Recent grants to Hawaii nonprofits

> Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii received a three year First Time Motherhood/New Parent Initiative grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration for $l.3 million. The program “Healthy Care” will increase expectant parent’s awareness of and access to economic and social resources that can assist them before, during and after pregnancy; and second, increase public awareness of life course health for woman and their families, including support and parenting education programs available to expectant/new parents.

> Habitat for Humanity West Hawaii is among 136 recipients selected to participate in a national green building initiative between Habitat for Humanity International and The Home Depot Foundation. Launched in 2009, the Partners in Sustainable Building Program is a $30 million, five-year program aimed at helping Habitat affiliates in the United States incorporate sustainable building practices in 5,000 Habitat homes. Each Habitat organization receiving a Partners in Sustainable Building grant will receive $3,000 for each home built to a standard equivalent to Energy Star and up to $5,000 for each home built to a higher green standard. The selected Habitat affiliates are expected to build 2,400 homes in 2010-2011.

> Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation has awarded Housing Solutions Inc. the final check of a $3 million grant for Sea Winds Apartments. The grant will provide affordable and transitional housing for more than 100 people by opening the Sea Wind Apartments in Waianae in 2010.

> Maui Economic Opportunity Inc. says a $225,000 federal grant has been awarded to help improve child care in Head Start classrooms. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds will pay for Early Learning Mentoring Coaches for Head Start teachers in Maui County. The mentoring coaches will help instruct Head Start teachers on how to improve their curriculum and children's cognitive skills. Maui Economic Opportunity operates 15 Head Start sites on Maui and Molokai along with another site on Lanai operated by a partnering agency.

> Global Smart Infrastructures awarded $10,000 to the Group 70 Foundation for sustainable development, architecture, planning and environmental services, interior design and assets management.

> The Women’s Fund of Hawaii announced spring 2010 grants to these organizations: $7.620 to the TJ Mahoney dental restoration program (with the Omidyar Ohana Fund via the Hawaii Community Foundation); $5,000 to Adult Friends for Youth for its Re-directing Bullying Behavior program; $5,000 to the Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence’s Daysha Aiona Aka Fly to Freedom Fund (with the Hawaii Community Foundation); $4,880 to the Palama Settlement for its Learning for a Lifetime Wednesday afternoon Girls' Day for middle and high school girls (with the Omidyar Ohana Fund via the Hawaii Community Foundation); $5,000 to Neighbohood Place’s No Na Wahine 2-1/2 day retreat program on Maui; and $3,000 to the Prison Writing Project. The Women's Fund also awarded fall/winter 2009 grants to five nonprofit organizations whose programs empower women and girls: Kokua Kalihi Valley, which received $2,500; Waimanalo Health Center, $1,000; Po'o No'ono'o Foundation, $3,000; Hawaii Island HIV/AIDS Foundation, $3,000; and KaHale Pomaika'i, $3,000.

> Hawaii Tourism Authority's County Product Enrichment Program awarded a total of $350,000 in grants for 2010. DB Productions Inc. and the Mayor's Office of Culture and the Arts each received $25,000; Hawaii Alliance for Arts Education and the Hawaii Farm Bureau Federation, $20,000 each; and the city Department of Parks & Recreation and the Honolulu Culture & Arts District Association, each $15,000. Recipients of $10,000 included the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii; Friends of Waipahu Cultural Garden Park; Haleiwa Arts Festival; Hawaii Book and Music Festival; Hawaii United Okinawa Association; Ki-hoalu Foundation Inc.; Waianae Coast 10th Anniversary Sunset on the Beach; Waimanalo Construction Coalition; Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii; Pacific Islands Fisheries Group; Polynesian Cultural Center; and Sustain Hawaii.

> Hard Rock Cafe in Lahaina donated $3,347 to the Pacific Cancer Foundation to assist cancer patients in Maui. The money came from Hard Rock's PINKTOBER fundraiser in October, Breast Cancer Awareness month.

> Honolulu Theatre for Youth received more than $162,000 in grants in general support for its 2009-2010 season. They include: $20,000 from the City & County of Honolulu; $15,000 from the Thomas J. Long Foundation; $10,500 from the State Foundation on Culture & the Arts/National Endowment for the Arts; $10,000 from the Sidney Stern Memorial Trust; $5,000 from the First Hawaiian Bank Foundation; $5,000 from the Schuler Family Foundation; $2,500 from the Hawaii Hotel Industry Foundation/Hawaii Hotel and Lodging Association; $2,500 from the Bank of Hawaii Charitable Foundation; $50,000 from the Hearst Foundations; $10,250 from the Hawaii Community Foundation; $8,500 from the John R. Charitable Halligan Fund; and $600 from the Madelyn Ross Fund.

> Hawaii Youth Theater’s CHOICE program to educate high school students on sexual assault received $20,000 from the Hawaii Department of Health and $10,000 from the Rev. Takie Okumura Family Fund.

> Group 70 Foundation awarded $50,000 to 15 local community organizations in grants ranging from $2,000 to $7,300. Recipients in the Culture & Arts category were Hawaiian Kamali'i Inc. (Maui); Hawaii Maoli; Hoa 'Aina O Makaha; and Honolulu Academy of Arts. For Education: isisHawaii; Mala'ai: The Culinary Garden of Waimea Middle School (Hawaii); and 'Ohana Komputer. For Design: Envision Downtown Hilo 2025 (Hawaii). For Housing/Community: County of Kauai Anti-Drug Program; Habitat for Humanity Leeward Oahu; University of Hawaii Foundation; and The Maui Farm. For Environment: Hawaii Forest Institute Partnerships (Hawaii); Hawaii Association of Watershed Partnerships; and Ma Ka Hana Ka 'Ike (Maui).

> Grand Wailea on Maui raised about $22,400 for the annual Visitor Industry Charity Walk in May, which will be used to support 60 Maui nonprofit organizations.

> Junior Achievement of Hawaii Inc. received more than $40,000 from its 10th Annual Golf Classic sponsored by Finance Factors Ltd. at the Kapolei Golf Course. Proceeds will help Junior Achievement continue its mission of teaching youth about business, economics and free enterprise.

> Office of Hawaiian Affairs, through its Ahahui Grant Program, awarded $10,000 to the nonprofit Hawaii Construction Career Days event in October, attended by some 1,200 high school students. The state Department of Transportation, Hawaii Local Technical Assistance Program, federal and state agencies, labor unions, trade associations and the private sector also gave financial support.

> Save the Food Basket received $10,000 from the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation for its Grocery Distribution Program for low-income families affected by HIV/AIDS.

> Waste Management of Hawaii donated $500 to Scenic Hawaii as a platinum sponsor of the Scenic Hawaii 2009 Betty Crocker Landscape Awards.

> Goodwill Industries of Hawaii has received final installments of a $150,000 grant from the James Campbell Co. and a $75,000 grant from the Hawaiian Electric Co. for the construction of a new Ohana Career and Learning Center in Kapolei. Scheduled to be completed this year, the center will assist residents of Leeward Oahu in developing vocational and professional skills.

> Imua Family Services received $25,000 from the Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation, the third grant designated for its Early Childhood Development Program. The pilot project provides therapeutic intervention developmental services for children, ages 3 to 6, who don't qualify for the state Department of Education's Special Education services.

> Waikiki Health Center received $75,000 from the McInerny Foundation in support of primary care services for those who are uninsured or have low incomes. A portion of the grant will promote awareness of new and expanded services. The Waikiki Clinic added pediatrician services, expanded its Behavioral Health Services, and will add a family practice physician and support staff in coming months. The North Shore clinic in Haleiwa will offer a special outreach program to kupuna and their families, many of whom are underserved for economic, language or cultural reasons.

> American Red Cross-Hawaii State Chapter was given $25,000 by the First Hawaiian Bank Foundation.

> Nature Conservancy of Hawaii's Corporate Council for the Environment raised more than $200,000 from 91 local businesses this year. Businesses donating more than $10,000 include Alexander & Baldwin, Hawaiian Airlines, Monsanto Fund, Outrigger Enterprises, Shidler Family Foundation and Skyline Eco-Adventures. Other significant contributions came from ABC Stores, Blue Planet Foundation, the Cades Foundation, CMT-Asia, Goodfellow Bros., Haleakala Ranch, Hawaiian Telcom, Open Ocean Productions, ProService Hawaii and Rider Levett Bucknall.

> Kahala Nui, a senior living retirement community in Waialae-Kahala, has donated $15,000 to Catholic Charities Hawaii's Housing Assistance Program. The funding will be used for supportive services to help seniors live in the community as long as safely possible.

> First Hawaiian Bank Foundation, the Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, the Friends of Hawaii Charities Inc. and the Tommy Holmes Foundation Fund at the Hawaii Community Foundation have awarded grants totaling $35,000 to the Aloha Harvest for the gathering and delivery of donated food to social service agencies that feed the hungry.

> IBM Corp. presented $10,181.97 in combined grant money and computer equipment to benefit Aloha United Way's 211 Information and Referral Service, Child and Family Service, Hale Kipa and Palama Settlement.

> 9th Life Hawaii has won a $1,000 prize in the Animal Rescue Site's All-Star $100,000 Shelter+ Challenge. The nonprofit, which runs a no-kill cat shelter Upcountry, received the most votes of any Hawaii animal-welfare group during a contest period from May 17 to Aug. 22.