accounts for 43 of the organization's 60 total awards (98% coverage of the award count). The Department of the Interior's Insular Affairs office, the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, and the general Department of Education complete the customer set. The organization has obligated $257.6 million across all awards since its first federal funding in 2005, with recent activity showing one award in 2024 and one in 2026. Most recent work includes a $2.3 million project grant from HHS Administration for Children and Families (CFDA 93.647, Social Services Research and Demonstration program) awarded August 31, 2026, to expand the Keiki Assets Account (KAA) and Family Strengthening Program, which provides children's savings accounts, financial literacy education, and individualized coaching from certified financial social work professionals to 300 low-income and ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) families with children from birth to age five statewide in Hawaii through August 30, 2027. The program establishes a virtual early childhood education team to reach families facing barriers to in-person participation, including those in rural areas, lacking transportation, or experiencing work schedule conflicts. Prior grant work includes four awards from the Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education supporting literacy and community school initiatives (PIHA ME KA PONO, KA PA'ALANA Homeless Family Education Program, KIAPU Career and Technical Education for Justice-Involved Youth, and Tutu and Me), and a $500 thousand award supporting the PIHA ME KA PONO Project through multiple fund lines including Innovative Approaches to Literacy and Promise Neighborhoods. Place of performance for all work is Hawaii. Two awards face completion within the next twenty-four months, creating minimal recompete pressure in the near term.