Recent grants to Hawaii nonprofits

> U.S. Department of Education has awarded Chaminade University two Title III Native Hawaiian Serving Institution grants totaling $5.7 million. The grants will contribute $2 million for the current year covering 100 percent of the renovation of Eiben Hall, with emphasis on the Interior Design Department's facilities; and $3.7 million over five years to cover 100 percent of Chaminade's expansion of information technologies and related services for student projects.

> Castle Medical Center has received a $2 million gift from the Harold K.L. Castle Foundation. It is the largest gift ever given to the medical center, according to a statement from the center. The Castle Foundation funds will be used for expanding and renovating its facility, as well as for health care services and programs. The remodeling and expansion projects at the facility are estimated to cost approximately $23 million and will be phased in during the next three years, according to the statement.

> GIFT Foundation of Hawaii has donated more than $185,000 from its annual Halloween costume party, "Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous," to the following beneficiaries and programs: Hawaii Youth Symphony, $80,000; Hawaii Nature Center, $50,000; Hawaii Literacy, $30,000; and Boys & Girls Club, $25,000. Ludwick Family Foundation matched the Hawaii Youth Symphony's contribution with $75,000, bringing donations for the organization to $155,000. The symphony will use the money for its Music Alive program. Grants for the Hawaii Nature Center will go toward construction of a new pavilion to expand programs as well as an additional program shelter, while money for Hawaii Literacy will be spent on its literacy and technology initiative, Parents Achieving Literacy Project, Youth Tutoring Project and literacy classes. The Boys & Girls Club will use its grant for its juvenile detention alternative initiative.

> Kahala Nui is donating $53,500 to Aloha United Way. The money will go to agencies that help seniors with housing, programming, food and more.

> Aloha Pacific Federal Credit Union has donated $20,000 to Kapiolani Children's Miracle Network. The funds are raised to provide care for Hawaii's children and often assist children who are uninsured or underinsured.

> First Hawaiian Bank Foundation has awarded the Domestic Violence Action Center a $10,000 grant to fund services such as support, crisis intervention, legal assistance and education to the survivors of domestic abuse in Hawaii.

> Kaiser Permanente presented a $5,000 grant to the Kohala Center to support the establishment of a surplus fresh-produce exchange program called “Crop Share” at the the culinary garden at Waimea Middle School.

> Island Insurance employees have collected and delivered more than 700 pounds of supplies and food for the Institute for Human Services. The agency is the only 24-hour walk-in emergency shelter on Oahu that operates two facilities to help men, women and children with emergency food, shelter, supportive case management, housing placement and employment support.