Apply by April 15 for HCF’s PONO leadership program

Hawai‘i Community Foundation is accepting applications for its executive leadership program, Promoting Outstanding Nonprofit Organizations. The PONO program brings local nonprofit executives together for a ten-month program of peer-centered learning.

The program, launched in 2003, is administered by La Piana Associates, a leading national nonprofit consulting firm based in California. The maximum class size is 15, and the program is open to all nonprofits in Hawai‘i providing nonprofit leaders with the management tools and support needed to help their organizations carry out their mission effectively. All participants are mid-career executives with at least two years of paid experience in their current positions.

Jocelyn Bouchard, executive director of the Maui Humane Society, is a 2007 PONO graduate. “PONO was an invaluable experience for me,” she said. “It was the complete package – education, networking and support. The group from LaPiana is wonderful and so knowledgeable. Working with HCF on the organizational capacity grant in association with this program was the most amazing (in a good way) grant-writing experience I have ever had and the support and input I got during that process was integral in moving our agency forward towards our new capital campaign."

Hawai‘i Community Foundation’s sixth PONO class will begin this September and run through May 2009. Click here to learn more about this program and to apply.