Recent grants to and from Hawaii nonprofits

• Pacific Health Research Institute received $2.8 million from the National Cancer Institute to continue a major lung cancer screening study in Hawaii for the next two years. The Honolulu-based nonprofit research institute has participated in what’s called the National Lung Cancer Screening Trial since 2002. The institute is one of just 33 screening centers in the United States participating in the study, which covers some 50,000 people.
• Hale Kipa received $500,000 from the Hauoli Mau Loa Foundation to further educational programs and support its programs for at-risk youth and their families.
• Hawaii Theatre Center has received a $20,000 grant from the McInerny Foundation and a $10,000 grant from the G.N. Wilcox Trust to support its 2009-2010 educational programming, including the Hawaii Young Actors' Ensemble, a high school performing arts program; the Theatre for Young Audiences program, which offers special matinee performances for school groups; School Residencies, which take performing arts programs to schools; and the Technical Theatre Apprenticeship Program, which teaches job skills to high school students.
• Bank of Hawaii's Maui Region raised $6,400 in fundraising efforts, which was matched with $5,000 from the bank's foundation. A total of $11,400 was donated to Feed My Sheep, a mobile food program serving Haiku, Honokawai, Lahaina and Wailuku.
• Aloha United Way's Society of Young Leaders collected and donated more than $5,450 worth of new and gently used children's books to Read-to-Me International, PATCH, Family Programs of Hawaii, Hawaii Literacy, and HUGS (Help, Understanding and Group Support). Donors included Borders Windward Mall, Hawaii Medical Service Association, Grace Pacific Corp., Hawaiian Telcom, Hawaii Prince Hotel and Waipahu resident Frank Amorozo.
• The Safeway Foundation donated $10,000 to support the Girl Scouts of Hawaii's leadership-development program to preserve the environment, titled, "It's Your Planet, Love It!"
• Imua Family Services was given $2,000 by the Alexander & Baldwin Foundation to support Camp Imua, a week-long, overnight recreational camp for 50 of Maui's children with special needs.