Kūkulu Switchboard

Kūkulu Switchboard

The COVID-19 crisis shocked systems throughout Hawaiʻi,  revealing a vast array of urgent community needs that demand coordination and strategy.  In response, the Hawaiʻi Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations (HANO), Hawaiʻi Investment Ready, and the Next Gen Donor Hui created the Kūkulu Switchboard, an online resource exchange that connects those who have resources with those who have need.  Through a simple interface of  “Asks” and “Offers,” the Kūkulu Switchboard facilitates an open exchange through a simple, curated, human-operated online platform. 

The diverse, cross-sector composition of the platform’s participants of socially minded for-profits, grantmakers, donors, charitable nonprofits, government, and the general citizenry fosters new partnerships and out-of-the-box, impact focused solutions that will create abundance for Hawaii going forward.