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PONO – It’s More than a Hawaiian Word

In 2006, Moya Gray was selected to participate in the Hawai’i Community Foundation’s PONO program, which she said was “an incredible experience” that has helped her to transition her organization, Volunteer Legal Services Hawai’i (VLSH), into a better performing organization for their clients. “I can’t thank the Hawai’i Community Foundation and LaPiana Associates enough,” Gray [...]

Window on Community – March 2009

Window on Community – March 2009

I look out the windows of our foundation office in downtown Honolulu and everywhere I see people hunkered down.  Are we running from the gusting winds of the past week or the continuing deterioration of our economy? I don’t need to tell you about the state of our economy.  While it feels like this is [...]

Nonprofits’ Economic Challenge When Funds Run Dry

Nonprofits’ Economic Challenge When Funds Run Dry

In hallways of offices, coffee cafes and soccer fields, conversations are focused on the economy. Our family and friends have been affected by unemployment, underemployment, the loss of their homes or savings; we all know others who teeter on the brink. And we fear that the coming months will be worse. Our fear is tempered [...]


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