Fast Facts

Strategic Grantmaking:

  • Resource on philanthropy and community investing
  • $39 million in community grants supporting all fields, geographic areas and populations, including $5 million in scholarships

Scholarship Services:

  • $26.6 million distributed in scholarships over the past 15 years
  • Second largest post-secondary scholarship provider in Hawai‘i
  • First community foundation in the nation to provide online application process

Private Foundation Services:

  • Provide a variety of professional philanthropic services, including grantmaking planning and evaluation
  • Offer administrative and marketing/communication services
 

"Nonprofits" Column

"Nonprofits", a newspaper column authored by HCF President and CEO Kelvin Taketa, appears in the business section of The Honolulu Advertiser. The column examines the issues and challenges facing the nonprofit sector in Hawai‘i that, ultimately, impact the life and future of our community.

 

 

Survival Tips for Tough Times

Island nonprofits must be ready for tough times

Executive compensation needed to maintain quality of nonprofits

Key players are nonprofits' top challenge

Building Strong Boards No Easy Task

Compromise needed: freeze the estate tax

As federal funds dry up, so do our communities

Innovation, adaptability key in sustaining strong operations

Touch more lives by teaching our children to give

Boards face challenge of dual roles

Liability of directors is limited

Before giving, take time to compare charities

Nonprofits must keep donors apprised of spending

Nonprofits urged to stay accountable

Avoid guesswork when making charitable gifts

Director-Board Teamwork Key

Make the giving season year-round

Roles of boards undergoing change

Nonprofit directors need to be vigilant in board oversight

Lack of support drives young talent away from nonprofits

Faith, focus guiding goals for many in 2004

How your giving can help change people's lives

Volunteer leaders must hold common principles

Successful fund raising takes strategy

Halau's strength rests in kumu hula's openness to change

Technology is essential for efficiency

Leaders of nonprofits learn to adapt in uncertain times

No simple way to size up nonprofits' performance

Aid organizations benefit in joint efforts

Misunderstood nonprofit sector is everybody's business



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